Richard Humphries, Assistant Director of Policy at the King’s Fund explores the options for integrated commissioning: The last reorganisation of the NHS has made the commissioning landscape much more complex and fragmented. Whatever the weaknesses...
NHS reforms see Cornwall emulate Manchester with a £2bn deal. Charlie Cooper writes in The Independent – Cornwall is set to win its own “NHS devolution” deal, which could see the county take control of...
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...
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...
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...
NHS REFORMS are considered necessary both for modernisation and to cut costs. NHS England hopes to save £22bn by 2020. Five million people in England will have their local NHS services transformed in the first...
Public Health England’s (PHE) latest campaign ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ aims to raise an awareness of the signs and symptoms of stomach or oesophageal cancer and promote early diagnosis. According to Public Health England, people...
Hundreds of GP surgeries across Britain could close or merge as demand stretches them to breaking point, figures show. Between April and December last year, 169 practices approached NHS England for advice on the “nuclear...
The winter crisis in hospital A&E departments could take up to 5 years to sort out, senior health officials warned yesterday. Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of NHS England said it would be “foolish” to...
The Government has “broken its promise” to prioritise children’s mental health by slashing funding by £50million a year. NHS England revealed in a parliamentary answer yesterday that spending on services has dropped by more than...
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