Ministers have been ridiculed for paying hospitals £3 million a month to remove patients from waiting lists, making it appear that the NHS is treating more people than it actually is. Sir Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting have frequently bragged about Labour’s triumph in cutting the number of patients waiting for treatment since they came to power. But new analysis of NHSContinue reading “Labour Pays Hospitals £3 million To Remove Patients From Waiting Lists”
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Junior Doctors’ Strike Threatens Streeting’s NHS Recovery
Wes Streeting has revealed his NHS recovery plan is ‘hanging by a thread’ as resident doctors gear up for fresh walkouts in a fortnight. The Health Secretary accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of being ‘completely unreasonable’ after it announced the five-day walkout, which could result in the cancellation of 200,000 appointments and operations. Resident doctors, formerly called junior doctors,Continue reading “Junior Doctors’ Strike Threatens Streeting’s NHS Recovery”
The Foreign Office Spends £200k On ‘Crisis Media Training’ In £4 Million Consultant Splurge
Last year, the Foreign Office paid consultants close to £4 million of taxpayer money, including £200,000 for “crisis media training days.” It is more than twice as much as the department paid for outside consultants the year before. It comes as the department’s spending on temporary agency personnel has reached a record high of aboutContinue reading “The Foreign Office Spends £200k On ‘Crisis Media Training’ In £4 Million Consultant Splurge”