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  • 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?
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    • 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
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    • Cuts to services
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winter crisis

Doctors warnings ignored as fresh winter crisis looms

As winter approaches, with the days growing shorter, the warnings from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine are growing more … Read more

Categories Underfunded, Winter crisis Tags Royal College of Emergency Medicine, underfunding, winter crisis

Grim warnings as NHS plunged into another under-funded winter

All last year ministers promised to ensure the NHS was better able to cope this winter than it was last … Read more

Categories Winter crisis Tags A&E, urgent care, waiting times, winter crisis

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

Categories Funding Tags funding, underfunding, winter crisis

Royal college say virtual ward targets are ‘unhelpful’

The HSJ reports that the Royal College of Physicians has described NHSE’s target of creating an additional 10,000 virtual ward beds … Read more

Categories Community Care, Winter crisis Tags Royal College of Physicians, virtual wards, winter crisis

A chilling warning from Britain’s most senior A&E doctor: Tory winter plan could kill thousands

The Independent reports that the government plans to prepare the NHS for winter have been criticised by the UK’s most senior A&E doctor, … Read more

Categories Winter crisis, Hospitals, Staffing Tags A&E, bed shortage, emergency care, hospital beds, hospitals, safety, waiting times, winter crisis

NHS England says it will provide extra hospital beds in winter

NHS England has said that an extra 5,000 hospital beds will be available this winter to help the NHS in … Read more

Categories Hospitals Tags beds, hospital beds, NHS England, winter crisis

A&E doctors: ‘This isn’t healthcare, it’s a lottery whether you will survive’

“Accident and Emergency doesn’t exist now, this isn’t healthcare – it’s a war zone and it’s a lottery whether you … Read more

Categories Winter crisis, Hospitals Tags A&E, Aintree Hospital, hospitals, NHS crisis, winter crisis

Nursing leaders accuse PM of “false promises” in face of worst crisis

Responding to the desperate situation in the NHS, the Prime Minister announced in his first major speech of 2023 that … Read more

Categories Winter crisis, Hospitals, pay Tags BMA, UNISON, UNITE, waiting lists, winter crisis

Senior UK health official warns of ‘unsafe and undignified’ care due to A&E delays

Ian Higginson, a vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, has warned about attempts to “discredit” figures estimating that … Read more

Categories Emergency Care, Hospitals, Treatment delays, Winter crisis Tags A&E, hospitals, patient safety, safety, treatment delays, underfunding, winter crisis

Wave of hospitals declare critical incidents as they struggle to cope

Nursing Notes reports that a triple hit of Influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus is causing a spike in demand, … Read more

Categories Hospitals, Treatment delays, Winter crisis Tags A&E, coronavirus, critical incidents, hospitals, treatment delays, waiting times, winter crisis
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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