Higher ratio of HCAs linked with increased mortality
New research into staffing levels within NHS hospitals has suggested a link between a higher proportion of healthcare assistants per patient and a rise in mortality. In contrast, the study,…
New research into staffing levels within NHS hospitals has suggested a link between a higher proportion of healthcare assistants per patient and a rise in mortality. In contrast, the study,…
…by the NHS in the last year. The House research used FOI requests to NHS trusts across the UK and found that England has the worst data, with average community…
…BPP University School of Nursing. The research, which comprised of data from 195 trusts, highlighted that HCAs now account for three in 10 care roles in the NHS. Research has…
…has been no long-term funding plan that would maintain the current level of service and no long-term plan has come anywhere near the level of funding increases needed for the…
…the hospital sector and increase the use of community and primary care sector. Like other areas the STP aims to transfer services out of hospital and into the community. The…
Sexual health services are at “a tipping point” with clinics unable to keep up with demand for tests and treatment, local council leaders have warned. Central government cuts to local…
…The CCG’s proposal is to replace three walk-in centres and an out of hours GP service with a single 24/7 urgent care centre, with the new facility due to open…
The performance of hospitals across the UK has slumped with targets for cancer, A&E and planned operations now being missed en masse, BBC research shows. Nationally England, Wales and Northern…
…to treatment’. The research – commissioned by a provider of online mental health therapy services for the NHS – also included focus group discussions, in which GPs reported that longer…
Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) reveals that real-terms DH spending will increase by 12% over the period from 2009/10 to 2019/20 under current government plans. This equates…