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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

health visitors

Labour vow to train thousands more NHS staff

In front of delighted delegates, the Labour Party has profiled its response to the perilous workforce crisis in the NHS … Read more

Categories Staffing Tags funding, health visitors, Labour Party, nurses, staff shortages, staffing, Starmer, understaffing

Health visiting staff being cut in Staffordshire

Nurses and health visitors in Staffordshire could lose their jobs due to council budget cuts, Unite officials are warning. Staffordshire … Read more

Categories Cuts to services Tags cuts to services, health visitors, Staffordshire

Covid pressure on health visitors puts generation of babies at risk, charities say

The NSPCC and nine other early-years charities have warned that a generation of babies born during the Covid-19 pandemic may … Read more

Categories Public Health, Coronavirus, Cuts to services, Funding, Underfunded Tags children's services, cuts to services, early years, health visitors, NSPCC, Public Health, safety, underfunding

‘I feel like my hands are tied’ – Health visitor lifts lid on struggling profession as workforce dwindles

Health visiting is understaffed and struggling to cope with demand due to massive funding cuts and dwindling staff numbers, according … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Cuts to services, Staffing Tags children's health, community health, cuts to services, health visitors, Public Health

Health visitors struggling with ‘dangerously high’ caseloads

Full story in The Guardian, 23 September 2018 Health visitors are struggling to care for families properly because they have … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Staffing Tags children's health, community health, cuts to services, health visitors, Public Health, understaffing

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We are an independent pressure group that campaigns to protect and improve the NHS, keeping it true to its founding principles.

We are a voluntary organisation, not allied to any political party and funded by supporters from the health professions and the general public. We have been campaigning in support of the NHS since 1989.

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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