Cuts in services
Health Secretary backs private firm profiting from patients who can’t get an NHS dentist.
EXCLUSIVE: Matt Hancock has thrown his weight behind MyDentist – an enterprise that targets areas with a shortage of NHS … Read more
Hospices could face closure over £30million Tory ‘stealth tax’ levy on owners
Hospices could face closure as they are hit with an estimated £30million Tory “stealth tax” over pensions. The Government is … Read more
National radiotherapy plan ‘impossible to realise’ without more funding
Consolidation of radiotherapy services “will be impossible” without more money, a royal college has warned. The Royal College of Radiologists said … Read more
Half of NHS workers say they are too short staffed to deliver safe, dignified and compassionate care
Almost half of NHS workers on the front line say there are not enough staff on their shift to ensure … Read more
MP Yvette Cooper wants NHS meeting over Pontefract Hospital maternity unit closure
Pontefract and Castleford MP Yvette Cooper is trying to meet with the head of the NHS in England over plans … Read more
Four in ten patients feel their GP practice building is a ‘poor environment’
Four in ten patients feel their GP practice is a poor environment that makes them anxious or stressed, according to … Read more
Government urged to act over ‘national scandal’ of adult social care pay – as 54,000 in Yorkshire earn below Living Wage
Chronic under-funding of adult social care in the North is sparking a workforce crisis, the Government was warned today, as … Read more
Pharmacists facing ‘massive shortages’ in common medicines across UK, experts warn
Common medicines are in increasingly short supply according to reports from pharmacists who warn they are being forced to pay … Read more
NHS not sustainable and Theresa May’s £20.5bn funding pledge won’t fix it, NAO warns
The NHS is financially “unsustainable” and the government’s much-trumpeted 10-year plan is inadequate to rescue cancer, mental health and social care … Read more
NHS chiefs tell Theresa May it is time to curb privatisation
NHS leaders want Theresa May to scrap Conservative legislation that forces the tendering of contracts for care, in a move … Read more
Patient safety fears prompt no confidence vote at trust
Staff at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust have passed a ‘no confidence vote’ in its senior management because of patient safety … Read more
Ambulance trust cuts out-of-hours GP winter shifts due to summer overspend
The ambulance trust running the GP out-of-hours services in Dorset is reducing the number of doctors on shift over winter … Read more
Too many baby deaths avoidable, report into NHS finds
Full story The Guardian, 13 November 2018 Seven out of 10 stillbirths, neonatal deaths and babies brain damaged at birth … Read more
NHS cancer treatment wait statistics ‘set to be worst on record’
Full story The Guardian, 8 November 2018 The NHS is on course for its worst annual cancer waiting statistics on record, official … Read more
Eye patients harmed after acute trust’s waiting list spirals
Full story in The HSJ, 31 October 2018 Nearly 40 eye patients have suffered a worsening of their condition because … Read more
Budget pledges on health and social care dismissed as ‘sticking plaster’
Full story in The Guardian, 30 October 2018 Health experts have said the chancellor’s £20.5bn boost for the NHS in … Read more