Slow Progress on Tackling Hospital Waiting Lists More Fairly Report Reveals
A new report from The King’s Fund finds that people from the most deprived areas in England are more likely to have long waits for…
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BMA Launches Ballot Of SAS Doctors And Re-Ballot Of Consultants In England As Pay Talks Continue
A formal ballot of specialist, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) doctors in England, and a re-ballot of consultants to extend their industrial action mandate, both…
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Malnutrition Costing NHS & Care Sector £22.6bn Each Year
Disease-related malnutrition is costing the NHS and social care sector, g the sector £22.6 billion annually a report has revealed. Campaigners are highlighting the urgency…
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NHS Patients To Be Offered The Chance To Travel For Treatment
Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients who have been waiting the longest for treatment will be offered the opportunity to travel to a different hospital,…
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Majority Nursing Students Planning Careers Outside Patient Care
Elsevier Health has released its Clinician of the Future 2023: Education Edition, providing insights into the experiences of medical and nursing students and the consequences…
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Meals On Wheels Service ‘Heading For UK-Wide Collapse’ Without Government Intervention
The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) is calling for urgent Governmental intervention in the wake of a damning report, researched and written by the…
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Postcode Lottery In Urgent And Emergency NHS Care Highlighted By PAC Report
How quickly an ambulance will arrive depends too much on where a patient lives. In a report published yesterday (October 25), the Public Accounts Committee…
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NHS Leaders Facing Impossible Choices On Which Services To Cut Unless Government Provides Urgent Cash Injection
NHS leaders in England are facing tough choices on which services to cut unless extra funding is provided by the Government to cover the rising…
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NHS Delivering Fastest Ever Flu Vaccine Rollout Ahead of Winter
The NHS winter vaccination programme has delivered more than ten million flu jabs (10,527,579) and over seven million Covid vaccines (7,525,637) to people most at…
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Sector Reacts to CQC Annual State of Care Report
Change has to come now, social care campaigners say Leading figures from the adult social care sector have reacted to the quality Care, Commissions Annual…
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NHS Delivers 10,000 Virtual Ward Beds Target
The NHS has delivered on its ambition to roll out 10,000 virtual ward beds by the end of September, new figures reveal. More than 240,000…
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Health Leaders Call For Action To Tackle ‘National Emergency’ In Mental Health Services
Neglect of community mental health services and lack of suitable hospital beds is fuelling A&E waits of up to 80 hours for some mental health…
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Calls to Write Off Healthcare Workers’ Student Loans Amid NHS Dropout Crisis
New analysis published by the Nuffield Trust lays bare the scale of losses caused by clinical staff dropping out of training and opting out of…
Read more...Public Blames Government For 7.7m-Long Waiting Lists In England, Finds Survey
As doctors in England begin the longest period of combined industrial action by consultants and junior doctors yet, new survey findings show that Government attempts…
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NHS Leaders Call For An End To ‘Dangerous Deadlock’ Ahead Of Latest Round Of NHS Strikes
The NHS Confederation is warning that next week’s triple walk out of junior doctors, consultants and radiographers will jeopardise patient care, harm efforts to bring…
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