Yet another outsourcing company gets into trouble. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/16/unions-condemn-chris-grayling-disastrous-part-privatisation-of-probation-working-links I don’t think that many people will be sad to see the back of Working Links as they lose their probation services contract. It looks like they might not be the only ones to lose their contract in the weeks to come – of the 21 Community… Read More More nails in the coffin of public sector outsourcing

Big Pharmaceutical companies aren’t very popular. You may have spotted this. Right now the firm in the spotlight is Vertex, who are announcing a tidy increase in profits, while the NHS squabbles to afford their new Cystic Fibrosis drug Orkambi. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/10/vertex-revenue-hike-orkambi-drug-nhs Before I start giving the pharmaceutical industry a kicking lets start with a few… Read More Are Pharmaceutical Companies really the baddies? How bad? And what should we do about it?