Urgent action needed for post-pandemic recovery
A new analysis shows that the NHS will be unable to get to grips with post-pandemic health challenges or make … Read more
Staffing
Urgent plan needed to end NHS staff shortages now
Unions and other groups representing most of the NHS’s 1.4 million-strong workforce, including the Royal College of Nursing, British Medical … Read more
Fantasy and denial in under-funded NHS
Following a disastrous pandemic that has drastically cut back the capacity of NHS acute hospitals and piled added pressures and … Read more
Report warns of nursing ‘exodus’ as many look to quit after pandemic
A new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) reveals that almost a third more nurses and midwives … Read more
NHS under strain as tens of thousands of staff suffer long Covid
Patient care in the NHS is being hit because many of those struggling with long Covid are only able to … Read more
PM accused of ‘deliberately delaying’ a pay rise for NHS workers
A letter sent to Boris Johnson by health unions warns that many NHS staff will be “bewildered” as they contrast the … Read more
Over 850 health and social care workers have now died of COVID-19
883 health and social care workers have died of Coronavirus in England and Wales since March, according to Official data … Read more
Unions urge PM to provide pay boost in depths of covid crisis
Health unions have written to the PM urging him to intervene and speed up the NHS pay review process. The … Read more
NHS England plans local banks of GPs working flexibly
NHS England intends to set up local banks of GPs working flexibly, according to its People Plan which was published … Read more
One-to-one nursing care for intensive care patients suspended
Patients in intensive care are usually cared for by nurses on a one-to-one basis, but NHS England has revised staffing … Read more