Online GP Registrations Reach 240,000 As New Digital NHS Service Grows
GP practices are being encouraged to join a new national online service making registering patients quicker and easier. More than 900 GP practices – around…
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Government Set to Fail its Commitment to Protect Patient Care by Not Fully Funding the Staff Pay Award
Without additional funding for organisations contracted by the NHS to cover the cost of the Agenda for Change pay rise in England, the government’s promise…
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Act F.A.S.T. Campaign Additional Toolkit
NHS England, in association with the Stroke Association, has relaunched the Act F.A.S.T. stroke campaign, which highlights that a stroke is a medical emergency and…
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Labour’s NHS Plan is Promising but More Detail is Needed, says BMA
Responding to an announcement by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on the party’s NHS policy today, Professor Phil Banfield, chair of BMA council, said: “The…
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NHS Hits Three Million Spring Boosters
The NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has vaccinated almost half of those eligible with a spring booster a month after the campaign’s formal launch. More than…
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Government’s NHS Workforce Plan Must Address Dearth of Mental Health Nurses, Warn Healthcare Leaders
Thousands more mental health nurses must be recruited and retained across the NHS to address a shortfall in the profession which has left staff and…
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Senior Doctors in England Begin Ballot for Industrial Action as NHS Dispute Continues
Senior doctors in England will begin voting today (May 15) whether to strike in the ongoing dispute over pay in the NHS. Chair of the…
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NHS Cuts Longest Waits and Speeds-Up Response Times
The head of the NHS in England has hailed the ‘great strides’ the health service is making, as new figures show major improvements across long…
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New Plan to Make it Easier for Patients to See Their GP
Patients will be able to contact their general practice more easily and quickly – and find out exactly how their request will be handled on…
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Solving the GP Workforce Crisis Must be a Top Priority for NHS Recovery says BMA
Responding to a new plan by the NHS and Government to support GPs and primary care, which is to be announced in full later this…
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Cost of Unpaid Care in England and Wales Now Exceeds that of NHS Budget
The value of unpaid care in England and Wales is now estimated to be £162 billion, exceeding that of the entire NHS budget in England…
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NHS Vaccinates Half of Care Home Residents in Three Weeks
The NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Programme has vaccinated more than 150,000 older adult care home residents in England in just three weeks since the campaign began…
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NHS Employers Letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
NHS Employers have written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ahead of the proposed industrial action by the RCN for the…
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NHS “Must be Reformed” to Deliver Care Patients Want says Wes Streeting
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said the NHS must be reformed rather than “pouring more money into hospitals”. In a speech to the King’s…
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Over Half a Million Appointments Now Cancelled Due to Industrial Action
MORE than 200,000 appointments and operations were cancelled in last week’s doctors’ strike. It takes the total above half a million since stoppages began in…
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