This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-43351261 By BBC Health News Politicians across the UK must find a better way of financing the NHS if it is to continue to meet demand, the director of the Royal College of Nursing in Wales has said. Tina Donnelly said a lack of resources has left nurses feeling they are…
This article was taken from: http://www.itv.com/news/2018-03-12/nhs-under-pressure-crisis-worse-than-last-year-doctors-warn/ By ITV News Nearly two-thirds of doctors say that pressure on the NHS has meant patient safety has deteriorated over the past year, a new report shows. The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) found four out of five doctors are worried about the ability of their service to deliver safe…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/08/nhs-staff-set-to-win-65-pay-rise-but-must-forfeit-days-holiday-in-return By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Exclusive: £3.3bn deal nears for staff in England, eight years after last meaningful pay rise The government is set to offer around 1 million NHS staff a 6.5% pay rise over the next three years but is insisting that health workers give up a day’s holiday in return for…
This article was taken from: http://news.sky.com/story/hospital-admission-waiting-times-at-record-levels-11280393 By Sky News In just one month, 1,043 people in England waited half a day to move from A&E to a ward, figures described “disturbing”. More than 1,000 people had to wait more than 12 hours to be admitted after being seen at A&E in January, as waiting times reached…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/05/hundreds-of-mental-health-patients-dying-after-nhs-care-failures By Pamela Duncan, Denis Campbell and Anna Bawden At least 271 highly vulnerable mental health patients have died over the last six years after failings in NHS care, a Guardian investigation has found. Coroners have been so alarmed at the lapses in care that emerged during inquests that they issued legal warnings to 136 NHS…