24th July 2026

A culture of fear …..
….not just restricted to maternity services. We have to ask how NHS management has changed to create dreadful work relationships.

Midwives are leaving the service
The loss of midwifery staff and students underlines what the Royal College of Midwives calls the “staffing emergency” in maternity care across the UK.

Maternity poorly understood by directors
Maternity services, despite numerous scathing reviews, are still sidelined by trust boards and often poorly understood by medical directors.

Health is a national asset
A Health Foundation report says we should view good health nationally as an economic asset. Improving health would strengthen growth, expand the tax base, reduce fiscal pressures and raise living standards. 

Manchester does without Palantir
If one English region can build sovereign health data infrastructure that outperforms the imported version [Palantir], why can’t the country?

Burnham and Cooper will plough on?
The PM and his new Health Secretary Yvette Cooper look set to continue the plans set out by Keir Starmer in the Labour Manifesto and in the 10 Year Plan, says health campaigner Greg Dropkin.