…being cut in 31 areas and frozen in 69, while the overall allocation across England goes up by a pitiful £45m (0.67%) in 2021-22. The latest cuts come after a…
…real terms increases in NHS spending, which was always the decisive factor in expanding NHS capacity and reducing waiting lists. By contrast Sunak’s latest efforts to steer more patients and…
…winter pressures, A&E departments were dealing with 72.5% of patients within 4 hours overall and 58% for Type 1 patients. Now the latest (September) national figures show only 71% of…
…policy and delivery David Furness pumped up the bravado, commenting: “The latest data shows strong continued demand for private healthcare, with large numbers of patients choosing to use the private…
…nurses. The latest figures for staff vacancies released in August 2021 from NHS Digital show 93,806 vacancies, with 38,952 of them for registered nurses, with a major problem in the…
…be on track with nursing recruitment, the target will be missed by 10,000 according to the latest predictions. District nursing numbers have fallen by 46% since 2009, and are down…
The latest dire revelations of the state of mental health services provided by Greater Manchester mental health trust, which has been declared ‘inadequate’ by the CQC, need to be seen…
…The latest data for 2023-24, show 131,000 vacancies on any given day, a vacancy rate of 8.3%, which was around three times the average for the economy. Although vacancies have…
…hospitals. These are exempted from paying most taxes and allowed to float tax-free bonds – in exchange for giving free or discounted care to patients who can’t afford to pay….