Long-Term Work Needed To Solve Hospital Discharge Delays, Says The King’s Fund Report
Local heath and care systems lack a shared understanding of the causes of hospital discharge delays in their area and of the best ways of…
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Waiting Lists and Patient Services are Casualties of Growing £1.7bn NHS Financial Black Hole
New analysis from the Nuffield Trust think tank warns that despite an additional £450m of additional funding being made available to the NHS earlier this…
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Report Sets Out How Hospital Admissions Can Be Avoided Ahead of Winter Period
A major new report has set out how the health and social care system can work better this winter – by avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions…
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NHS Dementia Diagnosis Rates At Three-Year High
The NHS is diagnosing tens of thousands more people with dementia since the start of the pandemic, thanks to NHS recovery efforts.
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Without Drastic Change, NHS Situation Will ‘Get Far Worse’ Into Winter, says BMA
Responding to today’s waiting list and A&E performance data from NHS England, Dr Latifa Patel, BMA representative body chair, said: “Sadly, but unsurprisingly, the waiting list has once again…
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NHS Launches Latest Report On Prescribing Costs
NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has released a report on Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community for England in 2022-23. The total cost to…
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A Five-Year Project To Bring Alzheimer’s Blood Tests To The NHS
Experts have said that blood tests for Alzheimer’s could be available on the NHS within five years. That’s thanks to the Blood Biomarker Challenge, a…
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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…
Read more...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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