Seven in 10 nurses say young people’s mental healthcare is inadequate
Seven out of 10 specialist nurses caring for the growing number of young people struggling with mental health problems believe … Read more
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HSJ Analysis: The magical thinking of Hunt’s medical training move
Jeremy Hunt’s commitment of around £100m to increase annual medical training numbers by 25 per cent is a keenly political … Read more
GP practices closing while waiting on support promised by Jeremy Hunt
GP practices at the brink of closure are being denied millions of pounds of funding promised to them by health … Read more
Nearly 600 GP practices could be forced to close by 2020, warns RCGP
Around one in 15 GP practices could be forced out of business and the UK will face a shortfall of … Read more
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
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
NHS chiefs warn that hospitals in England are on the brink of collapse
The body that represents hospitals across England has issued a startling warning that the NHS is close to breaking point … Read more
Health education bosses miss GP training target
Health Education England has failed to reach its target of delivering 3,250 doctors in GP training by 2016, despite having … Read more
‘Winter of discontent’ warnings over latest NHS performance figures
Key measures of NHS services in England have continued to decrease, prompting warnings that providers are increasingly struggling to deliver … Read more
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