…changed to an urgent care centre in 2019, with many campaigners saying the increased pressure on Queen’s Hospital will result in poorer local healthcare services. But in last week’s copy…
This report, published jointly with the Nuffield Trust, looks at the current state of social care services for older people in England, through a combination of national data and interviews…
…of beds. The Independent was given a copy of an email sent by bosses at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust saying that they had been forced to make the…
…another 16% said they did so at least once a week. The RCN said that patients being attended to in “completely unsuitable locations” was risky for them and demoralising for…
…of time while just 3% said they had “more time” than they wanted. The polling firm also asked a sample of doctors, nurses and other staff who have worked in…
…been published, but HSJ has analysed a sample covering a quarter of the 44 STPs, shared on the basis they are not identified. They include more than one from each…
…her surgery. Bosses at the West Suffolk trust are now demanding that doctors give fingerprints to try to identify who blew the whistle. The doctors have complained that this is…
34. Frimley Health In October 2018, the chief executives of NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to all STP leaders instructing them to come up with new five year plans…
Research by Cancer Research UK found that just 53% of GPs and nurse practitioners had time to offer patients ‘very brief advice’ about quitting smoking. The model encourages primary care…
…– they undertake by 25%. Macmillan Cancer Support said the plan was “incredibly worrying for cancer patients”. It is the latest example of what critics call “draconian” measures NHS care…