Disingenuous to Link Excess Deaths with Strike Days, says BMA
Responding to reports in the Telegraph linking a rise in excess deaths with the last round of junior doctors’ strikes in England, Professor David Strain,…
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NHS Confederation Responds to RCN and UNISON Pay Ballot Outcomes
Responding to the outcome of RCN and Unison member ballots on the government’s pay offer, Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “While…
Read more...Emergency Care to be Prioritised During Most Disruptive Industrial Action in History
Strike action across England this week will see unprecedented disruption to NHS services, England’s top doctor has warned. Professor Sir Stephen Powis said that it…
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Cost of Living Squeeze is Forcing health Workers to Relocate says Senior NHS Leader
The NHS in Surrey’s problems retaining staff have been laid bare after a leading NHS boss revealed it is repeatedly losing workers to the Midlands…
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‘NHS Workforce Plan Cannot Come Soon Enough’: BMA Responds to Budget
Responding to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget, Dr Emma Runswick, BMA council deputy chair, said: “When patients are suffering record waits for care and the…
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Boss of Care Regulator Spells Out Vision for ‘Gridlocked’ NHS
The country’s health and social care system is in “gridlock, which is harming patients and can only be fixed by long-term funding and technology-driven innovations…
Read more...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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