Brexit Making “Severe Challenges” Even Harder for the NHS and Social Care
Research by the Nuffield Trust evaluating the impact of Brexit reveal that our decision to leave the European Union has “only added fuel to the…
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NHS Visits Every Care Home to Offer Life-Saving Jabs ahead of Christmas
NHS vaccination teams have visited every care home across the country to offer life-saving covid boosters and flu jabs ahead of the festive period. Every…
Read more...Petition to Apologise, Reinstate, Compensate Care Workers Forced Out by Vaccine ‘Mandate’
A petition has been launched demanding the reinstatement of care workers who were “forced” from their jobs for declining to take a Covid vaccination, and…
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NHS Mental Health Services are Under Unsustainable Pressure Health Service Leaders Warn
NHS mental health services are being left to fail, with patients and service users routinely struggling to access both urgent and routine care, mental health…
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Government ‘Nowhere Close’ to Getting a Grip on the NHS Workforce Crisis, says BMA
Responding to the latest set of NHS vacancies data which shows that as of September 2022, 133,446 posts in secondary care in England are vacant,…
Read more...Government to Use Vaccine Taskforce Model to Tackle Health Challenges
NHS patients are set to benefit from cutting-edge new treatments and technologies as the government introduces a Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackling some of…
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Over 100 Health And Care Organisations Call For Staffing Forecasts In The NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan
Over 100 health and care organisations, including the Royal College of Physicians, have signed a letter to the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt in support of publishing the…
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No Amount of Money Will Clear NHS Backlog Without Staff, BMA Warns
Responding to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO), which shows that the funding allocated by Government to reduce long waits for non-urgent NHS…
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Social Care Under-Funding Blamed for Ambulance Queue
A chronic lack of funding for social care is a major reason why a queue of up to 14 ambulances was seen outside Scarborough Hospital…
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Parkinson’s UK’s new portrait mural in Leeds, launched to promote the charity’s new Can’t Wait campaign.
People with Parkinson’s Waiting Years for Care Due to NHS Workforce Crisis
People with Parkinson’s are waiting YEARS for care due to the NHS workforce crisis – and a lack of essential data is hiding the true…
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Westminster Chaos Risks Worsening NHS Winter Crisis
Chaos in Westminster has led to vital ‘rescue money’ local authorities and the NHS desperately need to avert a winter crisis being held up in…
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Decrease in Detentions Under Mental Health Act from 2020-21 to 2021-22
The number of detentions under the Mental Health Act in England decreased by 5.7 per cent from 2020-21 to 2021-22, a new report by NHS…
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Public Avoiding Using NHS Scotland Services in Response to Pressures
The Scottish public is avoiding using NHS Scotland services in an attempt to prevent further pressures on the system. More than 4 in 10 Scottish…
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New Research Calls for All Health and Care Staff to be Trained in AI
All health and care staff should receive training in artificial intelligence (AI) with additional specialist training for those who use AI tools in clinical practice,…
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Local Authorities Spent £22.0 Billion on Adult Social Care in 2021-22, NHS Digital Reveal
The Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report, England 2021-22 is among four publications which cover topics such as outcomes, activity, finance and the opinions…
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