Skip to content
nhs-support

FUND OUR NHS

  • 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
  • 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

nurses

Hundreds of ‘core’ posts could be cut under STP proposal

Hundreds of band five nursing, social worker and therapist posts could be cut in Nottinghamshire as part of the county’s … Read more

Categories STPs, Quality of care, Staffing Tags cuts to services, doctors, GPs, NHS staff, nurses, STP 14, STPs

Future of Darlington Memorial Hospital A&E and maternity services hang in the balance

The future of Darlington Memorial Hospital’s A&E and consultant-led maternity unit hangs in the balance today after a draft NHS … Read more

Categories STPs, NHS spending, Quality of care Tags A&E, cuts to services, doctors, hospitals, maternity, nurses, STP 3, STPs

NHS cuts could mean fewer qualified nurses, community hospital changes and fewer beds at JR Hospital

Reductions in numbers of qualified nurses, ‘new roles’ for Oxfordshire’s community hospitals and fewer beds in the John Radcliffe and Horton General … Read more

Categories STPs Tags cuts to services, hospitals, NHS reform, NHS staff, nurses, STP 44, STPs

Mental health workforce feels ‘excluded and devalued’

The mental health workforce often feels “excluded and devalued”, according to a new report calling for fundamental changes in the … Read more

Categories Staffing Tags mental health, nurses, Training

Unfilled nurse training places climb to more than 700

More than 700 training places across pre-registration and post-registration nursing courses in England were left empty in the 2015-16 academic … Read more

Categories Staffing, Quality of care Tags nurses, recruitment, staff shortage, understaffing

Foolish’ not to focus on CAMHS as 70% of nurses find services inadequate

It is “foolish” of the NHS and the government not to focus on meeting the needs of children with mental … Read more

Categories NHS videos Tags CAMHS, cuts to services, mental health, nurses, treatment delays, underfunding

Nurse staffing shortages are ‘top priority’ for new regulator’s senior nurse

Staffing is the main issue concerning the senior nurse at the newly-created regulator NHS Improvement, as well as being the … Read more

Categories Staffing Tags hospitals, nurses, understaffing

Seven in 10 nurses say young people’s mental healthcare is inadequate

Seven out of 10 specialist nurses caring for the growing number of young people struggling with mental health problems believe … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags CAMHS, children's health, mental health, nurses, underfunding, understaffing, waiting times

HSJ Analysis: The magical thinking of Hunt’s medical training move

Jeremy Hunt’s commitment of around £100m to increase annual medical training numbers by 25 per cent is a keenly political … Read more

Categories Staffing, Quality of care Tags doctors, hospitals, Jeremy Hunt, NHS staff, nurses, understaffing

Nurses forced to clean wards after private company fails to improve

Nurses at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust are having to clean wards after cleaners from a private company in order to … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags hospitals, nurses, Privatisation, underfunding
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page10 Page11 Page12 … Page16 Next →
+ More

Contact Us

NHS Support Federation
Community Base,
113 Queens Road,
Brighton, BN1 3XG

nhssocres@gmail.com

About the NHS Support Federation

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.

Find out more

Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletters:

© 2025 NHS Support Federation | Privacy and Cookies Statement
Next Page »
  • 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