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
Budget letdown: NHS faces record waiting lists and staff “exodus”
There was no significant new money for the NHS in Rishi Sunak’s first budget of 2021, with an extra £1.6 … Read more
Rachel Clarke: Now we health workers know how empty Boris Johnson’s ‘clap for heroes’ really was
When the NHS saved his life last April, Boris Johnson could not have reacted more fulsomely on social media. “Our … Read more
Government suggests a 1% pay settlement for all NHS workers
Nursing Notes reports that in evidence submitted to the NHSPRB, the independent organisation that provides annual recommendations on the pay … 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