Slow Progress on Tackling Hospital Waiting Lists More Fairly Report Reveals
A new report from The King’s Fund finds that people from the most deprived areas in England are more likely to have long waits for…
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Tackle Social Care To End Hospital Road Block
Call for reform to lower delayed discharge figures THE GOVERNMENT must tackle the crisis in social care to end the painful rise in delayed hospital…
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BMA Launches Ballot Of SAS Doctors And Re-Ballot Of Consultants In England As Pay Talks Continue
A formal ballot of specialist, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) doctors in England, and a re-ballot of consultants to extend their industrial action mandate, both…
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NHS Patients To Be Offered The Chance To Travel For Treatment
Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients who have been waiting the longest for treatment will be offered the opportunity to travel to a different hospital,…
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Majority Nursing Students Planning Careers Outside Patient Care
Elsevier Health has released its Clinician of the Future 2023: Education Edition, providing insights into the experiences of medical and nursing students and the consequences…
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Postcode Lottery In Urgent And Emergency NHS Care Highlighted By PAC Report
How quickly an ambulance will arrive depends too much on where a patient lives. In a report published yesterday (October 25), the Public Accounts Committee…
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Sector Reacts to CQC Annual State of Care Report
Change has to come now, social care campaigners say Leading figures from the adult social care sector have reacted to the quality Care, Commissions Annual…
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NHS Delivers 10,000 Virtual Ward Beds Target
The NHS has delivered on its ambition to roll out 10,000 virtual ward beds by the end of September, new figures reveal. More than 240,000…
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Calls to Write Off Healthcare Workers’ Student Loans Amid NHS Dropout Crisis
New analysis published by the Nuffield Trust lays bare the scale of losses caused by clinical staff dropping out of training and opting out of…
Read more...Public Blames Government For 7.7m-Long Waiting Lists In England, Finds Survey
As doctors in England begin the longest period of combined industrial action by consultants and junior doctors yet, new survey findings show that Government attempts…
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NHS Leaders Call For An End To ‘Dangerous Deadlock’ Ahead Of Latest Round Of NHS Strikes
The NHS Confederation is warning that next week’s triple walk out of junior doctors, consultants and radiographers will jeopardise patient care, harm efforts to bring…
Read more...Voters Send Message “Increase Funding for the NHS”
As this year’s party conference season gathers pace, new polling from Ipsos and the Health Foundation shows the public wants additional investment in the NHS. With neither…
Read more...Patients Experiencing Two Or More Cancelled Operations Due To NHS Industrial Action
Health leaders are warning that increasing numbers of patients who have already had their operation cancelled due to industrial action are having their rescheduled appointments…
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£200 Million To Boost NHS Resilience And Care This Winter
The government is investing £200 million to boost resilience in the NHS and help patients get the care they need as quickly as possible this…
Read more...RCN Scotland Members Call On Politicians To Support Improved Financial Package For Student Nurses
Nursing students and newly qualified nurses met with MSPs and senior nurse leaders in Edinburgh to discuss the action that’s needed to ensure all nursing…
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