Mental Health Absences Adding To NHS Staffing Crisis Study Reveals
NHS staffMore than three in ten (31%) NHS employees have had to take time off work with mental health issues in the past year, according…
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Government Reaping Result Of ‘Not Listening To NHS Staff’ As Public Survey Shows NHS Needs A New Direction, Says BMA
In response to the latest British Social Attitudes survey published today by The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust Professor Phil Banfield, BMA chair of…
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Routine Covid Testing Of Hospital Discharges To Care Homes To End In April
The government is to end routine COVID testing for hospital patients discharged into care homes from April 1. Health minister Maria Caulfield confirmed the decision…
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Public Satisfaction With The NHS & Social Care Slumps To New Record Low
Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded, according to analysis of the latest British Social Attitudes…
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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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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…
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