Fears of ‘two-tier NHS’ as GPs allow fee-paying patients to jump the queue
Family doctors in Bournemouth have set up the first private GP service at which people who pay up to £145 … Read more
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One in ten areas left without GP out-of-hours cover
Out-of-hours GP services are on a knife edge, with providers covering some four million patients admitting they have had overnight … Read more
Trust to take back 1,500 staff after halting £200m private contract
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will terminate a five year, £200m estates and facilities contract with Carillion by 1 April. The … Read more
Chief nurse says she will ‘step up efforts’ to increase staffing
NHS Improvement was aware of a significant decline in nurse staffing performance across English hospitals and its nursing director has … Read more
MPs to debate freeze on nurse pay rises today
MPs are to debate the 1% freeze on nurse pay rises later today, following successful petitioning by campaigners. A petition … Read more
NHS intensive care ‘at its limits’ because of staff shortages
The NHS’s network of intensive care units is “at its limits” because they are overwhelmed by staff shortages and the … Read more
Concerns for frontline services funding under new contract
Concerns have been raised over the future funding of Liverpool’s troubled community services, as £4.6m is set to be withdrawn … Read more
GP workforce shrunk over the past year in major blow to 5,000 target
The number of GPs working in the NHS in England has dropped in the past year, striking a blow to … Read more
NHS Hospital wards left with ‘dangerously low levels of nurses’
Hospitals are running wards with a dangerously low number of nurses and are using healthcare workers as “stand-ins”, according to a … Read more
More than 7,000 nurses could face axe under secret NHS plans
More than 7,000 nurse posts could be axed from NHS hospitals across the country despite a mounting Accident & Emergency crisis, … Read more