Responding to the Government’s Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services, Professor Phil Banfield, chair of BMA council, said: “The NHS cannot afford…
Read more...The NHS and the government will publish a new blueprint today to help recover urgent and emergency care services, reduce waiting times, and improve patient…
Read more...Responding to the Department for Health and Social Care’s announcement on how £150 million of funding will be spent on urgent and emergency mental health…
Read more...One of the leading figures in the UK’s recruitment sector has called for a strategic review of Britain’s health and social care workforce in order…
Read more...The NHS is asking patients to seek urgent care if they need it during industrial action this week and continue to attend appointments as planned…
Read more...The NHS is being trapped in a vicious cycle brought about by extreme pressures in emergency care, ongoing high levels of flu, Covid and RSV…
Read more...The Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee Steve Brine MP has warned that “the NHS is simply not sustainable going forward” without…
Read more...Responding to the speculation of an increased pay offer for NHS staff, Matthew Taylor chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “If we are to…
Read more...The BMA has urged junior doctors to vote “yes” to industrial action after a meeting with England’s health and social care secretary, Steve Barclay, failed…
Read more...The government’s new anti-strike legislation to enforce “minimum service levels” in key public sectors including the NHS has drawn a furious reaction from trade unions….
Read more...Britain’s social care system is in one of the worst states it’s been in “for many, many years”, according to the chief executive of Care…
Read more...Health and social care workers in Northern Ireland are to join a 24-hour strike planned for later this month in a bid for better pay….
Read more...Underfunding in adult social care is significantly contributing to the crisis within the NHS says the Local Government Association (LGA). While the government has announced…
Read more...‘Too little, too late’ fears over new funding A care campaigner has given a mixed reaction to news that the Government is to put £250m…
Read more...Thousands of extra medically fit patients will be discharged from hospitals into community care settings, such as care homes, over the coming weeks to free…
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