Majority Of NHS Staff Support Using AI In Patient Care, Major Polling Finds
More than three quarters of NHS staff (76%) support the use of AI to help with patient care, with 81% also in favour of its…
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Doctors
Report Shows Burnt Out Doctors ‘Forced To Take Matters Into Their Own Hands’ Says BMA
Responding to the GMC’s ‘The state of medical education and practice in the UK Workplace experiences 2024’ report, which found 19% of doctors are reducing…
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NHS Pay Rise Welcome, But Government Needs To Do More To Attract and Retain Staff
Following Rachel Reeves’s announcement that Labour accepts “in full” pay rises recommended by independent pay review bodies for NHS staff, as well as a 22.3%…
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GPs Now Delivering A Fifth More Appointments Than Pre-Pandemic
GP teams delivered more than 28.7 million appointments in June 2024 – up one fifth on the same period pre-pandemic, new figures published today show….
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Improving NHS Performance Not Going To Be Quick Or Easy
NHS staff managed a record number of A&E attendances for any June and more than half a million emergency admissions, new figures show. Hospitals reported…
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Doctors In Wales Vote To Accept Pay Offers
The BMA’s consultants, junior doctors and SAS (specialist, associate specialist, and specialty doctors) committees in Wales have all accepted the Welsh Government’s pay offers after…
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Junior Doctors In England Begin New Strike
The NHS will face major disruption this week as junior doctors launch five days of industrial action, with services already under increasing pressure, England’s top…
Read more...NHS Continues To Face Record Demand For Services, New Data Shows
NHS staff continue to face significant demand for urgent care, with new figures showing that A&Es in England managed their busiest ever month for attendances…
Read more...Next Government Should Be Wary Of Promising Top-Down Targets For Faster GP Appointments Think Tank Warns
Politicians should be wary of blanket GP targets for face to face appointments or appointments within 24 or 48 hours, because without enough GPs in…
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Conservatives Pledge To Bring Care “Closer To Home”
The Conservative Party has announced a pledge to build 100 new GP surgeries and ‘modernise’ a further 150, should they win the upcoming general election….
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BMA Lays Out Manifesto For Next Government
Without looking after and retaining doctors, the next Government has no hope of improving peoples’ health or of high-quality treatment being readily available, pushing the…
Read more...Junior Doctors Announce New Strike Dates In England Ahead Of General Election
Junior doctors in England have announced new strike dates ahead of the General Election as Rishi Sunak continues to refuse to meet junior doctors’ demands…
Read more...NHS Leaders Facing “Drastic Measures” To Make Ends Meet
Health leaders in England are calling on the next government to protect local NHS organisations from having to further cut staffing levels to make ends…
Read more...Government Reaping Result Of ‘Not Listening To NHS Staff’ As Public Survey Shows NHS Needs A New Direction, Says BMA
In response to the latest British Social Attitudes survey published today by The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust Professor Phil Banfield, BMA chair of…
Read more...Public Concern About The NHS Soars As Delays Accessing A&E And GP Services Rise
A series of new official figures shows public confidence in the NHS has been shaken by increased delays in accessing A&E and GP services. With…
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