NHS in England Grappling With Difficult New Normal As Staff Sickness Soars Post-Pandemic
The NHS in England is facing a new normal of sickness absence in hospitals and community services having seen a 29% jump in the most…
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Charities Call For Of Social Care Funding On NHS 75th Anniversary
An alliance of leading charities is calling on UK political party leaders to give the NHS a properly funded social care system for as it…
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New Poll Finds Enduring Public Support For The NHS Alongside A Call For Government Action To Support Social Care
On the 75th anniversaries of both the NHS and social care, NHS leaders are calling on the government to oversee a major programme of investment…
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Care Group’s 75th Birthday Gift To NHS
A North Yorkshire care provider is sending a ‘thank you’ gift to our local hospitals, GPs and ambulance stations to mark the NHS’s 75th anniversary….
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Public Worried About NHS Future-Survey Reveals
As the NHS prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary, new polling data from Ipsos and the Health Foundation shows that despite the health service making…
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Adult Social Care ‘Poor Cousin’ to the NHS, says Charity
Adult social care sector remains the ‘poor cousin’ to the NHS, says learning disability charity The adult social care sector remains the poor cousin to…
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Social Care “Ignored” In NHS Shake-Up
RADICAL plans to improve the NHS will be spoiled by the government’s failure to carry out matching reform to the social care sector, providers warned…
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Record Recruitment And Reform To Boost Patient Care Under First NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
Record numbers of doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare staff will be trained in England as part of the first ever Long Term Workforce Plan…
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NHS Must Make Patient Safety More Than Just A Promise
The National Health Service is suffering from a deficit of accountability and compassion for patients and their families when things go wrong, England’s Health Ombudsman…
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NHS Given Mixed Bill Of Health In New Study Of International Healthcare Systems
The NHS is “neither a leader nor a laggard” when compared to healthcare systems of similar countries, though on some critical measures of resources and…
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Welsh Government Pledges £30m Investment In Community Care To Reduce Pressure On Hospitals
The Minister for Health and Social Services Eluned Morgan and Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan for Wales have set out how they will…
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Online GP Registrations Reach 240,000 As New Digital NHS Service Grows
GP practices are being encouraged to join a new national online service making registering patients quicker and easier. More than 900 GP practices – around…
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Government Set to Fail its Commitment to Protect Patient Care by Not Fully Funding the Staff Pay Award
Without additional funding for organisations contracted by the NHS to cover the cost of the Agenda for Change pay rise in England, the government’s promise…
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Act F.A.S.T. Campaign Additional Toolkit
NHS England, in association with the Stroke Association, has relaunched the Act F.A.S.T. stroke campaign, which highlights that a stroke is a medical emergency and…
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Labour’s NHS Plan is Promising but More Detail is Needed, says BMA
Responding to an announcement by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on the party’s NHS policy today, Professor Phil Banfield, chair of BMA council, said: “The…
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