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22 Mar 19
Improving NHS waiting time performance requires “significant investment”, the public spending watchdog has said.
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15 Mar 19
A convicted NHS fraudster could face an extra nine months in jail if he fails to pay back £30,720 to the hospital he stole from.
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11 Mar 19
Bodies commissioning health services must improve their performance as they start to cover wider areas as part of the NHS ten-year plan, a group of MPs has said.
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11 Mar 19
Health minister Nicola Blackwood has announced up to £56m of funding for research into climate change, calling it “one of the biggest challenges” facing public health.
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8 Mar 19
Lack of investment in NHS infrastructure risks the quality of patient care, a health think-tank has said.
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4 Mar 19
Mental health funding cuts and a fragmented service provision are piling the pressure on public services. Kim Thomas reports.
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12 Feb 19
A “Herculean effort” is needed to ensure the NHS fully benefits from digital advancements in the future, a charity has said.
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12 Feb 19
Key ambitions for the NHS long-term plan are under threat because of chronic workforce shortages, a health think-tank has warned.
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6 Feb 19
We need answers on how the government intends to ensure the NHS and social care are sustainable for the future, says CIPFA’s Eleanor Roy.
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5 Feb 19
The unwillingness of public bodies to relinquish control of budgets is hindering the integration of health and social care in Scotland.
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4 Feb 19
Hospitals could carry out more than 290,000 extra routine operations each year if they improved the way they schedule surgeries, according to a health watchdog.
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24 Jan 19
Problems in A&E departments can not be solved by more re-organisation - misconceptions about emergency healthcare must be acknowledged first, says Imperial College London’s Nick Bosanquet.
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18 Jan 19
Westminster has “picked the pocket of the health service” in Scotland, after NHS funding granted under the Barnett formula was £55m lower than promised, according to a committee of MSPs.
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18 Jan 19
The appointment of a convicted fraudster to a top NHS role showed the health and social care regulator lacked “rigour” in regulating the choice of NHS directors, according to a watchdog.
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18 Jan 19
Growing waiting lists and budget deficits do not “paint a picture that is sustainable” for NHS finances, the National Audit Office has warned.
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17 Jan 19
Health groups have warned winter pressures are mounting on the NHS as official stats have shown a growth in the demand for emergency services.
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16 Jan 19
A no-deal Brexit would be a “real disaster” for the healthcare sector, MPs have heard.
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10 Jan 19
The number of public bodies in England failing to provide value for money is “unacceptably high” and increasing, the public spending watchdog has warned.
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9 Jan 19
The health secretary intends to publish the much-anticipated social care green paper before the end of the financial year, he told the Commons.
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9 Jan 19
The NHS Long Term Plan is welcome but without firm plans for social care funding many of its ambitions are unrealistic and unclear, says CIPFA’s Eleanor Roy.
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7 Jan 19
The NHS long-term plan is a “missed opportunity” to clarify the government’s plans on the future of adult social care, council leaders have said.
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3 Jan 19
CIPFA members Jon Thompson, chief executive of HMRC, and former NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey were among a host of public servants named in the Queen’s New Year Honours...
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2 Jan 19
Missed general practice appointments are costing the NHS £216m every year, according to figures from NHS England.
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21 Dec 18
This year was another missed opportunity for the government to fix the adult social care system - it can not duck this important issue in 2019, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult...
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20 Dec 18
A £30,000 salary threshold for skilled workers coming to the UK after Brexit could have “severe implications” for health and social care, an umbrella-group has warned.