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...
Chris Ham, Chief Executive writing at the Kings Fund: There is more that unites the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos on the NHS than divides them. All three parties reiterate their commitment to the...
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...
Ian Johnston writes in The Independent – Some £1.8bn has been spent on NHS staff redundancy pay-offs since the Government’s restructuring of the health service, according to new figures. More than 44,000 people have been...
Politicians argue about waiting lists and targets, but it’s first hand hospital experience that paints the most telling picture. Sonia Purnell writing in The Independent on Sunday on this years very worrying reports about the...
Overweight patients are being denied routine treatment by four out of five clinical groups in England, an investigation has found. Procedures including IVF, hip replacements and even hair removal are refused if the patient is...
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