Warning of cuts to family doctors in NHS overhaul
GP leaders have warned that local health chiefs are exploiting plans to overhaul the NHS in order to slash the … Read more
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Chief nurse says she will ‘step up efforts’ to increase staffing
NHS Improvement was aware of a significant decline in nurse staffing performance across English hospitals and its nursing director has … Read more
Councils may cut social care provision due to underfunding, LGA says
Older and vulnerable people could stop receiving vital help to get out of bed, washed and dressed, because the underfunding … Read more
NHS intensive care ‘at its limits’ because of staff shortages
The NHS’s network of intensive care units is “at its limits” because they are overwhelmed by staff shortages and the … Read more
GPs getting more stretched as number of patients under their care rise sharply
The number of patients covered by each full-time GP – excluding trainees and locums – has risen by about 2,000 … Read more
Concerns for frontline services funding under new contract
Concerns have been raised over the future funding of Liverpool’s troubled community services, as £4.6m is set to be withdrawn … Read more
Ambulance services ‘not coping’ as demand rises
Ambulance crews are finding it “increasingly difficult to cope”, an audit of the service in England says. The warning by … Read more
GP workforce shrunk over the past year in major blow to 5,000 target
The number of GPs working in the NHS in England has dropped in the past year, striking a blow to … Read more
Is the NHS in crisis?
The chairman of the Leeds Health Scrutiny Board certainly thinks so. In a letter to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Coun … Read more
NHS Hospital wards left with ‘dangerously low levels of nurses’
Hospitals are running wards with a dangerously low number of nurses and are using healthcare workers as “stand-ins”, according to a … Read more