Chris Ham at the King’s Fund writes: Services are at full stretch and struggling to maintain standards The annual assessment of health and social care by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) provides a veritable treasure trove...
Most daily papers today are running stories regarding the GP shortage – Charlie Cooper for The Independent writes – Thousands of patients have had to find a new GP because their local practice has closed,...
The coalition government will leave office with the NHS in the red for the first time in a decade – and with waiting times at their highest in years, independent experts have warned. In a...
Manchester’s plans for developed healrth and social care have been hailed as a blueprint that could rescue the NHS from its cash crisis. Under the proposals for devolved powers announced last month, Greater Manchester will...
More than 2,000 people have been given laser treatment after having second thoughts about their body “art”. And last night MPs branded it a “sheer waste” at a time when many hospitals are working at...
An Exclusive in the Sunday People reports that Labour will create a new independent NHS body to protect health workers if it wins the General Election. Known as NHS staff champions, they will be the...
Tony Brooks for the Daily Express reports that a Welsh resident claims he was treated like a health tourist by English hospital bosses who branded him a “foreigner” and billed him £1,775. Nicholas White fell...
Charlie Cooper writing in the Independent Daily Briefing – Patients visiting their GP surgery with long-term health problems such as asthma and high blood pressure could be given an appointment with an in-house pharmacist instead...
Health tourists have saddled the NHS with a staggering £62million in unpaid bills. Sick foreigners swoop into Britain for care and then jet home – leaving the taxpayer to pick up the tab. One patient...
The NHS confirmed that 190,000 more people attended A&E this winter compared with last winter, with 51,000 more admitted into hospital as an emergency case. Attendances spiked in December, but the pressure on hospitals was...
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