Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay has ordered civil servants to drastically increase overseas recruitment of NHS and social care staff before the winter….
Read more...Royal College of Nursing members working in NHS Scotland are to be balloted on industrial strike action. The move comes after members voted overwhelmingly to…
Read more...The BMA will ballot junior doctor members in England for industrial action if the Government does not commit to full restoration of junior doctors’ pay…
Read more...Rishi Sunak has pledged to introduce fines for patients who miss GP and hospital appointments as part of a shake-up of the NHS. The former…
Read more...The Local Government association has responded to a report which highlights that staffing gaps and a lack of capacity in social care are putting the…
Read more...The NHS and social care face the greatest workforce crisis in their history, compounded by the absence of a credible government strategy to tackle the…
Read more...Patients could face longer waits to see their GP and reduced primary care services, following the Government’s refusal to fund in full the NHS’s pay…
Read more...NHS leaders face impossible choices over whether to cut patient care or reduce investment in much needed diagnostic capacity and new technology after a series…
Read more...As the Conservative leadership campaign continues, NHS leaders are urging the remaining candidates – and the future Prime Minister – to level with the public…
Read more...Responding to the publication of the monthly NHS performance statistics and GP patient survey, Tim Gardner, Senior Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation said: ‘These…
Read more...With England having fewer beds per person than comparable countries, new analysis raises big questions for incoming government over where investment should go to alleviate…
Read more...Responding to the latest ONS Covid infection survey Dr Layla McCay, director of policy at the NHS Confederation, said: “Covid hospitalisations are rising, and this…
Read more...NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has released annual statistics as well as the latest quarterly summary statistics, covering January – March 2022. Five groups of…
Read more...The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has welcomed the plan for digital health and social care announced today by the Department for Health and…
Read more...Student paramedics were given the opportunity to complete a work placement at a Carterton based care home as part of their training. The students are…
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