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Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government in the 1980s took away hospital management from consultant doctors. They were replaced by chief executives, who were often accountants. 

Camden Council in central London has agreed to a public inquiry into Harmoni’s GP Out of Hours (OOH) service and how they were awarded their contract.

The Defend Whittington Hospital Campaign (DWHC) scored a major victory as NHS bosses were forced to tear up plans to make cuts. 

Protesters celebrated the 65th birthday of the NHS last Friday. Some 700 hundred protested in York. Caroline Ridgway reports that over 300 marched to celebrate the 65th birthday of Trafford General Hospital—the birthplace of the NHS. 

The government is ratcheting up pressure on GPs to check the immigration status of patients using the NHS. 

Over 300 people came to the People’s Commission of Inquiry into planned cuts at Lewisham Hospital in south east London last Saturday.

The Unite union called off a planned strike of Yorkshire Ambulance workers on Saturday of last week for talks with bosses at the Acas conciliation service.

Deep anger at austerity and the need for an alternative dominated the annual conference of the Unison union last week.

A new report accuses Care Quality Commission (CQC) bosses of covering up a critical report into patient care at Furness General Hospital in Cumbria. 

Mid-Yorkshire medical secretaries and admin workers have won a partial victory in their fight against wage cuts and job losses

Ambulance workers in Yorkshire are out on strike against de-skilling and the de-recognition of their Unite union

Selection of short stories from the NHS