NHS Launches Plan To Improve Patient Care By Cutting Long Hospital Stays
The NHS has announced thie week plans to improve patient care by cutting long stays in hospitals. Speaking at the annual NHS Confederation conference at…
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NHS Hails ‘Standout Stars’ To Mark 70th Birthday At Confed18
A campaigner for better patient care, a much-loved hospital porter and a former British prime minister made the top 70 in a poll of NHS…
Read more...Winter Crisis Is Now Year-Long Crisis, Suggests New NHS Confederation Report
Regulators should use discretion when considering whether to withhold extra funding from health and care organisations, the NHS Confederation says in a new report. The…
Read more...Mental Health Funding Must Double For 70% Of Patients To Gain Access To Treatment
Current mental health spending would likely need to double to take the number of people with mental health problems receiving NHS treatment from 40 per…
Read more...NHS Pressures And Care Market Failures Across Country Means Short-Term Funding Must Continue, Adass Budget Survey Reveals
Despite a welcome injection of short-term funding into the sector, adult social care across the country face care market failures, reduced investment in prevention, and…
Read more...Lack Of Support For Care Home Residents By The NHS
Care England, the largest representative body for independent care providers for adult social care has expressed its concern that a number of NHS bodies are…
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NHS Confederation-Commissioned Study Shows Funding is Urgently Needed to Prevent ‘Decade of Misery’
Today the NHS Confederation responded to Securing The Future: Funding health and social care to the 2030s, the report it commissioned with the Health Foundation…
Read more...New Local Health And Care Partnerships Could Save Lives
NHS England has announced funding for three Local Health and Care Record projects to support the integration of health and social care through more effective…
Read more...Government Urged To Back Funding Plan To 2035
The NHS Confederation has launched a petition calling on the government to commit to a funding plan for health and social care to 2035 in…
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Hft Hails Royal College Of Nursing’s Call For NHS Pay Deal To Be Extended To Social Care Staff, But Warns Local Authorities Must Be Properly Funded To Meet Rising Wage Bills
Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has welcomed the news that the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has written to Jeremy…
Read more...Nearly Three-Quarters Of Public Think There Are Too Few Nurses To Provide Safe Care
A poll commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has shown public concerns over nurse staffing levels. The findings come as the RCN publishes…
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New £1m Funding For Innovative Digital Adult Social Care Pilots
Following the success of last year’s Local Investment Programme, NHS Digital and the Local Government Association have announced new funding for digital pilots that benefit…
Read more...Millions Of People Ready To Gift Their Time To Support NHS
Over half of adults believe giving time to the NHS is as important as finance (1) Royal Voluntary Service and HelpForce strike up new strategic…
Read more...UK Lags Behind Europe On Health Spending, Says Health Charity Leader
The NHS has done well but performance is “middling” compared with health systems in some other Western European countries, according to the chief executive of a…
Read more...NHS Seeks Out ‘Standout Stars’ To Mark 70th Birthday
Health and care staff who have gone over and above the call of duty are in line for UK-wide recognition as part of the NHS’s…
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