Plans to end NHS dental care crisis not working, warns spending watchdog | Dentists
Plans to end a deepening crisis in access to NHS dental care are failing, leaving patients without treatment, according to a warning from the government's spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO)’s heartbreaking verdict About “Tooth Regeneration Plan” Patients' groups have warned that people's fight against tooth decay is a “serious public health concern”. A […]
The Guardian view on physician associates: the NHS must level with the public | Editorial
THis plans for England's NHS workforce, created under the Conservative Party, are already under consideration. Given Labor's pledge to rebuild the system with a focus on prevention and care delivered in the community rather than hospitals, it is inevitable that the overall workforce will be restructured when the 10-year plan launches next year. . But […]
Doctors warn of ‘massive’ winter crisis in UK’s overstretched A&E departments | NHS
Emergency doctors are sounding the alarm that a winter crisis is approaching, putting patients in already overburdened emergency departments at risk. A Snapshot survey of 83 emergency department doctors from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) found that almost all doctors (94%) agree that conditions in A&E departments across the UK cause patients to […]
NHS England hopes to save thousands of lives with pill that helps smokers quit | Smoking
Hundreds of thousands of smokers are set to be given a drug to improve their chances of quitting, with NHS chiefs believing it will save thousands of lives. Approximately 85,000 people a year will be offered access to varenicline in the UK. Varenicline is a once-daily pill that experts say is just as effective as […]
UK government could offer low-cost baby formula under brand such as NHS, says watchdog | Food & drink industry
Britain's competition watchdog said the government may consider offering its own low-cost baby formula under brands such as NHS to combat high prices and lack of choice on the market. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said another “backstop” measure the government could consider would be to regulate retailers and set price or profit margin […]
Rachel Reeves will tax businesses to plug £9bn black hole in NHS | Tax and spending
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made her most significant move in recent days to ask businesses to pay more tax to help rebuild the NHS, amid warnings that a £9bn hole remains in the health service's finances. I plan to use one of my budget. The prime minister is expected to stake his reputation on a […]
NHS set to receive 4% budget rise but health chiefs say it may not be enough | NHS
The NHS is set for a 4% budget increase next year to beat inflation, but health officials say waiting list cuts may not be allowed for another 18 months, the Guardian reported. The health service is set to be one of the big winners in the spending review on October 30, if it gets the […]
Teachers regularly helping pupils in distress in attempt to fill NHS funding gap | Teachers’ workload
In addition to their classroom duties, teachers regularly support struggling students, picking up some of the growing crisis in the mental health of children and young people. Teachers play a vital role in supporting pupils' fragile mental health, as research across the UK reveals that many people who need NHS support do not receive it […]
Pharmacy closures in England threaten plan to use them instead of GPs for some care | NHS
The alarming pace of corner pharmacy closures is threatening the use of pharmacies instead of GPs to care for millions of people, an NHS patient advocacy group warned today. A total of 436 pharmacies closed permanently and 13,863 temporarily in England last year, leaving patients unable to access health advice and medicines. Healthwatch England said […]
As a doctor, I’m no apologist for Wes Streeting – but here’s where he’s right about the NHS | Rachel Clarke
GThe NHS's good old anonymous senior sources. They can always be trusted to tell you the truth. The whole truth and nothing but the truth. In their latest act of radical candor for patients and frontline staff, these secretive freelancers Report to the BBC On the growing concern over Wes Streeting's claims that the NHS […]