On Wednesday the 24th of February 2016, during Prime Minister’s Questions, the leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn asked David Cameron some questions about the NHS in general, and the “7-Day NHS” project in particular. Please find it below for future reference.
Month: February 2016
Grapevine: Epsom & St. Helier Trust to end year with big deficit
This is a breaking news item, and may be subject to updates. We understand from the grapevine that the Epsom & St Helier Trust is currently likely to record a significant end of year financial deficit, perhaps as much as 28 million pounds. We must stress that we cannot yet be sure of the authenticity […]
Where do this MPs loyalties lie?
Further to our recent post, which explained that MP for Sutton and Cheam, Paul Scully, who did not turn up on either of the recent junior doctors’ picket lines, was due to attend a ceremony at a private hospital in the constituency, it would appear that he did indeed attend. Spire St Anthony’s hospital are […]
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Profile: Spire St. Anthony’s
St Anthony’s Hospital is located in Cheam, South West London. The business, now known as “Spire St Anthony’s Hospital” wasn’t always run by private provider Spire Healthcare. According to the website, It was originally founded long before the NHS existed, in 1904 by the “Daughters of the Cross” (a group of religious sisters within the […]
Profile: Simon Stevens – Former advisor to Dobson, Milburn, Blair – now Chief of NHS England
Simon Stevens is currently in charge of NHS England, but some readers may find his background interesting. He was a Labour councillor, London Borough of Lambeth, in the Angell Ward in Brixton, 7th of May 1998 – 2nd of May 2002 He was a Labour councillor, London Borough of Lambeth, in the Angell Ward in […]
Profile: Alan Milburn – Former health secretary, now with Bridgepoint Capital
Alan Milburn was the Labour Health Secretary from the 11th of October 1999 until the 13th of June 2003. Some readers may find it interesting that he is now with a company called Bridgepoint Capital. Bridgepoint Capital is a private equity investor, with investments in many sectors. One particularly interesting endeavour, is their investment in […]
VIDEO: Friend of KOSHH being interviewed on TV about NHS Privatisation
On Saturday the 20th of February 2016, Friend of KOSHH, Campaigner, and GP, Dr Bob Gill appeared on RT’s “Sputnik” programme, being interviewed about some of the threats to the NHS. During the interview, a document called “Britain’s Biggest Enterprise” was referred to. This document was written by Oliver Letwin and John Redwood in […]
Friend of KOSHH on some of the threats to General Practice
Friend of KOSHH, and GP, Dr Yourself El-Gingihy has written a very elightening article on some of the current threats to General Practice by this government. Regular visitors to this webite will be familiar with the techniques of outsourcing, cuts, privatisation, downgrading, the looming threat of a new, less suitable contract, and general chipping away […]