Junior doctors take contract fight to high court
Junior doctors in England have gone to the High Court to try to stop the government imposing a new contract. … Read more
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Charity warns of shortage of nurses in children’s palliative care
by Jo Stephenson, Reporter A worrying shortage of nurses working in children’s palliative care is having a negative impact on … Read more
GPs write to CCG to say they are stopping all ‘unfunded’ work
GPs in Lincolnshire will stop offering non-essential services they not commissioned to provide unless they are given the cash to … Read more
NHS chiefs warn that hospitals in England are on the brink of collapse
The body that represents hospitals across England has issued a startling warning that the NHS is close to breaking point … Read more
Health education bosses miss GP training target
Health Education England has failed to reach its target of delivering 3,250 doctors in GP training by 2016, despite having … Read more
Combined Performance Summary, July 2016
Performance statistics for July 2016 were released at 9.30am on Thursday 8 September 2016 covering the following: the NHS 111 … Read more
Out-of-hours services ‘broken’ as single GP regularly covers 370,000 patients
Out-of-hours services in Northern Ireland are on the verge of collapse, with individual GPs regularly having to cover populations of … Read more
NHS ‘in perpetual winter of Narnia’ as waiting list reaches record 3.9m
The NHS is missing so many of its key performance targets that it has entered “the perpetual winter of Narnia”, … Read more
Junior doctors suspend planned five-day strike in September
Junior doctors have called off the first of their planned series of five-day strikes after growing alarm from senior doctors … Read more
Junior doctors may desert NHS over contract, says union boss
The junior doctor at the heart of an escalating row over NHS strike action has warned that the imposition of … Read more