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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
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long-term plan

Over 4,000 more mental health nurses needed in the next five years

A report has revealed that an additional 4,230 mental health nurses are needed to ensure the Government can deliver the … Read more

Categories Staffing, Long-term plan, Mental Health Tags long-term plan, mental health, nursing, recruitment, staff shortage, understaffing

Better Care Fund renewed leading pooled funding to reach £6.4 billion

Government ministers have confirmed the renewal of the Better Care Fund for 2019 to 2020, bringing the available pooled funding … Read more

Categories Funding, Integrated care, Long-term plan Tags Better Care Fund, Councils, funding, integrated care, long-term plan, NHS beds, NHS organisations, social care

77 per cent MPs believe social care is underfunded

Alzheimer’s society commissioned a You Gov survey which revealed 77% of MPs believe social care is underfunded. The survey also … Read more

Categories Social Care, Deficit, NHS spending Tags Alzheimer's Society, deficit, Dementia Fund, Fix Dementia Care Campaign, long-term plan, MPs, NHS England, social care, underfunding

£20.6billion NHS funding increase does not guarantee long-term plan success warns Health Foundation

A report by the Health Foundation points out that the £20.6 billion increase for NHS funding does not guarantee the … Read more

Categories NHS videos, Cuts to services, Long-term plan, Staffing Tags Health Foundation, Kings Fund, long-term plan, NHS England, Nuffield Trust, staff shortage, understaffing

‘All-singing and all-dancing’ NHS App scrapped

NHSX’s new chief executive has scrapped plans for an “all-singing and all-dancing” NHS App, despite the long-term plan saying the … Read more

Categories Long-term plan Tags digital health, GPs, long-term plan, primary care

Cuts may leave NHS short of 70,000 nurses, leaked report warns

The NHS could be short of almost 70,000 nurses within five years, according to a leaked copy of the government’s long-awaited plan … Read more

Categories Staffing, Long-term plan Tags long-term plan, NHS staff, nurses, recruitment, understaffing, work force plan

The how, the what and the why of the long-term plan for CCGs

The NHS long-term plan set out an ambitious path towards an integrated NHS that is sustainable, efficient and effective, with … Read more

Categories Long-term plan, Integrated care, National STP Tags CCGs, integrated care, long-term plan, National STP, NHS England, primary care

Little evidence that integrated care initiatives deliver

A report produced by the Nuffield Trust and Age UK concludes that there are very few signs that integrated and … Read more

Categories ACO, Integrated care, Long-term plan, National STP Tags Academic reports, Accountable Care Systems, ACO, Elderly care, ICS, integrated care, integrated care system, long-term plan, National STP, NHS England, NHS reform

NHS financial sustainability – An NAO report

In its annual report on the financial sustainability of the NHS, the NAO concludes that the existence of substantial deficits … Read more

Categories NHS spending Tags Academic reports, deficit, long-term plan, NAO, sustainability, waiting lists, waiting times

Private online provider partners with GP networks covering 88,000 patients

Private online GP provider Push Doctor has partnered with two primary care networks in Birmingham, giving 88,000 NHS patients access … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags community health, digital health, GPs, long-term plan, Privatisation
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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