The Peter Fisher Essay Prize, open to all doctors in training, carries a first prize of £500 and second prize of £200. It is now in its seventh year. (more…)
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More democracy needed for the NHS
The NHS needs democratising – EC member Mike Galvin points to one solution in the BMJ (13 March)
DFNHS Response to Developing a patient safety strategy for the NHS
NHS Improvements’ strategy document ‘Developing a patient safety strategy for the NHS’ invited comments. Eric Watts, on behalf of DFNHS, replied. You can download his response here.Â
The Doctors for the NHS Essay Prize
In collaboration with the BMJ £500 first prize £200 second prize Open to all doctors in training (more…)
Judicial Review – not in our favour but hope remains
The High Court handed down its judgement on 5 July on the judicial review we brought against the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and NHS England on their introduction of Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs). We had originally brought our claim on four grounds – two on the lack of proper consultation, one….
Let there be hope – the patient is still alive
Dare we hope? A string of celebrations mark the NHS’s 70th anniversary later this month. The government has backtracked on allowing doctors into the UK from non-EU countries, and a few days ago promised more cash for the NHS – with the added rarity of a serving Conservative government openly admitting this funding would come….
Health Select Committee STP/ACO Inquiry: DFNHS Evidence
Doctors for the NHS will be submitting evidence to the Health Select Committee on Accountable Care Organisations and Sustainability and Transformation Plans. You can read a summary of the evidence on STPs here and on ACOs here.
Judge orders costs to be capped in judicial review of ACOs
The High Court has  enabled the judicial review[1] of the policy on accountable care organisations to go ahead by capping the Secretary of State’s and NHS England’s costs – i.e., the costs they can ask the claimants to pay if, at the end of the day, the claimants lose. In an important judgment, Mrs Justice….
Talk NHS: A public debate 19 August
The stirring speeches, the resounding applause, the calls to action, the shouts of support. Talk nhs: a public debate on the past, present and future of the nhs (RSM London, Saturday 19th August) promises to be one of the most motivating and well-attended public meetings on the plight of the NHS for some time. The….
We Were Legions! NHS Demonstration Draws over 200,000
The ‘It’s Our NHS’ march on 4 March drew at least 200,000 people to central London to call for the destruction of the NHS to stop. Doctors for the NHS was there, setting out from BMA House to be part of the multitude. Â On a day that saw the weather hold back the rain until….