How health care is funded
The NHS is experiencing the longest and most severe slowdown in funding in its history. This has raised questions about the sustainability of its funding model. The way that health care is funded varies between...
Author: David Alan Cross
What do you think of PIP and ESA?
Share your thoughts with the Government The Work and Pensions Committee have opened an inquiry into the application, assessment and appeals process for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment & Support Allowance (ESA). The Committee has opened an...
Hospital bed numbers – can the downward trend continue?
Since sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) published their plans late last year, the issue of the number of NHS hospital beds has been rising up the health care agenda. Alongside integrating health and social care...
Is investment in GP services increasing?
Beccy Baird writing at the Kings Fund: Last year we published a report highlighting the crisis in general practice. There are strong signs that general practice continues to be under increasing strain, including a rise in...
By the third week of the sanction I was only eating once a day !!
Read how benefit sanctions can affect people’s lives A sanction is a cut or temporary cessation in your benefit if you fail to meet your claimant commitment without good reason. If you do this on...
Taxi passengers with dementia rank sensitivity to their needs as top demand
Taxi and minicab firms would deliver a better service if they showed more sensitivity to the needs of passengers who live with dementia, participants say in a new report by research charity Rica. The research...
Why is medical translation so important?
Since we are twice as much on Earth as we were half a century ago, life expectancy has increased, and we humans continue to overstep the laws of nature. In spite of it all, we...
No prescriptions for over the counter medicine
Many GPs will no longer prescribe painkillers, antihistamines or common antibiotics A number of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are banning GPs from prescribing anything that can be bought over the counter. Common treatments, such as...
Urgent Care: Improving Patient Flow
Exploring patient flow trends within the hospital urgent care system. Manchester Conference Centre – Thursday, 21st September 2017 The NHS continues to make headline news as it struggles to meet demands amidst the realisation that...
Writing with mental health in mind
Mark Avery writing for the Education and Skills Funding Agency: The internet can be an intimidating place for people with mental health issues. I should know. For as I can remember I’ve been going into battle daily...