28 May 2020 — The Lowdown

The NHS Support Federation

This week we can reveal that almost a billion pounds worth of debt is weighing down local commissioners as they start to plan care for the next year – with 7 million patients now on growing waiting lists. This week, we also follow-up on the under the radar plans to bring in major NHS changes without proper public scrutiny, look at the mental health services that are crying out for better support and publish a call to nationalise care homes.

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mHere is this week’s Lowdown,  on PDF and our one-stop roundup

• CCGs deficits revealed, prompting fears of a fresh financial squeeze

• NHS changes made under the radar

• Roy Lilley’s unpublished call to nationalise care homes

• Mental health: still the poor relation?

• Care Homes – Hancock’s “protective ring” fails to protect

• A “privatised” and “dysfunctional” system led to lack of PPE

• Track and trace failings risk safe release from lockdown

• From Nightingale to Nightmare – how journalists undermined a PR stunt