BMA Says 3.5% Pay Recommendation is “More than Just Insulting” to Thousands of NHS Workers
The government has asked the NHSPRB to cap the next NHS pay rise at just 3.5% – significantly below inflation. In evidence submitted late to…
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Junior Doctors in England Vote Overwhelmingly for Strike Action
Junior doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in their fight for pay restoration. Almost every junior doctor who cast a vote, voted…
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NHS Crisis is “Largely a Crisis in Older People’s Preventive Care Warns Age UK
A new in-depth report from the Charity Age UK, ‘Fixing the Foundations’, reveals how our under-funded and overstretched NHS and social care system is struggling…
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Nursing Staff to be Consulted on Scottish Government Pay Offer
The RCN is to consult its members on the new NHS pay offer. The consultation will open on Tuesday 28 February and close at 9am…
Read more...Settle NHS Strikes or Wave Goodbye to Key Waiting Time Pledge Government Warned
The Prime Minister must choose between settling his government’s escalating dispute with the trade unions on NHS pay, or ‘wave goodbye’ to his pledge to…
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Perfect Storm Could Sink the NHS Warns Milton Keynes Hospital Boss
The chief executive of Milton Keynes Hospital has told of his fears the NHS ‘could sink’ as it tries to cope with the perfect storm…
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Latest NHS Reforms Will Not Succeed Until Government Fixes Longstanding Problems
Major new reform of the NHS will not work until Government addresses multiple chronic issues in the service, says PAC in a report released today….
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NHS Confederation Responds to the NAO Report on Mental Health Services
Responding to the new National Audit Office (NAO) report on the progress in improving mental health services, Sean Duggan chief executive of the mental health…
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More Than 86 Million Covid Vaccination Appointments Booked Through NHS Online System in First Two Years
More than 86 million Covid vaccination appointments have been arranged using the NHS’s national online booking system since its launch two years ago. The…
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Waiting List Grew by 1 Million in a Year, Despite Elective Care Recovery Plan
Commenting on the one year anniversary of the publication of NHS England’s elective care recovery plan, senior policy fellow Tim Gardner said: ‘There were 7.2…
Read more...Health Leaders Call for Resolution As ‘Strike Week’ Begins
As the NHS braces itself for what is likely to be the most disruptive strikes so far, with industrial action expected to take place almost…
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NHS Issues Final Call to Come Forward for COVID Booster
The NHS is encouraging people to come forward for their COVID booster before the offer, part of the biggest and most successful programme in health…
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The NHS Won’t Survive Without Immediate Steps to Bolster Workforce, BMA Warns
Responding to the Government’s Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services, Professor Phil Banfield, chair of BMA council, said: “The NHS cannot afford…
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Major Plan to Recover Urgent and Emergency Care Services
The NHS and the government will publish a new blueprint today to help recover urgent and emergency care services, reduce waiting times, and improve patient…
Read more...NHS Confederation Responds to DHSC Announcement on Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Services
Responding to the Department for Health and Social Care’s announcement on how £150 million of funding will be spent on urgent and emergency mental health…
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