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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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community health

District nurse numbers plummet leaving services under-resourced and unsafe

According to a new report district nursing is significantly under-resourced, with often unsafe staffing levels, which can lead to unsafe … Read more

Categories Staffing, Cuts to services Tags community health, cuts to services, district nurses, NHS staff, understaffing

NHS England loses 6,000 mental health nurses in 10 years

New figures show that the number of mental health nurses in England has slumped by more than a tenth over … Read more

Categories Cuts to services, Mental Health, Staffing Tags community health, cuts to services, hospitals, mental health, NHS staff, nurses, understaffing

One in 10 GPs see twice as many patients as safe limit, survey finds

GPs are seeing up to 60 patients a day, double the number they consider safe, as services struggle with staff … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Cuts to services Tags community health, cuts to services, GPs

Telephone-first approach not a solution to GP workload, says study

The telephone-first approach is not a solution to patient demand and GP workload, according to a new study. The method, … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags community health, cuts to services, GPs, social care

Care homes giant Four Seasons in administration

Four Seasons, the care homes giant, has collapsed into administration, raising fears for thousands of elderly residents. The company has … Read more

Categories Social Care Tags community health, cuts to services, social care, underfunding

GPs ability to ‘make do’ is not a solution to lack of funding, Hancock warned

GPs resilience and ability to ‘make do’ is not a sustainable solution to funding that does not meet their needs, … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Cuts to services Tags community health, cuts to services, GPs, Matt Hancock, social care

Report – Primary Concerns 2018 – The state of primary care

An overwhelming 44% of the 2,386 GPs, practice managers, practice and community nurses and community pharmacists surveyed reveal they are … Read more

Categories Staffing, Quality of care Tags Academic reports, community health, GPs, nurses, Pharmacists, primary care

Report: ‘Patients dying in hospital waiting for community care’

Terminally-ill patients are “needlessly dying in hospital” because they are waiting too long for specialist care packages, according to a … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags community health, hospitals, NHS England, NHS staff, treatment delays

GP screening and care plan programme for older patients ‘increases NHS costs’

An NHS programme that involved GPs screening older people at risk of hospitalisation and providing them with care plans increased … Read more

Categories Integrated care, Long-term plan, NHS spending, Quality of care Tags Academic reports, community health, GPs, integrated care, integrated care system, primary care

Paediatric shortages pose ‘significant risk’ to children, college warns

Unfilled paediatric training posts pose a “significant risk” to children, young people, and their families, a royal college has warned. … Read more

Categories Staffing, Quality of care Tags children's health, community health, patient safety, recruitment, understaffing
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE