Brexit will put pressure on the health service at a time when it needs extra funding, a Conservative health minister acknowledged at the party’s conference in Manchester today.
The health service does not have the capacity to maximise the value of its estate, the author of a major review into how the NHS uses its land and property has stated.
The number of hospital beds has been on a downward trajectory for decades. Leo Ewbank of the King’s Fund asks if yet more cuts are sustainable or desirable
The government should double the cap on medical students being trained each year as part of its drive to improve health and social care integration, according to a report from Reform.
Pregnant women are increasingly being turned away from maternity units during weekends and holiday periods because of staff shortages, a report has said.
The government must rein in the spiralling costs of clinical negligence claims, which have quadrupled over the last decade, the National Audit Office has said.
Elderly people and their relatives are reluctant to complain about the quality of care they receive on the NHS, a survey from the Health Service Ombudsman has suggested.
Health watchdogs will soon grade NHS hospital trusts on how efficiently they use their resources alongside reviews of the standard of care they provide.
The NHS could save hundreds of millions of pounds by improving the level of care provided, reducing infection rates and optimising procurement, a study has found.
Siva Anandaciva suggests that while ending the public sector pay cap may mean a fairer wage for NHS staff, it won’t be enough on its own to solve the health sector’s workforce challenges
The government intends to recruit an extra 21,000 mental health staff through a £1.3bn investment, it said today – although nursing leaders cast doubt on the viability of the plans.