NHS England has told hospitals to defer non-urgent elective care cases until the end of January to free up resources to cope with the current demand that has been overwhelming hospitals.
Doctor, nurse and support staff vacancies within the NHS in England have risen to above 100,000, according to analysis of freedom of information figures obtained by the Labour Party.
The resignation of Lord Bob Kerslake should serve as a warning to government that more resources need to be pumped into the NHS, says CIPFA's Paul Carey-Kent.
Former civil service head and CIPFA member Lord Kerslake has quit as chair of the Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, accusing the regulator NHS Improvement of failing to understand its...
NHS trusts are more prepared than ever for the coming winter but the service is close to full stretch and will be “sorely tested”, the sector has warned.
Ian Dalton will take over as chief executive of NHS Improvement at the start of next week, replacing Jim Mackey who has held the post for the past two years.
Other departments in Whitehall might have looked on at health with envy after the Budget but its deal may not be as good as it appears, says NHS Providers’ Adam Wright.
NHS bodies have called the chancellor’s commitments to the health service – including £10bn of capital investment by 2020 – in the Budget “disappointing”.
The use of robots can help transform the way our healthcare system is managed, says Stephen Sutcliffe, director of Finance and Accounting at NHS Shared Business Services.
The NHS spent nearly £100m plugging staffing gaps on maternity wards, funding that would more than fill the current 3,500 midwifery vacancies, according to the Royal College of Midwives.
Warnings about the likelihood of a cyberattack on the NHS – which caused thousands of appointments and operations to be cancelled - were not heeded, the National Audit Office said today.
