…The latest annual report from the Care Quality Commission sums up the state of “gridlock” created by over a decade of austerity and real terms cuts in NHS funding: “Our…
…“high risk” or “significant risk.” £1.8bn of the latest total is viewed as ‘high risk’. High risk failures are those that could lead to “catastrophic failure, major disruption to clinical…
…with Pat Cullen, the general Secretary of the RCN. For staff in some of the lowest paid, the latest offer would represent an 11% rise, and is worth 7.5 across…
…George Osborne’s austerity regime halted the decade of investment in the NHS – and ushered in a decade of decline. Latest figures show nearly 40% of A&E patients who need…
…and half of all nurses are having to work overtime or bank shifts to pay bills. In last year’s NHS staff survey, before the latest surge in inflation, just 31%…
…happening and why”. Even before this latest government denial of a crisis, anger had been building against Sunak and the Health & Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay due to their…
…sky high and still rising waiting lists, huge delays in emergency services and dwindling numbers of GPs struggling to deliver increased numbers of appointments. Latest figures show fewer than 100,000…
…have hit back at these latest developments: UNISON’s General Secretary Christina McAnea has announced additional strikes, and on Twitter refused to call off action until UNISON sees “the colour of…
…within the existing budget without consequences.” But of course the other huge issue is the continued absence of any plan to tackle the NHS workforce crisis, which on latest figures…