Is the NHS finally going to get its workforce plan?
A year ago Jeremy Hunt was sitting on the back benches, and as chair of the health select committee was … Read more
A workforce already stretched over five days, can’t stretch to seven
With the waiting list of patients waiting for planned NHS care at over 7 million, up from 4.4 million before … Read more
Should the NHS still be recruiting from overseas?
The NHS has a major workforce crisis, with over 132,000 vacancies overall and over 47,000 vacancies for registered nurses. The … Read more
Long-term consequences of cuts to Public Health Services becoming clear
After over a 100 years of progress, the health and well being of the British public is now going in … Read more
Jeremy Hunt ‘accepts picture’ of NHS on brink of collapse
The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt has said he accepts “the picture that the NHS is on the brink of collapse” but warned … Read more
Longest diagnostic waits at highest level since covid lockdown
NHS England data for September shows 12.4 per cent of the 1.6 million awaiting a diagnostic test had been on … Read more
Nurses at half of NHS organisations vote for strike
The Royal College of Nursing has said that nursing staff at around half of NHS organisations have voted in favour … Read more
High risk strategy as NHS backlog bills keep growing
The bill for “backlog maintenance” in England’s crumbling NHS has more than doubled in the past six years to a massive … Read more
Winter crisis starts early, as Trust chiefs urged to lobby Tory MPs
It’s not even winter yet, but the NHS is already in a major beds crisis and bracing for the worst … Read more
NHS to face unprecedented funding squeeze to 2025
HSJ reports that the NHS in England is set to face a multiyear funding squeeze for the first time since … Read more