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.
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.
The number of nurses and health visitors employed by the NHS has fallen for the first time on a year-on-year basis since April 2013, according to analysis by The King’s Fund.
NHS clinical negligence claims are one of the government's biggest liabilities with the health service having set aside £65bn for existing and potential future claims, a think-tank report...
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 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.
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.
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.
