Party Manifestos: The Call For Digitisation Of Social Care
The main parties have now launched their general election manifestos. Digital technology, data and AI feature in all of them to some extent, primarily in…
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NHS
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…
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NHS Treatment Waiting List Increases For First Time In Seven Months
The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has risen for the first time in seven months, new figures show, in what will be…
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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…
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One Month Left To Get Spring Covid Jab As NHS Rolls Out Joint Appointment Booking
With only one month left of this year’s spring covid vaccine programme, the NHS is urging all eligible people who haven’t yet had their top-up…
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Corridor Care’ Becoming ‘Normalised’ And Is Major Threat To Patient Safety
Every day in Scotland patients are being cared for in corridors and other inappropriate settings and left without access to essential equipment and facilities, it…
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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…
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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…
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Commitment To Moving More Care Away From Hospitals Questioned As Analysis Reveals Funding Cuts To Key Services
A new analysis of day-to-day funding for NHS services shows that successive governments have not put their money where their mouths are to meet much-touted…
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NHS Confederation Responds To Confirmed Date For General Election
As the political parties begin their official campaigning and citizens prepare to cast their votes, the membership body for the NHS is calling on the…
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Nursing Staff Demoralised by Poor Care and Low Pay
Ten years of worsening work pressures have caused morale amongst nursing staff to collapse as staff shortages and low pay combine to create a crisis…
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NHS Plan To Cut Avoidable Admissions To Further Boost Efforts To Reduce Waiting Times
The NHS is set to increase virtual ward use as new analysis shows that 9,000 hospital admissions have been avoided in the South East in…
Read more...Nuffield Trust: Patients Drift Towards Paying For Hospital Care Out Of Their Own Pocket Across All Four UK Countries
Since the pandemic there has been a 30% increase in the number of people paying out of their own pocket for hospital care across the…
Read more...Staggering Cost of Losing Doctors from the NHS Revealed in BMA Report
The cost to taxpayers of losing doctors early from the NHS at the current rate is as high as £2.4bn a year – and could…
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Experts Call For Greater Access To Social Prescribing To Help Charities And NHS Reap Benefits
After a significant amount of research has shown that volunteers report improved wellbeing and mental health from charitable activities, charity leaders have outlined how further…
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