Government Rejects House of Lords Bid To Exclude NHS Hospitals From £75 Million ‘High Street Levy’
NHS Hospitals will now be forced to pay a new Government ‘levy’, worth around £75 million a year, under the plans drawn up to subsidise…
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Health Leaders Call For National Redundancy Pot To Fund NHS Job Cuts
NHS leaders are urging the Chancellor to rapidly create a national staff redundancy fund to smooth the pathway to the major budget cuts they are…
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Care Residents Urged To Book NHS Spring Covid-19 Vaccine As Rollout Begins
Individuals that need extra protection this year include those aged 75 and over (including those by 17 June 2025), older adult care home residents, and…
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GP Calls For An End To Free Prescriptions To Help Improve The Health Service
A GP has said survey results showing dissatisfaction with the NHS are “a pleasant surprise” and he hopes it will bring about reform. Speaking on GB…
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Startling Collapse In NHS Satisfaction Since Pandemic, With Just 1 In 5 Satisfied
The British public are deeply unhappy with the National Health Service – just 1 in 5 people (21%) in 2024 said they were satisfied with…
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Call For Overhaul Of Targets And Funding Regime To Secure Future Of The NHS
The government should mandate the rebalancing of NHS funding towards primary and community services and overhaul existing hospital-focused performance targets in order to deliver its…
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Care England Welcomes NHS Investment In Social Care
Care England has welcomed the Health Secretary’s recognition that the NHS 10-year plan will include elements of social care. This acknowledgment reflects what we have…
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Research Reveals NHS Overreliance On Doctors From “Red List” Countries
The NHS in England is increasingly relying on workers from countries with significant health care staffing shortages since EU recruitment became more difficult post-Brexit, instead…
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Alzheimer’s Society Unveils New Innovation Programme To Address Hospitalisation Challenge
The Alzheimer’s Society has unveiled its first ever Launchpad Cohort, whose original ideas, will address a broad range of challenges people living with dementia face…
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NHS England Abolition a Seismic Shift for Health and Social Care
The government’s pledge to reduce bureaucracy and directing more resources to frontline staff, mean there is now a ‘unique opportunity to develop innovative models of…
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Government to Abolish NHS England to Cut Bureaucracy and Boost Frontline Services
In a significant policy shift, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that NHS England will be abolished, with its responsibilities brought back under the…
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Investigation Reveals Bed Blocking Crisis In NHS Made Worse By “Rock Bottom” Care Home Fees
An investigation has uncovered a link between “rock bottom” care home fees and bed blocking in Welsh hospitals. The research was conducted by social care…
Read more...Analysis Highlights Potential NHS Funding Gap If Government Productivity Target Cannot Be Met
New Health Foundation analysis highlights the potential for a significant shortfall in NHS funding unless unprecedented productivity growth can be achieved. The analysis, part of…
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Second Consultation Launched on NHS Funding for Alzheimer’s Treatments
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) published further draft guidance for public consultation that continues to not recommend Alzheimer’s treatments donanemab and lecanemab. NICE…
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Staff Leaving the NHS Among Lowest in Over a Decade
NHS staff retention schemes have helped cut the number of workers leaving the health service to one of its lowest levels in over a decade,…
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