Call on Chancellor to fund public health to boost the economy
The Chancellor’s Spring budget is imminent and the message from the public health and health sectors is that poverty is … Read more
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John Puntis: In defence of the NHS
The NHS is attacked on a variety of spurious grounds. Negative statements often being repeated uncritically and ad nauseam by … Read more
No increased budget for NHS as winter sets in
The latest emergency services data make grim reading: and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine is warning things are set to get … Read more
New cash squeeze on England’s NHS
The worsening financial plight of England’s 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) is widening the gulf between NHS England issuing demands … Read more
Time for solutions on social care workforce
A 15 year workforce strategy is to be developed for social care by Skills for Care, the workforce development body, in an … Read more
Problem for both parties as NHS cash crisis heading from bad to worse
A new blog on NHS funding by the Nuffield Trust’s Sally Gainsbury highlights the scale of the problems coming down the line … Read more
NHS sinks into £7bn cash crisis
Independent experts have warned that the NHS is heading into an unprecedented financial crisis and will overspend its budget by … Read more
Why we need more public health services
As the NHS reaches its 75th birthday and people around the country celebrate its history of delivering universal healthcare, free … Read more
ICB financial squeeze set to tighten
Before the 42 Integrated Care Boards established last July have fully gathered details of their financial performance over their first … Read more
Quarter of million children denied mental health care
News about NHS children’s mental health services hit a new low point this month, with research by The House publication finding a … Read more