Junior doctors in England are to strike for five consecutive days within the next fortnight in protest over the government’s decision to impose a controversial new contract.
Unmanageable caseloads and staff shortages in district nursing services are compromising care quality among some patients, according to the King’s Fund.
The number of NHS providers reporting a financial deficit fell by 20% in the first quarter of the current financial year, despite rising demand for services, according to NHS Improvement.
Four foundation trusts have been accredited by watchdog NHS Improvement to lead the creation of hospital chains intended to help share best practice across the health service.
The NHS set a record deficit in 2015-16, in a year of relative wealth for the health service. If the NHS is unable to achieve financial stability by the end of this year, those ahead look very bleak...
Junior doctors leaders have sought authorisation for a rolling programme of industrial action in an escalation of a long-running contractual dispute with government.
The plan by national NHS bodies to get NHS finances back on track is welcome. But there is a danger it could give the impression that the problem is all down to financial management
NHS England has said it intends to appeal against a judgment that ruled it can commission and fund a treatment that prevents the transmission of HIV among high-risk men.
National NHS bodies have proposed creating a two-year payment tariff in the health service in a bid to increase certainty across the sector following the announcement of a financial reset.
Elderly people are regularly kept in hospital for too long after their treatment has finished, with a cost to the health service of around £800m a year, the Public Accounts Committee has found.
The Department of Health last year only narrowly avoided breaching the spending cap set by Parliament, earning it a reprimand from government auditors.
The government should be honest about the difficulties facing the NHS and what can realistically be delivered within the current budget, a think-tank has urged.
Funding constrains represent one of the greatest threats to the implementation of the NHS Five Year Forward View, despite a government pledge to increase spending on the health service by £8bn...
Junior doctors and medical students in England have today voted to reject the deal agreed by the government and the British Medical Association over pay and working hours.
NHS finance directors are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the quality of patient care, according to the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
The King’s Fund has called on NHS organisations to do more to develop collaborative relationships with patients and communities as outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View.
The NHS needs to chart a tough course back to balance. But a new approach is needed, one that stresses support and not blame for failing to meet the impossible
Britain’s most senior trade union leader is warning there will be less money available to fund the NHS if the UK votes to leave the European Union next week.