Health rationing row as NHS hospitals set out rules preventing the elderly from having operations
NHS hospitals caring for two million patients could be forced to bar elderly patients from a host of operations, it … Read more
Public health gains in danger as councils cut GP funding
The Government promised that its £200m cuts to public health services will not affect frontline services – but a Pulse … Read more
Nine in ten GP practices struggle to find locums
Almost 90% of GP practices are struggling to find locums to cover shifts amid growing pressures on the workforce, the … Read more
NHS England refuses to fund local authority HIV drugs
NHS England has said it will no longer pay for HIV drugs provided by local authority commissioned services. A letter … Read more
Six ways in which NHS financial pressures can affect patient care
NHS finances are almost at breaking point. Since 2010, the unprecedented slowdown in funding growth and rising demand have made … Read more
30% of GP training places remain unfilled
Almost one-third of GP training places remain vacant after the first round of recruitment, official figures today reveal. The final … Read more
NHS trust bosses slam £600m hospital fines over patient targets
Hospitals are being fined £600m a year for missing key NHS patient treatment targets in what bosses claim is a … Read more
NHS spend on general practice drops to 7.2%
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will fail to deliver this year on his promise to increase the proportion of funding going … Read more
How is the NHS performing? February 2016
The latest Quarterly Monitoring Report finds that NHS trusts are forecasting an end-of-year net deficit of around £2.3 billion. The … Read more
More than 170 GP surgeries have closed in 3 years because of ‘financial pressures’
More than 170 GP surgeries have closed in three years with doctors citing the increasing financial pressures of running modern … Read more