Easier GP Access Continues To Be Public’s Top Priority For The NHS
New polling from the Health Foundation and Ipsos has highlighted that the public’s top priority for the NHS is making it easier to get GP…
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Doctors
Marginal Improvement In Doctors’ Wellbeing But Many Feel Unable To Progress Careers, Warns GMC
One in three doctors say they are unable to progress their education, training and careers in the way they want; the results of the latest…
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NHS Protected Thousands More Appointments During Doctors Strike
Over 10,000 additional patients received treatment during last week’s BMA strike action compared to the previous industrial dispute, as the NHS adopted a significantly more…
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NHS Patients Urged To Continue Coming Forward For Care During Upcoming Resident Doctors’ Strikes
The NHS is facing another significant round of industrial action by resident doctors this week, with thousands expected to walk out from 7am on Friday…
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NHS Waiting List Hits Two-Year Low As Staff Work To ‘Turn The Tide’
The NHS waiting list has fallen to its lowest level in two years, the first April drop since 2008, as health chiefs hailed staff for…
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New Study Reveals Trade-Offs Being Made To Ensure NHS ‘Lives Within Its Financial Means’
A new study has uncovered the tough decisions NHS leaders are making to balance their books and protect patient care. Researchers from The King’s Fund…
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NHS Leaders Concerned Over Potential Unbudgeted Pay Rises
Further cuts to staffing and services are likely if NHS organisations need to shoulder additional pay costs above what is included in the NHS budget….
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Health Leaders Call For National Redundancy Pot To Fund NHS Job Cuts
NHS leaders are urging the Chancellor to rapidly create a national staff redundancy fund to smooth the pathway to the major budget cuts they are…
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Call For Overhaul Of Targets And Funding Regime To Secure Future Of The NHS
The government should mandate the rebalancing of NHS funding towards primary and community services and overhaul existing hospital-focused performance targets in order to deliver its…
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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…
Read more...Surge’ In Norovirus Cases Keeps Pressure On Hospitals High
Norovirus levels in hospitals in England are 80% higher than the same period last year, new figures show today as pressure on NHS services remains…
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NHS in a Position of ‘National Vulnerability’ as Local Services Gear up for Busiest Period
Local NHS leaders are warning of huge pressure on their services as the NHS faces up to its busiest few weeks of the year. They…
Read more...Voice Of Doctors Must Not Be Lost In 10 Year Health Plan, Says BMA
Responding to the launch of the consultation for the Government’s 10 Year Health Plan, BMA council chair Professor Philip Banfield said: “The BMA, as the trade…
Read more...Junior Doctors In England Vote To Accept Pay Offer
The BMA’s junior doctors committee (JDC) in England has accepted the Government’s pay offer, with 66% of junior doctors voting in favour of the deal….
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Temporary NHS Staff ‘Fearful’ Of Speaking Up About Patient Safety Issues Report Reveals
Temporary NHS workers fear speaking up about patient safety due to discrimination, an investigation by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) has found, with…
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