Care home residents and hospital patients could gain a legal right to nominate a relative or friend to support them in person, under an amendment to the Health Bill now before Parliament. The measure is intended to ensure no one relying on health…
Read more...Country Cousins has joined forces with Barchester Healthcare to help restore the wellbeing garden at St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey, creating a welcoming outdoor space for hospital staff and visitors to enjoy.
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Campaigners and representatives of 14 health and social care charities delivered a petition signed by 26,451 people calling for urgent reform to NHS continuing healthcare funding to the Department of Health and Social Care today.
Fourteen health and care charities are calling on the Government to launch a full, independent review of NHS continuing healthcare (CHC), warning that families facing…
Read more...The UK Covid-19 Inquiry is due to publish its report examining the impact of the pandemic on adult social care Later today (Tuesday, October 20),…
Read more...Proposed immigration changes could cost the NHS at least £169 million and jeopardise the futures of 12,000 healthcare workers, NHS Employers and health unions warn…
Read more...Reported data on corridor care and a single agreed definition are urgently needed to drive solutions, RCN Scotland said in a new report published today (Thursday 8 October).
Read more...The care that people experience as inpatients in NHS hospitals improved between 2024 and 2025, according to survey data published today.
Read more...A new Addenbrooke’s Hospital service providing specialist geriatric care directly in care homes has significantly reduced hospital admissions for Care UK residents.
Read more...NHS organisations in England are “systematically failing” to comply with legally required digital safety standards…
Read more...NHS organisations in England could face unbudgeted costs of close to £1bn a year because of a government crackdown on zero hours contracts, according to…
Read more...The latest Emergency Department (ED) performance figures from NHS England, covering July 2026, show that last month was the worst July on record for 12-hour waits…
Read more...One in six UK hospital beds is currently occupied by a person with dementia, at a cost to the taxpayer of £2.8 billion annually, with this number set to increase to one in four by 2040, according to a new report by UCL researchers.
Read more...Elderly and frail patients aged 81 and over are worst affected by the ongoing crisis in A&E, which often leaves those admitted to hospital waiting for a bed to become available in inappropriate places like corridors and cupboards.
Read more...Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to fix England’s broken social care system, announcing an accelerated timetable for the National Care Service commission and a new cross-party push…
Read more...The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £1.65 million to 17 projects to support the early-stage development of quantum technologies.
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