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10 Dec 19
Different methods of measuring hospital waiting times are hiding the scale of pressure on NHS emergency departments, according to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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9 Dec 19
Nowhere is under-investment in health more visible than in the state of NHS buildings and equipment, writes NHS Providers’ David Williams.
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5 Dec 19
Support for increased taxes to be spent on health and care continues to grow, according to polling conducted by Ipsos MORI for the Health Foundation.
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3 Dec 19
The latest CIPFA/IfG Performance Tracker report highlights a ‘turning point’ in the public sector’s life under austerity but warns that government spending decisions remain short-term. ...
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2 Dec 19
CIPFA’s Christmas wishlist is dominated by the general election, writes CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
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29 Nov 19
The number of GPs in England fell by 1.2% over a 12-month period, according to official figures.
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28 Nov 19
Whichever party wins the election, they will have to make trade-offs in order to maintain public service standards, writes the Institute for Government’s Graham Atkins.
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27 Nov 19
The SNP has put increased health spending across the UK at the heart of its election manifesto.
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27 Nov 19
Failure to recruit enough nurses has left the NHS dependent on less-skilled support staff to plug workforce gaps, analysis by a charity has found.
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25 Nov 19
The Health Foundation’s Anita Charlesworth questions whether the next government will manage to avoid the mistakes of the past on financing the NHS.
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22 Nov 19
The Scottish Government has called for the acceleration of a process of potential measures against a crisis-hit NHS board.
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20 Nov 19
Parties should take a holistic approach in their plans for health and social care, says the King’s Fund’s Sally Warren.
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19 Nov 19
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to invest £35bn in health and social care over the next five years via a one pence increase to the basic rate of income tax.
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19 Nov 19
The NHS will cover doctors’ pension tax bills to prevent a winter staffing crisis amid warnings from the sector that workforce shortages are putting patient safety at risk.
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15 Nov 19
England has experienced its worst-ever performance on key NHS targets since they were introduced in 2004, leading to a warning of a coming winter crisis.
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14 Nov 19
The public sector needs to work together to improve the future performance and sustainability of its services, leaders told the official launch of major analysis on government spend.
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12 Nov 19
The recent economic crime strategy from NHS England, based on the maxim that prevention is better than cure, offers a strong example for the rest of the public sector, says CIPFA’s Laura...
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8 Nov 19
Conservative Party plans for an ‘NHS visa’ will only go “some way” to solving the shortage of doctors and nurses the health service is likely to experience after Brexit, a charity has warned.
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6 Nov 19
A lack of power has meant the organisation set up to manage NHS properties has racked up nearly £700m in debts since it was created, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
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5 Nov 19
Public health cuts worth nearly £900m over the last five years in England have impacted communities that need the funding most, research has found.
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1 Nov 19
England’s top doctor has said new polling supports NHS proposals to overhaul A&E waiting time targets and put more priority on speedy initial assessments.
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1 Nov 19
The NHS infrastructure plan identifies critical issues with the NHS capital funding but more solutions are needed from government, writes Nuffield Trust’s Nigel Edwards.
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25 Oct 19
The government’s NHS capital funding plans will not be enough to bring spending in line with other OECD countries, a health charity has found.
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25 Oct 19
A pharmacist has been jailed for 16 months for defrauding the NHS of £76,000 by handing out cheaper medicines than he billed the health service for.
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25 Oct 19
NHS England has missed the government’s vaccination targets for a fifth consecutive year despite funding of £145m in 2018-19, the spending watchdog has found.