Care England Welcomes NHS Investment In Social Care
Care England has welcomed the Health Secretary’s recognition that the NHS 10-year plan will include elements of social care. This acknowledgment reflects what we have…
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Research Reveals NHS Overreliance On Doctors From “Red List” Countries
The NHS in England is increasingly relying on workers from countries with significant health care staffing shortages since EU recruitment became more difficult post-Brexit, instead…
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Alzheimer’s Society Unveils New Innovation Programme To Address Hospitalisation Challenge
The Alzheimer’s Society has unveiled its first ever Launchpad Cohort, whose original ideas, will address a broad range of challenges people living with dementia face…
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NHS England Abolition a Seismic Shift for Health and Social Care
The government’s pledge to reduce bureaucracy and directing more resources to frontline staff, mean there is now a ‘unique opportunity to develop innovative models of…
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Government to Abolish NHS England to Cut Bureaucracy and Boost Frontline Services
In a significant policy shift, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that NHS England will be abolished, with its responsibilities brought back under the…
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Investigation Reveals Bed Blocking Crisis In NHS Made Worse By “Rock Bottom” Care Home Fees
An investigation has uncovered a link between “rock bottom” care home fees and bed blocking in Welsh hospitals. The research was conducted by social care…
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Analysis Highlights Potential NHS Funding Gap If Government Productivity Target Cannot Be Met
New Health Foundation analysis highlights the potential for a significant shortfall in NHS funding unless unprecedented productivity growth can be achieved. The analysis, part of…
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Second Consultation Launched on NHS Funding for Alzheimer’s Treatments
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) published further draft guidance for public consultation that continues to not recommend Alzheimer’s treatments donanemab and lecanemab. NICE…
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Staff Leaving the NHS Among Lowest in Over a Decade
NHS staff retention schemes have helped cut the number of workers leaving the health service to one of its lowest levels in over a decade,…
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NHS Confederation Responds To Amanda Pritchard’s Resignation
Responding to the announcement that NHS England’s chief executive Amanda Pritchard will step down at the end of March Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the…
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Government’s Failure to Utilise Social Care Deepens NHS Bed Crisis
The latest NHS England figures reveal that nearly one in seven hospital beds (13,767) are occupied by patients who no longer require acute care yet…
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Patients Put Off Seeking Care Due To ‘Dysfunctional’ NHS Admin, Warn Healthcare Experts
Letters arriving after appointments, not being kept updated about waiting times for treatment and chasing test results, are all commonplace issues impacting large numbers of…
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Waiting List Falls As NHS Staff Treated Record Numbers Last Year
NHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024, as the waiting list fell in December for the fourth month in a row. The…
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More Than 1 Million Older People Urged To Get Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine
The NHS is urging around 1.3 million older people who have not yet had the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to get jabbed, as health service…
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Over 80% Of Healthcare Cost In The Final Year Of Life Spent On Hospitals
New research from the Nuffield Trust and the Health Economics Unit, commissioned by end-of-life charity Marie Curie, finds that UK public expenditure for people in…
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