IPPR research shows the poorest are hit hardest by cuts to public health spending
Research by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has shown that England’s poorest communities lost more of their budget … Read more
Public Health
‘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
Labour blames Tory cuts for lack of pregnant smokers giving up
Labour is blaming the reason for women not giving up smoking during pregnancy on Tory cuts to NHS ‘stop-smoking’ services; … Read more
Estimates of 1.4 million older people not receiving help needed
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) have said that local authorities spending £22.5 billion on adults and the … Read more
NHSE: Cuts need to stop if public health to stay with councils
NHS England has hit back over the health secretary’s assertion that public health budgets should stay with local government, saying … Read more
Government policy makes people ill – and the NHS pays the price – Richard Vize
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has been remarkably successful in prising more money for the health service out of … Read more
Overtired GPs openly making mistakes as new research reveals doctors see more patients than is safe
GPs are openly making mistakes because they are overtired, with the majority of doctors seeing more patients than they think is … Read more
Ambulance shortage linked to death of patient after eight-hour delay
A patient died after waiting over eight hours while the East Midlands Ambulance Service struggled with a severe shortage of … Read more
Government must stop cutting funding for ‘deteriorating’ public health services
GP leaders are calling on the Government to stop cutting funding for ‘deteriorating’ public health services. The warnings come as … Read more
600 years’ supply of cystic fibrosis drug destroyed in price row
Nearly 8,000 packs of Orkambi, the breakthrough medicine for cystic fibrosis, have been destroyed by the manufacturer while it has … Read more