Charlie Cooper writing for The Independent: Netnums poll in wake of death of William Mead finds 78% of mothers would bypass 111 service The vast majority of mothers would go straight to A&E rather than...
He says the service needs to be made simpler and its algorithm changed. Clinicians no longer form the basis for the NHS’s flagship helpline service Jon Stone for The Independent 26/01/2016: The NHS 111 phone line service will...
Care chiefs’ message to Osborne: we fear a wave of homes closing down John Bingham writing in The Telegraph: Health and social care chiefs are demanding a crisis meeting with George Osborne and Jeremy Hunt to...
Charlie Cooper writing in The Independent (15/10/2015) – The health watchdog NICE had been told by NHS England to suspend its research on safe staffing levels in June. The health watchdog NICE ditched plans to make...
Charlie Cooper writing in The Independent 28/09/2015 – The Scottish government has rejected the new contract proposals by Westminster, meaning doctors in Scotland will not be affected by any reforms to pay and conditions Scotland...
Jeremy Hunt’s plans to include the price tag on medicines issued by the NHS is a “headline-grabbing ‘gimmick’ with no evidence to suggest it will reduce waste, a leading pharmaceuticals journal has said. The Government...
Charlie Cooper writing in The Independent (01/08/2015) – Jeremy Hunt has “peddled myths” about medics’ workload and demoralised the NHS workforce over plans for more seven-day services, the leader of the country’s doctors has claimed,...
Pensioners struggling without help from family, neighbours or state. Further cuts to care budgets will hit ageing population. Charlie Cooper writes in The Independent regarding the country’s leading charity representing older people stating there is...
Downing Street have slapped down the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt insisting that the Government had no plans to charge patients who missed NHS appointments. Last Thursday Mr Hunt backed the principle of fining people who...
Charlie Cooper in The Independent highlights the disgraceful state of affairs where medics will have money thrown at them to try to rectify a problem that should never have arisen – medics may be quids...
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