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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
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GP urgent home visits to ease A&E crisis

GPs are under pressure to provide emergency home visits to ease the crisis in overstretched A&E departments, NHS documents reveal. … Read more

Categories Rationing, Quality of care Tags cuts to services, Department of Health, GPs, National STP, NHS England, rationing, safety, staff shortage, underfunding, understaffing, waiting lists, waiting times, winter crisis

Patients one fifth more likely to die in hospitals with fewer qualified nurses

NHS plans to give nursing tasks to cheaper assistants are a “risky experiment,” researchers have warned – after a study … Read more

Categories Staffing, Quality of care, Rationing Tags hospitals, safety, staff shortage, understaffing

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

Poor staffing and workloads make midwives leave

Midwives are leaving and being driven away by excessive workloads and poor staffing levels, says a new report. The RCM publication … Read more

Categories Staffing Tags NHS staff, recruitment, staff shortage

Dangerous and unsafe’ care driving midwives out of NHS

RCM survey reports inadequate staffing levels, bullying, poor working conditions and fears of making ‘tragic mistakes’ Inadequate staffing levels are … Read more

Categories Staffing, Quality of care Tags maternity, safety, staff shortage, understaffing

Nursing home care ratings lagging behind due to staff and capacity gaps, CQC warns

Social care organisations are increasingly struggling to provide an adequate standard of care because of staff shortages and lack of … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Rationing, Staffing Tags social care, staff shortage, underfunding, understaffing

Charity warns of shortage of nurses in children’s palliative care

by Jo Stephenson, Reporter A worrying shortage of nurses working in children’s palliative care is having a negative impact on … Read more

Categories Staffing, Quality of care Tags children's health, nurses, Palliative care, staff shortage, understaffing

Out-of-hours services ‘broken’ as single GP regularly covers 370,000 patients

Out-of-hours services in Northern Ireland are on the verge of collapse, with individual GPs regularly having to cover populations of … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Staffing Tags cuts to services, HSC, Northern Ireland, rationing, safety, staff shortage, underfunding, understaffing, waiting lists, waiting times

RCN responds to report on district nursing

The King’s Fund warns of the effects of staff shortages in district nursing, and the importance of district nurses for … Read more

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

Out-of-hours shifts being run with no GPs due to recruitment crisis

A GP out-of-hours provider covering 300,000 patients has been running overnight shifts without any GPs on the rota. NHS Doncaster … Read more

Categories Staffing Tags GPs, safety, staff shortage, understaffing
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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