Record rise in people using private healthcare amid NHS frustration –The Guardian, 25th May Dr John Puntis speaks about the rise in virtual wards – ITV News, 4th MayApril 2023Patients waiting the equivalent of 624 years for mental health treatment in England’s A&Es –Morning Star, 22nd ...
An inquest was told that Nicolette, a midwifery matron, had been detained under the Mental Health Act at the Woodlands Centre in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. On September 19, 2023, she was given 15 minutes of unsupervised ‘hospital grounds’ leave to smoke, during which time she had ...
For urgent medical help, use the [5]NHS 111 online service, or call 111 if you are unable to get help online. For life-threatening emergencies, call 999 for an ambulance. If you need help for a mental health crisis or emergency, you can get ...
Furthermore, delivering the plan would require the NHS budget to rise by an average of 3.6% per year until 2037, the equivalent of £50 billion over that time. Max Warner, research economist at IFS, said the publication of the workforce plan was an “important and welcome milestone”. “...
The RCN union warned in a letter to the health secretary on Thursday that the drop was a “direct threat” to patient safety and could make the ambitions set out in theNHSlong-term workforce plan unattainable. “These latest figures expose a widening gap between the aspirations of the plan ...
Retention is one of the three prongs of theNHS’ Long Term Workforce Plan, which was unveiled in June 2023 — and it’s one that’s absolutely vital to get right, to build a sustainable recruitment function that’s successful for the future. Retention is one of thehealthcare industry’s ...
the UK Government developed a five-year national action plan, 'Confronting Antimicrobial Resistance 2024 to 2029,' aimed at optimising antimicrobial use and implementing antimicrobial stewardship.2 The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the healthcare system, jeopardising public health and causing...
that it will take extra investment of £900m ($1.2bn) a year by 2023-24, in things likegrantsfor student nurses and training for existing staff, to stop even more vacancies going unfilled. A new workforce plan i...
Why do we treat ex soldiers with mental health problems differently from illegal arrivals? The whole boat thing is absurd. Presumably the whole of France could come over by boat and simply move in and live here. Why doesn’t anyone stop the boats? Cheshire+Girl August 26, 2023 Because...
October 2, 2023 | by Donna Cusano It took a year, but it’s approved. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK agency tasked with approving acquisitions, approved the acquisition of UK healthcare tech systems developer EMIS by UnitedHealth Group (UHG)’s Optum. The actual acquisi...