Also in this newsletter, interest rate cut begs question of whether Sunak’s election timing was ill-judged, with questions for both parties
Huge rise in prescriptions for women aged 25 to 34 in England driven by social media highlighting symptoms
No 10 has relinquished much of its fiscal firepower in settling rows over salaries
Government tries to stop wave of industrial action that has hampered England’s health service
Party must improve public services to win over voters but tax promises place tough limits on what it can do
Care Quality Commission’s shortcomings are ‘hampering’ its ability to identify poor performance, says independent review
Amber alert triggered as blood stocks fall to ‘unprecedentedly low levels’
Long waiting list for drug because of shortage of specialist services could hit patients unable to pay privately
National Audit Office notes potential ‘growing mismatch’ between demand for services and future funding
Proposed legislation aims to better protect data ‘supply chains’ to essential public services
UK chancellor says ‘there is a cost to not settling’ even as Treasury grapples with straitened finances
Health services in comparable countries have recovered faster than England, study finds
Review could be used to build support for health secretary’s reform plans
Five-day walkout from Thursday comes as most of England is placed under heat health alerts
Architects of New Labour’s reform success prescribe fresh approach to fit the times
Parties ‘need to be honest’ about scale of investment needed to tackle health service crisis in England, warn analysts
Neither Tories nor Labour are being upfront about what is needed to fix them
First rise in 7 months blow to Rishi Sunak’s claim number is falling
Concern about poverty and state of the NHS are at all-time high, British Social Attitudes survey reveals
Decade of austerity fuels record repair backlog in NHS estate, say doctors and policy experts
Ransomware attempt on provider forces cancellations and delays blood tests and transfusion deliveries
NHS recruitment drive boosts number of overseas staff but domestic enrolments lag behind, say analysts
People with cystic fibrosis, epilepsy and diabetes among those struggling with medicine shortages
Five-day walkout is 11th in two years as NHS medics seek 35% pay rise
From the infected blood scandal to the Post Office saga, the dead hand of officialdom is everywhere in the UK
