…policy. Too often investment has been too slow and when it arrives insufficient. The latest increase for the NHS will help across the next two years according to the IFS,…
…Coldfield, where the latest figures show 183,000 patients were waiting for treatment in December, of whom only 38% had been waiting less than 18 weeks. Health minister Maria Caulfield claimed…
…getting worse rather than better.’ The latest data from Skills for Care show that home care companies and local authorities are struggling to recruit staff, with the vacancy rate continuing…
…hospital. However the latest figures published in October 2022 show a total backlog miraculously cut back to £103m, of which just £61m is “high risk” issues in Bury. It’s possible…
…Reacting to Stein’s comments, Vishal Sharma, chair of the BMA’s Consultants Committee, said: “Hardworking doctors and NHS staff will not recognise the description of the NHS being like the Mary…
The latest Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts (2022-23) have updated the published figures on NHS spending on private sector and non-NHS providers. They show that…
…fewer beds (proposing a reduction of 14%) have now been dropped: “it is understood that New Hospital Programme is now asking to maintain existing bed numbers in the latest proposal…
…fund day-to-day cost pressures.” The NHS Confederation calls for an extra £6.4 billion in capital funding a year to repair crumbling estates and invest in the latest digital technology and…
…report says. Providers should no longer be able to register with the CQC unless they open up to the same freedom of information requirements as NHS providers, the union’s report…