Sid Ryan

Sid Ryan is a writer with the Bristol Cable, and a campaigner on Freedom of Information. He writes particularly about the NHS, local government, and development issues.

UK government’s pandemic deal was win-win… for private hospitals

A multi-billion-pound contract enlisted 187 private hospitals to help the UK’s COVID response. Why did they care for just 0.08% of patients?

By Sid Ryan

/ 26 Oct 2021

UK government’s pandemic deal was win-win… for private hospitals

Theresa May has handed the NHS crisis to the regions - here's why that should worry us all

Westminster and Whitehall ‘lords and masters’ are making local NHS bosses create NHS plans full of hopelessly optimistic ambitions, and bad excuses for cutting services.

By Sid Ryan

/ 16 Jan 2017