A Decade Of Failure To Uphold NHS Patients’ Rights To Timely Care
New research by the Nuffield Trust shows that nine of the eleven waiting time targets set out in the health service’s contract with patients are…
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NHS Given Mixed Bill Of Health In New Study Of International Healthcare Systems
The NHS is “neither a leader nor a laggard” when compared to healthcare systems of similar countries, though on some critical measures of resources and…
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Double Award Win For Admiral Nurse Team At Inaugural Dementia Awards
Caroline-(second-from-left)and-the-Admiral-Nurse-team-receiving-their-award The Admiral Nurse team from Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) have won two awards at the inaugural Dementia Care Awards, which celebrate outstanding…
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£38bn Extra Per Year Needed To Revive The NHS
New analysis published by the Health Foundation’s REAL Centre projects a potential £38bn shortfall in the funding needed to improve the NHS by the end…
Read more...Party Manifestos: The Call For Digitisation Of Social Care
The main parties have now launched their general election manifestos. Digital technology, data and AI feature in all of them to some extent, primarily in…
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NHS Continues To Face Record Demand For Services, New Data Shows
NHS staff continue to face significant demand for urgent care, with new figures showing that A&Es in England managed their busiest ever month for attendances…
Read more...NHS Treatment Waiting List Increases For First Time In Seven Months
The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has risen for the first time in seven months, new figures show, in what will be…
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Next Government Should Be Wary Of Promising Top-Down Targets For Faster GP Appointments Think Tank Warns
Politicians should be wary of blanket GP targets for face to face appointments or appointments within 24 or 48 hours, because without enough GPs in…
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BMA Lays Out Manifesto For Next Government
Without looking after and retaining doctors, the next Government has no hope of improving peoples’ health or of high-quality treatment being readily available, pushing the…
Read more...Corridor Care’ Becoming ‘Normalised’ And Is Major Threat To Patient Safety
Every day in Scotland patients are being cared for in corridors and other inappropriate settings and left without access to essential equipment and facilities, it…
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Junior Doctors Announce New Strike Dates In England Ahead Of General Election
Junior doctors in England have announced new strike dates ahead of the General Election as Rishi Sunak continues to refuse to meet junior doctors’ demands…
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NHS Leaders Facing “Drastic Measures” To Make Ends Meet
Health leaders in England are calling on the next government to protect local NHS organisations from having to further cut staffing levels to make ends…
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Commitment To Moving More Care Away From Hospitals Questioned As Analysis Reveals Funding Cuts To Key Services
A new analysis of day-to-day funding for NHS services shows that successive governments have not put their money where their mouths are to meet much-touted…
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Jersey To Become £2m Island Testbed For Health And Care Technologies
The Government of Jersey, through Impact Jersey, is awarding up to £2 million to technologies that can transform the lives of Jersey’s rapidly ageing population….
Read more...Nuffield Trust: Patients Drift Towards Paying For Hospital Care Out Of Their Own Pocket Across All Four UK Countries
Since the pandemic there has been a 30% increase in the number of people paying out of their own pocket for hospital care across the…
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