The pressure on the NHS is now at unsustainable levels and patient safety and care are being put at risk by staff shortages, according to a poll of NHS le...
Posts Tagged ‘Funding’
Government gives NHS extra £5.4bn funding to deal with Covid backlog
- September 10th, 2021
The NHS in England will get an extra £5.4bn over the next six months to respond to Covid-19 and tackle the backlog caused by the pandemic, the government...
Waiting lists set to spiral unless NHS can increase capacity
By Mike Broad - August 10th, 2021
Fourteen million people could be on NHS waiting lists in England by Autumn 2022, new analysis suggests. The Institute for Fiscal Studies warns there is...
Sunak’s Budget fails to address the long-term funding needs of the NHS
By Danny Mortimer, CEO of NHS Confederation - March 3rd, 2021
The Chancellor had a lot to prove in this Budget, but sadly he has once again left funding for health and social care services desperately wanting. NH...
UK investing less in healthcare infrastructure compared to EU countries
By Mike Broad - November 14th, 2019
The UK is investing significantly less in health care capital – which includes buildings, equipment and IT – as a share of GDP compared to most other s...
Experts question significance of ‘new’ cash injection for the NHS
By Mike Broad - August 5th, 2019
The new Prime Minister has promised a £1.8bn cash injection for the NHS this year to improve and maintain existing buildings. Boris Johnson has given t...
NHS Plan’s good intentions jeopardised by underfunding and rising demand
By Mike Broad - June 18th, 2019
The ambitious vision of the NHS Long Term Plan will be extremely challenging to deliver without urgent government action on wider health funding, warn the ...
Future of cancer care endangered by clinical oncologist shortages, report says
By Mike Broad - March 22nd, 2019
Cancer centres are facing a workforce crisis with widespread staff shortages, a royal college report shows. The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) annu...
Public’s satisfaction with the NHS at lowest level in over a decade
By Mike Broad - March 8th, 2019
Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, according to analysis of the 2018 British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey. The...
NHS is ‘financially unsustainable’ and 10-year NHS plan faces great risks
By Mike Broad - January 18th, 2019
The NHS is suffering from substantial debts in some parts of the system and is financially unsustainable. That’s the conclusion of the National Audit ...
