Steve Barclay urged to accept Acas role in dispute with junior doctors
The NHS Confederation has written to Steve Barclay and the British Medical Association (BMA), the main doctors’ union, asking them to … Read more
NHS Confederation
Winter crisis starts early, as Trust chiefs urged to lobby Tory MPs
It’s not even winter yet, but the NHS is already in a major beds crisis and bracing for the worst … Read more
Can we afford cuts to health spending?
As Rishi Sunak considers a tightening of public sector spending, evidence of the cost of ill health to the nation’s … Read more
NHS is at breaking point and putting patients at high risk
Patient safety in the NHS in England is being put at “unacceptably high” risk, with severe staff shortages leaving hospitals, GP surgeries … Read more
NHS capacity problems in England due to Covid to last ‘several years’
NHS leaders have told ministers that they must be honest with the public and tell them that they may face … Read more
PPE shortage row – hospital leaders hit out at government
The Guardian reports that for the first time in the current crisis, hospital leaders have directly attacked the government over … Read more
No ‘sunlit uplands’ from Tory NHS promises
Chris Hopson, the head of the organisation representing NHS trusts has called for parties to avoid “cheap political slogans” during … Read more