Boris Johnson’s administration collapsed in chaos, as the departure of health and social care secretary Sajid Javid and chancellor Rishi Sunak triggered the departure of around 50 ministers and government post-holders and a new round of letters of no confidence in the prime minister.
Steve Barclay became the new health and social care secretary; a move that was not greeted with enthusiasm. Meanwhile, the primary care network reforms ran into trouble, as the BMA’s annual representative meeting voted to urge GPs to withdraw from them. Two trusts in Cheshire made a big EPR decision and picked Meditech.
