Spike in mental health patient deaths shows NHS ‘struggling to cope’
A sudden spike in the number of mental health patients dying unexpectedly in NHS care has prompted calls for a wide-ranging investigation … Read more
LMC sounds alarm over council’s £8m cut to public health
GP practices will ‘struggle to cope’ as Government policy is forcing public health budget cuts of several millions in some … Read more
‘Costs of agency staff are spiraling out of control say midwives’
NHS trusts in England pay almost fifty pounds per hour for agency midwives when the normal rate of pay for … Read more
Diabetes care ‘varies hugely’ across England
There is an “unduly healthy picture” of the care patients receive for the condition, according to a new report. The Department … Read more
How does NHS spending compare with health spending internationally?
By John Appleby, Chief Economist at The Kings Fund In 2000, current spending on health care in the United Kingdom was … Read more
NHS funding is falling behind European neighbours’ average, research finds
Britain’s spending on its health service is falling by international standards and, by 2020, will be £43bn less a year … Read more
NICE leak: A&Es could be understaffed ‘half of the time’
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence document, reproduced by HSJ today, suggested A&E departments needed to build a … Read more
Public health—the frontline cuts begin
In 2014 we stated that a pressing imperative was to stop the raids on public health budgets and that a … Read more
Stop Smoking Services at threat as funding comes under pressure
Around forty per cent of local authorities in England are cutting budgets to stop smoking services according to a new … Read more
NHS out-of-hours GP service 12-hour wait ‘clinically unsafe’
Callers to out-of-hours GP services faced waits of more than 12 hours, posing a “significant risk to patient safety”, a … Read more