NHS

March 27, 2019

Online triage systems not a solution to GP workload pressures, says RCGP chair

Online triage systems are convenient for some patients, particularly people who are generally fit and well, but do not always reduce GP workload, says Chair of Royal College of GPs.
March 24, 2019

NAO report on NHS waiting times for elective and cancer treatment

Constraints on capacity, including lack of finance, staff and beds, is linked with the decline in waiting times performance, says the National Audit Office.
March 23, 2019

Joint letter from charities and professional bodies says adult social care at breaking point

More than two million people in England have left their jobs to provide unpaid care for family or friends.
March 22, 2019

Urgent investment needed to halt decline in children's health visitors, says LGA

Since 2015 the number of children's health visitors has fallen by 20 per cent.
March 2, 2019

Children's Commissioner publishes new study on gang membership

A new study from The Children’s Commissioner for England looks at children in England who are members of gangs and asks how they might be kept safe.
February 15, 2019

BMA says latest performance figures show a health service on its knees

The BMA says latest performance figures show a health service that is buckling under unprecedented pressure.
February 7, 2019

Nurses to campaign for safe staffing legislation

Campaign will call for the right number of nursing staff with the right skills in the right place at the right time.
February 5, 2019

NHS spends nearly £500m on cancer drugs developed with public funding

Three of the five most expensive cancer drugs to the NHS were developed from publicly-funded research.
January 22, 2019

BMA Chair say NHS is in 'increasingly precarious state'

The BMA says it is deeply worrying that the NAO has found the NHS is not in a financially sustainable position.
January 21, 2019

Rural and remote health services 'lose out on NHS funding'

Six rural hospital trusts carry a quarter of English health service’s funding deficit, according to an evidence review conducted by the Nuffield Trust for the National Centre for Rural Health and Care.