Unison is calling on the government to implement minimum staff-to-patient ratios in the NHS, saying the move could transform the experience of being in hospital.
A chief inspector of primary and integrated care could be appointed alongside the two posts already announced for hospitals and care homes following the problems at Mid Staffordshire hospital trust.
The King’s Fund has warned that the critical issues of how and where NHS funds are allocated are being overlooked in the heated debates over the wider health service reforms.
Three-quarters of local government leaders say funding cuts are the most important issue facing their areas, according to an Ipsos Mori poll published today.
The removal of restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian immigration to the UK is unlikely to have a significant impact on public services in the UK, economic forecasters said today.
Public satisfaction with the NHS remained broadly stable in 2012 after a record fall in ratings the previous year, the British Social Attitudes Survey revealed today.
The Department of Health has accused Unison of ‘scaremongering’ after the trade union warned that patients and staff would suffer from the controversial changes to the NHS in England.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt today announced changes in the inspection and regulation of NHS services following the care failings at Mid Staffordshire trust.
Health minister Norman Lamb talks to Judy Hirst about the Francis report on Mid-Staffs, Dilnot’s funding recommendations and joining up the dots on social care
A bigger share of public spending will be focused on health, pensioner benefits and debt interest payments by 2017/18, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
All 211 Clinical Commissioning Groups in the NHS have been approved to take control of £65bn of health service spending from April, it has been announced. However, only around 20% have been set up...
The public sector is ‘woefully underprepared’ for the impact of an ageing society and urgent government action is needed to avert a crisis in English health and social care services, peers warned...
The four ‘whole place’ Community Budget pilots in England show that integrated spending could lead to cheaper and better services, the National Audit Office said today.
A think-tank has been criticised for suggesting that people who live a healthy lifestyle should be able to jump to the front of the queue for non-emergency NHS treatments and operations.
People with dementia are not receiving the help they need because health and care services are ‘struggling’ to cope, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will today hit out at ‘coasting’ NHS hospitals, warning that complacency and mediocre care can lead to increased fatalities.
In-patient hospital treatment should be limited to people with life-threatening conditions or who need complex surgery, the NHS Confederation has recommended.
Controversial competition regulations for the NHS have been withdrawn after health minister Norman Lamb admitted they ‘created confusion’ around the coalition’s reforms.
NHS trade unions say they have halted moves towards regional pay deals in the health service after agreeing changes to national employment terms yesterday.
The Scottish Government and NHS health boards have been urged to improve the way waiting lists are managed in the health service after auditors found some patient records had been altered to meet...
