King’s Fund Quarterly Monitoring Report: How is the NHS performing?
Our Quarterly Monitoring Report examines the views of finance directors on the productivity challenge they face, as well as some … Read more
Nearly 600 GP practices could be forced to close by 2020, warns RCGP
Around one in 15 GP practices could be forced out of business and the UK will face a shortfall of … Read more
Nursing home care ratings lagging behind due to staff and capacity gaps, CQC warns
Social care organisations are increasingly struggling to provide an adequate standard of care because of staff shortages and lack of … Read more
Judicial Review : Latest News
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL 19th & 20th September 2016 Junior doctors and their supporters will rally … Read more
No evidence of weekend effect in psychiatric hospitals – study
Findings challenge Jeremy Hunt’s claims that patients admitted at the weekend are at greater risk of dying. Mental health patients … Read more
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
Sharp rise in care delays ‘piles pressure on hospitals’
A sharp rise in waits for care services is piling the pressure on the NHS in England, hospital bosses are … Read more
Home truths: are older people paying the price for social care cuts?
Patrick Hall – Fellow Social Care Policy The problems of the NHS do not exist in a vacuum. Older people … Read more
Emergency care set to be cut at one south-west London hospital as NHS bosses struggle to meet quality demands
Emergency and maternity care could be cut from at least one south-west London hospital as NHS bosses struggle to meet financial … Read more
Elderly Britons bearing brunt of cuts to social care, report warns
Elderly people are bearing the brunt of cuts to social care, according to a new report that also warns of … Read more