East Sussex budget cuts and 3.99% tax rise backed
Spending plans that will see about £20m of cuts and a 3.99% increase in council tax have been approved. Conservative-run … Read more
Surge in privatisation threatening free NHS treatment, unions say
With contracts worth £5.5bn going to private firms, health sector unions warn of slide to US-style system in which level … Read more
BDA General Secretary joins health union leaders in condemning the Government’s failed NHS privatisation experiment
In a joint letter to the Guardian published on 8th February , leaders of unions representing over one million health … Read more
100 GPs sign letter on Pulse telling Prime Minister general practice is ‘not safe’
Over 100 GPs have co-signed a letter warning Prime Minister David Cameron that general practice is no longer safe for … Read more
This NHS crisis is not economic. It’s political – Aditya Chakrabortty
How many times have you read that the NHS is bust? No need for answers on a postcard: I can … Read more
One fifth of consultants state that rota gaps are causing ‘significant problems for patient safety’
The latest census of consultant physicians and higher specialty trainees in the UK (2014/15) produced by the Royal College of Physicians, Royal … Read more
Under pressure: What the Commonwealth Fund’s 2015 international survey of general practitioners means for the UK
Every three years, the US-based Commonwealth Fund coordinates a survey of general practitioners (GPs) and primary care physicians across 11 … Read more
Diagnostic Radiology: Our patients are still waiting…..
Summary and Main Findings Prompt diagnosis of serious medical conditions such as cancer is essential to give patients the best … Read more
200,000 patients displaced after rapid rise in GP surgery closures last year
The number of patients being displaced by surgery closures has risen by 50% in a year, with 200,000 patients in … Read more
‘I didn’t matter’: the long wait for mental health treatment
I’ve always been a worrier, back into my teens,” said Helen Convery, 43, a radiographer from Epsom who has seen … Read more