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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How Do We Make The NHS Fit For The Future? Lords To Debate Report On The Long-Term Sustainability Of The NHS
The House of Lords will this week debate the report from the Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS The report, which was published…
Read more...Mps And Peers Urged To Support Reforms To Curb Rising Costs Of NHS Clinical Negligence Claims
A coalition of organisations which represent the NHS and health professionals is calling for urgent action to reduce the £1.7 billion paid last year alone…
Read more...Sustainable Health And Care Awards Launched By NHS Employers And Sustainable Development Unit
A new awards programme for NHS, public health and social care organisations was launched on Wednesday 18 April, supported by the Department of Health and…
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Summer Pressures Set To Equal Winter Crises
Doctors have warned of a ‘round-the-year crisis’ in the NHS after projections pointed towards a summer of strain – with pressures on services similar to…
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LGA Responds to Announcement of Multi-Year Funding Plan for NHS
Responding to the Government’s announcement of a multi-year funding plan for the NHS, Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board,…
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NHS Digital Funding Awarded To Projects That Help Ease Delayed Transfers Of Care
NHS Digital have announced the local authority and NHS partnerships that have been successful in bidding for a share of £1.4m to help digitise their…
Read more...Emergency Admissions At End Of Life Set To Sky Rocket
Marie Curie says that the NHS is struggling to cope with A&E admissions of people who are in the last year of their lives. The…
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Jeremy Hunt Social Care Speech Suggests ‘New Government Thinking’, Says NHS Confederation
Responding to Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s key principles for reforming social care, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents…
Read more...Emergency Admissions At End Of Life Set To Sky Rocket
Marie Curie says that the NHS is struggling to cope with A&E admissions of people who are in the last year of their lives. The…
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The Sixth Nutrition And Hydration Week Is Here!
Nutrition and Hydration Week is taking place around the country in NHS Trusts and care homes with a view to hold events to promote their…
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King’s Fund Report Shows “We Have Turned Back Clock To Bad Old Days”, Says NHS Confederation
Responding to the King’s Fund Quarterly Monitoring Report, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, said: “We…
Read more...Waiting Times Targets Failing The Sickest Patients
The King’s Fund is calling on the NHS to ensure that the way waiting time targets are implemented prevents increasing numbers of patients from facing…
Read more...Narrowing Of NHS Gender Divide But Men Still The Majority In Senior Roles
The proportion of Hospital and Community doctors who are women has grown every year since 2009,3analysis of NHS workforce statistics4 by NHS Digital for International Women’s Day shows. The figures show…
Read more...NHS Staff Survey Results “Challenging”
The results of NHS England’s latest Staff Survey 2017 are “challenging”, show that staff cannot absorb further work pressures, and show that investment is needed in health…
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