Under-Funded Pay Deal Could Plunge Primary Care into a Deepened Workforce Crisis
Patients could face longer waits to see their GP and reduced primary care services, following the Government’s refusal to fund in full the NHS’s pay…
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NHS Leaders Facing Real Terms Cut in Funding and ‘impossible Choices’ Over Which Areas of Patient Care to Cut Back
NHS leaders face impossible choices over whether to cut patient care or reduce investment in much needed diagnostic capacity and new technology after a series…
Read more...Health Leaders Call for a ‘Realism Reset’ for the NHS from the PM Candidates
As the Conservative leadership campaign continues, NHS leaders are urging the remaining candidates – and the future Prime Minister – to level with the public…
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Latest NHS Data Signals Pressure Across Whole Health and Care System
Responding to the publication of the monthly NHS performance statistics and GP patient survey, Tim Gardner, Senior Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation said: ‘These…
Read more...New Analysis Reveals Future NHS Beds Shortage
With England having fewer beds per person than comparable countries, new analysis raises big questions for incoming government over where investment should go to alleviate…
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Rising COVID Case Numbers Causing Real Concern for NHS Leaders
Responding to the latest ONS Covid infection survey Dr Layla McCay, director of policy at the NHS Confederation, said: “Covid hospitalisations are rising, and this…
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NHS Releases Mental Health Medicines Statistics for 2020-21 in England
NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has released annual statistics as well as the latest quarterly summary statistics, covering January – March 2022. Five groups of…
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Plan for Digital Health and Social Care Will Help Alleviate Staffing Pressures Across the NHS
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has welcomed the plan for digital health and social care announced today by the Department for Health and…
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Student Paramedics Complete Placement at Carterton Care Home
Student paramedics were given the opportunity to complete a work placement at a Carterton based care home as part of their training. The students are…
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Ensuring We Have Enough Staff is Imperative for Tackling Care Backlog, says BMA
Responding to a speech by Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid at NHS ConfedExpo Dr David Wrigley, BMA council deputy chair, said: “The Secretary…
Read more...“Long-Overdue” Pay Award Offered for NHS Nursing Staff in Scotland
Nursing staff working in the NHS in Scotland have been offered a 5% pay increase for 2022-23. The offer by the Scottish government follows inconclusive…
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Health and Care Staff Honoured in NHS Parliamentary Awards
Nurses, midwives, doctors, vaccination teams and domestic staff are among those celebrated in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 74 birthday, as the NHS…
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Families in England Recover Over £400m in Wrongly Paid NHS Nursing Care Fees
Families fighting for NHS care costs have recovered over £400 million in wrongly paid fees since 2013, says law firm, Hugh James. However, this is…
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£4bn of NHS “Unusable” Covid PPE to be Destroyed says Committee Report
Protective clothing (PPE) worth £4bn purchased early in the pandemic to prevent NHS staff from Covid is to be incinerated because it is unusable, a…
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