NHS

August 17, 2019

BMA says plans for no-deal medicine supplies are 'beyond alarming'

The BMA says the announcement from the Government is a further indication of the chaos that will lay in store for the NHS and patients in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
August 16, 2019

Nursing student numbers decline in England and rise in Scotland

In Scotland, the number of students accepted on to nursing degree courses has risen by 8 per cent since last year, when the bursary was increased to just over £8,000.
August 12, 2019

Age UK and Habinteg call for better accessibility standards in new homes

Only seven per cent of the UK's existing housing stock has the most basic features that make homes visitable to disabled people and older people with restricted mobility.
August 5, 2019

BMA responds to NHS pensions and funding announcements

The British Medical Association says the government must reverse years of NHS underfunding with sustained investment.
July 26, 2019

Community bodies key to mental health support 'face major financial pressures'

Competition for contracts often stops organisations from working well together and could lead to some going out of business altogether.
July 22, 2019

Latest error shows Capita is unfit to hold contract for GP services, says BMA

In the latest incident, correspondence sent to three email inboxes were left unprocessed for around two years.
July 19, 2019

Liam Fox in denial over public concern at post-Brexit trade deals, say campaigners

Trade campaigners accuse the government of planning to ignore hundreds of thousands of responses to consultations on post-Brexit trade deals.
July 17, 2019

Johnson’s US trade deal is a risk to NHS, food standards and a digital tax, say campaigners

Campaigners have warned that Boris Johnson’s enthusiasm to engage in a ‘quick’ US trade deal if he becomes Prime Minister next week, threatens Britain’s public services, food standards and online privacy.
July 11, 2019

We must not create a ‘digital divide’ between patients, says College of GPs

Royal College of GPs says increasing use of technology could widen health inequalities and make access to care even harder for some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
July 9, 2019

BMA says it has been warning of pensions taxation crisis for over a year

The BMA says the Government must agree to a major overhaul of pension taxation before patient care is bereft of high skilled experienced doctors and lives are lost.