Prime Minister David Cameron has said accident and emergency units are 0.3% short of meeting their 95% target of patients waiting four hours maximum before being seen. The PM has admitted the NHS is under pressure and suffering as a result of the influx of patients visiting accident and emergency units. David Cameron acknowledged that … [Read more…]
A bill designed to curb the private sector’s role in the NHS has officially passed its first parliamentary hurdle. Under the bill, compulsory tendering for NHS contracts would stop, and any income generated by private patients for the NHS will be restricted. Despite being backed strongly by votes (241 to 18), due to it being … [Read more…]
Labour’s Andy Burnham calls for a halt to privatisation plans Labour’s shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has urged NHS England to stop privatisation of health services until after the general election. Declaring that voters need a “proper debate” about the future of the NHS, Mr Burnham will say in a speech later today that “privatisation is being forced … [Read more…]
Funding fears as MP’s call for more money Conservative and Liberal Democrat MP’s are urging for more NHS funding, claiming a crisis could be imminent. Lib Dem former health minister Paul Burstow has dramatically stated that the NHS could collapse within five years without extra money, while Sarah Wollaston, Conservative chair of the Commons health select committee, … [Read more…]