Will it be a walk in the park or a Halloween Horror?

Very bad. A total shambles. The National Audit Office this month revealed the pensioners in the UK had been short changed by £1bn due to a series of errors by DWP. They think 134,000 pensioners are affected, with an average under payment of just under £9,000 each, although they’re not sure. Identifying which pensioners are… Read More DWP in meltdown | Pensions, Universal Credits, how bad is it?

For the ease of reading I have grouped all the graphs at the end of the blog in the order they are referred to in the text The House of Commons Library has released the latest NHS performance data.  It describes where the NHS is right now, heading into what might be the worst winter… Read More The looming NHS crisis | Is Covid to blame?

The NHS has a leadership problem. Good services need good leaders, but the service never seems to have enough quality to go round. Hospital performance isn often driven by factors out of their control, and at times the top jobs are impossible due to meddling Politicians who want to micro-manage without taking responsibility. Despite this… Read More NHS leadership | Another bad idea comes around again