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  • 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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quality of care

100 senior NHS doctors and nurses write open letter to Theresa May: ‘Your funding boost is simply not enough’

Full story in The Mirror, 18 June 2018 Doctors and nurses have insisted Theresa May’s much anticipated healthcare funding boost … Read more

Categories NHS spending Tags doctors, GPs, hospitals, NHS Funding, NHS staff, nurses, quality of care, Theresa May, underfunding, waiting times

Hundreds going blind each year amid NHS delays, research shows

Full story in The Telegraph, 6 June 2018 Hundreds of people are going blind every year because of long waits for … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags Elderly care, quality of care, treatment delays, underfunding, waiting lists, waiting times

Number of patients readmitted to hospital rises to 1.38m in a year

Full story in The Guardian, 1 June 2018 A growing number of patients are being readmitted to hospital as emergency … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags BMA, hospitals, quality of care, staff shortage, underfunding, understaffing

More than 1 million patients forced to change GP since 2013

Full story in The Guardian, 30 May 2018 Around 1.3 million patients in the UK have been forced to change … Read more

Categories Infrastructure problems Tags doctors, GPs, quality of care, recruitment, underfunding, understaffing

Hospitals struggling to afford new equipment after NHS budget cuts

Full story in The Guardian, 22 May 2018 Hospitals can no longer afford the most modern scanners and surgical equipment … Read more

Categories NHS spending Tags cuts to services, cuts to spending, hospitals, NHS Funding, quality of care, safety, treatment delays, underfunding

Practice taken over by Virgin goes from outstanding to inadequate in 18 months

Full story in GP Online, 16 May 2018 The Sutherland Lodge practice in Chelmsford, Essex, was taken over by the … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags Care quality commission, cuts to spending, NHS Funding, Privatisation, quality of care, stp 26, virgin care

Thousands of mental health patients spend years on secure wards

Thousands of mental health patients are being kept in secure wards for years at a time when they should be … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags mental health, quality of care, treatment delays

NHS holds on to top spot in healthcare survey

The NHS has been judged the best, safest and most affordable healthcare system out of 11 countries analysed and ranked by experts … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags NHS, NHS spending, quality of care

NHS spends millions on private companies that block GP referrals, investigation finds

The NHS is spending millions on private companies that stop GPs referring patients to hospitals, an investigation has revealed. Controversial “referral management … Read more

Categories Quality of care, STPs Tags BMA, cuts to services, GPs, National STP, NHS England, privitisation, quality of care, STP, STPs, underfunding, waiting lists, waiting times

NHS England records worst performance for second month in a row

The NHS in England has suffered its worst ever performance, for the second successive month, in February. As in January, … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags A&E, cancer care, hospitals, out of hours, patient safety, quality of care, treatment delays, understaffing, waiting times
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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