The number of patients being readmitted to hospital in an emergency with potentially preventable conditions such as pneumonia and pressure sores has grown ...
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Readmissions to hospital growing as funding and social care compromised, report says
By Mike Broad - June 4th, 2018
NHS needs £50bn more by 2030 in England, claims Lord Darzi report
By Mike Broad - April 26th, 2018
The NHS needs £50bn more by 2030 in England, a report by former health minister Lord Darzi suggests. The report says the extra funding is in line with ...
BMA calls on government to give doctors a 2% pay rise for 2018-2019
By Mike Broad - February 15th, 2018
Doctors deserve a 2% pay rise for 2018-19. That’s the conclusion of the BMA in its annual submission to the Review Body on Doctors and Dentists Pay. ...
NHS performance figures decline as flu and winter pressures bite
By Mike Broad - February 8th, 2018
Hospital corridors have become the new wards with the NHS recording its worst performance against the four-hour A&E waiting target last month. That...
Hospitals tell Jeremy Hunt to increase NHS budget now or face consequences
By Mike Broad - January 11th, 2018
The pressures the NHS is currently facing from rising demand should be seen as “a watershed moment” by the government and prompt a re-think on its leve...
NHS England tells trusts to defer elective work and concentrate on the front door
By Mike Broad - January 3rd, 2018
NHS England has told hospitals to delay elective procedures and routine outpatient appointments to concentrate on emergency care. Up to 55,000 non-urgen...
Doctors’ leaders warn against removal of Working Time Regulations from NHS
By Mike Broad - December 21st, 2017
Medical leaders have written to the Prime Minister warning her against removing the Working Time Regulations (WTR). It follows rumours circulating aroun...
Supply of new doctors into the NHS failing to keep pace with demand, GMC warns
By Mike Broad - December 19th, 2017
The supply of new doctors into the UK’s medical workforce has failed to keep pace with demand and the NHS is facing a “crunch point”. These are th...
A message to the media – please start covering the real plight of the NHS
By Rob Galloway, A&E Consultant - December 18th, 2017
Dear Journalists, As an A&E consultant I am writing to ask for your help. Up and down the country our A&E departments are in melt down, our s...
Chair of King’s resigns and calls for a fundamental rethink of NHS funding
By Mike Broad - December 13th, 2017
The high profile chair of King’s College Hospital has stepped down criticising the government’s lack of support for acute trusts. Bob Kerslake, a fo...
