GPs face increasing restrictions as NHS rations care to save money
GPs face increasingly tighter restrictions on their ability to refer for specialist care, reveals an investigation by Pulse into plans … Read more
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Doubts linger over Jeremy Hunt’s pledge for 5,000 new GPs
Health secretary seemed hesitant to fully commit to Conservative’s pre-election promise in two recent speeches Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has … Read more
Thousands of patients forced to hunt for a new GP as staffing shortages accelerate practice closures
Thousands of patients have had to find a new GP because their local practice has closed, as staffing shortages and … Read more
NHS to ‘extend rationing’ of healthcare in bid to balance books
The NHS plans to dramatically increase rationing of patients’ access to care and treatment in an effort to balance its books, a … Read more
GPs say NHS reforms have harmed patient care
More than twice as many GPs think that the introduction of CCGs has been detrimental to patient care than think … Read more
NHS cash pressures causing bad rationing decisions
The NHS is starting to make unfair and inappropriate decisions on rationing healthcare in England due to growing financial pressures … Read more
CCGs starting to ration hearing aids in order to cut costs
Campaigners are accusing the NHS of imposing “cruel” cuts on people who are going deaf by denying them the hearing … Read more
The Barker Review – A new settlement for health and social care
This is the final report from the independent Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England. In … Read more
Two-thirds of Britons with depression get no treatment
Less than a third of people with common mental health problems get any treatment at all – a situation the nation would … Read more