29 September 2020 — The lowdown

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The NHS is being reorganized, but under the radar. Contracts signed, but without scrutiny and NHS staff are working hard to reduce delays, but plans to expand the  number of staff could be buried because of the Chancellor’s postponed spending review. Some of the issues that must be uncovered, and are in this week’s analysis, news and explainers.

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

• Demand for mental health soars after patients abandoned in lockdown
• Government Covid contracts demand more scrutiny
• Dark side of the Moonshot exposed

• Crunch time for CCG merger bids
• NHS performance recovering, but record numbers are waiting
• NHS staff make personal appeal to PM on pay
• Phone ahead for A&E to avoid disappointment
• Royal Borough in revolt over Brompton takeover
• Why do people object to CCG mergers?
• Surgeries brace for impact of visa cuts

With thanks and best wishes Paul, John, Sylvia, Molly & Martin Lowdown team

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