Over 3 Million Ambulance Call Outs for Falls in Four Years
Almost £1 billion has been spent on ambulance calls for falls over the past four years, figures have revealed. Data from ambulance trusts have revealed…
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Hospitals
Public Concern About The NHS Soars As Delays Accessing A&E And GP Services Rise
A series of new official figures shows public confidence in the NHS has been shaken by increased delays in accessing A&E and GP services. With…
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Hospitals Under Pressure With Three Times More Flu Patients Than Last Year
England’s top doctor has warned pressure on NHS hospitals this winter is “not letting up”, with thousands more patients in hospital compared to the same…
Read more...BMA Asks NHS Leaders To Help Bring An End To Strike Action
The BMA has written to NHS Employers leaders to ask them to agree to a move which may avert further strike action. Junior doctors in…
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RCN Scotland Sounds Warning Over Cost of Living Impact
Scotland’s nursing staff are continuing to struggle to make ends meet during the ongoing cost of living crisis. In a survey of Royal College of…
Read more...Times Healthcare Report Highlights Mounting NHS Issues
A report commissioned by The Times revealed the considerable pressures that the health and social care sector is facing. The Times launched the Health Commission…
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NHS Faces Challenge Of Recovering After Latest Junior Doctor Strikes
Longest NHS walk-out in history comes to an end as junior doctors return to work. The walkout has come to an end this morning (January…
Read more...NHS Struggling To Cope Amid Rising Winter Viruses And Junior Doctor Strikes
Responding to the latest winter sitrep data from NHS England Rory Deighton, director of the NHS Confederation’s Acute Network, said: “The NHS is clearly struggling…
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Junior Doctors In England Begin Longest Single Strike Action In NHS History
As tens of thousands of junior doctors in England begin an unprecedented 6 days of strike action today (January 3). The British Medical Association’s junior doctors…
Read more...Longest Strike in NHS History Leaves Local Services ‘Skating on the Thinnest of Ice’, Warn NHS Leaders
The NHS is just over 48 hours away from the longest period of strike action in its 75-year history in what is usually the most…
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NHS Workforce “Dangerously low” with Patient Demand Soaring, Scottish Government Warned
The Scottish government must take serious action in 2024 to secure the future of the NHS after a snap survey from BMA Scotland revealed that…
Read more...Letter to Government & the BMA Demands “End the NHS Dispute”
Five organisations representing NHS leaders and patients have jointly written to the Chair of the Council of the BMA and to the Secretary of State…
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Junior Doctor Strikes Could Cause Significant Impact To Patients And Services
Speaking as junior doctors across England prepare to strike Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said the impact on frontline services is likely…
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Strikes Set To Severely Disrupt The NHS Over The Holidays Warns Top Doctor
The NHS is facing weeks of major disruption at a time when services are already under significant winter pressure, England’s top doctor has warned today….
Read more...Still Time For Government To Stop Strikes If It Puts Forward ‘Credible’ Final Offer, Says BMA
Responding to comments made by that the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care suggesting that junior doctors walked out of talks before an…
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