Workforce shortages and budget crisis push the NHS to the limit
Survey of 19 Integrated Care Boards (part 2 of 2), Key points: (West Midlands, South East and South West of the … Read more
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Campaign for fair pay spreads and enjoys success
UNISON’s Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign continues across the country, with new strikes in Leicestershire, strikes continuing in Teesside, … Read more
Bullying can’t hide performance failures
But while hospital beds clog up with thousands of patients who cannot be discharged for lack of services to support … Read more
How can Physician Associates best be used to improve NHS care?
There have been many calls for better access to GPs, but no clamour at all from patients to be able … Read more
Study finds two in three UK doctors suffer ‘moral distress’ due to overstretched NHS
A survey by MDDUS, a medical defence organisation reports that two in three UK doctors are suffering “moral distress” caused … Read more
MPs conclude that NHS workforce plan cannot deliver
The cross-party Public Accounts Committee has heavily criticised the government’s 15 year workforce plan in a new report, in particular the … Read more
NHS workforce plan in danger from applicant shortfall
A Health Foundation analysis shows that the NHS workforce plan risks being derailed by difficulties in finding enough applicants and … Read more
What are virtual wards? How are they being used?
The current government and NHS England view ‘virtual wards’ as a panacea for the lack of capacity in the NHS. … Read more
Action on hospital bed shortage: too little, too late?
Last winter In distressing scenes across the country patients waited in vain for ambulances, in hospital corridors and queued in … Read more
Most NHS staff say they don’t have enough time to spend with patients
In polling YouGov carried out for the Guardian most NHS staff think they have too little time to help patients … Read more