Nursing Leader Warns of a Risk to Patients as Nurses’ Concerns Reach New High
New findings from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) released today for the start of its annual conference shine a light on the impact of…
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Hospitals
New Report Shows 13,000 Staffed Beds Required Across the NHS to Drive Meaningful Change and Improvement
A new report by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine ‘Beds in the NHS’ shows that 13,000 staffed beds are required in the NHS across…
Read more...Record Staffing Claim from Government Ignores Record Vacancies and Plummeting Numbers in General Practice, says BMA
Responding to the Department of Health and Social Care announcement about record numbers of doctors and nurses in the NHS, Dr David Wrigley, BMA council…
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Jubilee Grant to Fund Art Exhibition at Essex Psychiatric Hospital
The “frightening childhood ordeal” of being a war evacuee during World War II has been captured in an artwork which is set to be showcased…
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New Research Found 40% of All Unplanned Hospital Admissions for People Living With Dementia Happened in the Last Year of Life
New research from King’s College London found that people living with dementia experience higher levels of unplanned hospitals admissions towards the end of life after…
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RCN Celebrates the #BestOfNursing for Nurses’ Day 2022
Today is Nurses’ Day, an annual celebration of the nursing profession, held on 12 May, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. This year, The Royal; College of Nusring…
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Discharging Hospital Patients to Care Homes ‘Unlawful’ High Court Rules
Government policies on discharging patients from hospital to care homes at the outset of the pandemic were “unlawful” because they failed to consider the risk…
Read more...NHS Leaders and their Teams Risk Being Abandoned by the Government Unless New ‘Living with Covid’ Plan is Delivered
The Government has been urged to revamp its ‘living with Covid’ plan as NHS leaders warn the government risks abandoning the health service in the…
Read more...NHS Confederation responds to Health and Care Bill amendments passed in the House of Lords
Members of the House of Lords have successfully passed a number of amendments to the Health and Care Bill. Amendment 80, tabled by Baroness Cumberlege…
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Hospital Caterers Association Keynote, Jonathon Ashworth MP, Announces Labour Party Pledge For Legally Enforced Nutritional Hospital Standards
On the first day of the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) Learning and Development forum Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary announced their pledge to…
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Hospices Should Be Used More To Ease Pressure On Hospitals Survey Shows
Nearly three quarters of UK adults (73 per cent) say hospice services should be used more to help relieve the pressure on hospitals according to…
Read more...Since 2011 Four Million Hospital Bed Days Have Been Lost Through Delayed Discharges Due To Problems Securing Social Care
Since 2011, almost four million (3,954,833) hospital bed days have been lost to the NHS due to problems securing social care. In 2016/17 alone, nearly…
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The King’s Fund Warns Against Further Hospital Bed Cuts
With hospitals full to capacity, NHS plans in some areas to cut hospital beds are undesirable and unachievable, warns The King’s Fund in a new…
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