A senior NHS adviser has warned that management consultants hired by the NHS are behaving like “racketeers” and “arms dealers” in times of war – making vast “spoils” from the Government’s reorganisation of the health service. management consultants hired by the NHS are behaving like “racketeers” and “arms dealers” in times of war – making … [Read more…]
A £3 million sticking plaster is just a fraction of what is required to solve Fife’s bed blocking crisis, according to the council leader. The local authority went with a begging bowl to the Scottish Government to fund an urgent action plan to help prevent elderly patients staying in hospital longer than necessary as they … [Read more…]
Yesterday, Prime Minister David Cameron was drawn into a row over the provision of drugs for rare illnesses following a confrontation regarding the case of a six-year-old boy from Yorkshire. NHS England bosses were due to make a series of decisions next week over the provision of treatments for dozens of conditions. The process has … [Read more…]
Chancellor George Osborne has officially confirmed extra funding for NHS frontline services during his Autumn Statement. As reported during the last two weeks, Osborne has made an extra £2bn available to the health service for 2015. He explained that this will support the day-to-day work done by doctors and nurses. Osborne indicated that the recovery … [Read more…]
Britain has been lucky to have a healthcare service which is one of the best in the world and more than that, it is one which is free at the point of need. However in recent months, the nation’s darling NHS has been under fire for poor management, missing targets and in dire need of … [Read more…]
Labour has dismissed George Osborne’s announcement as ‘spin’ after it has emerged that £750m of extra funding is recycled health department cash. With £750m of the £2bn coming from within the Department of Health has led to dismay amongst officials. The extra funding was announced before the chancellor’s autumn statement and received a warm welcome … [Read more…]
Letters sent to health bosses in response to the news that funding for the care of patients who part-take in drug trials was to be cut, blame the ‘financial climate’. NHS England has now over-ruled the letter, which was obtained by Labour. It has announced it will be writing to area teams to clarify it’s … [Read more…]
George Osborne has announced that he will put an extra £2bn into frontline health services across the UK. The chancellor said the money was a ‘down payment’ on a plan drawn up by the NHS bosses calling for an extra £8bn a year above inflation by 2020. He claimed he was able to make the … [Read more…]
Following analysis by management consultants Deloitte, it has been revealed that if the NHS invest an extra £72 million annually into family doctors and practice nurses, the NHS could save £5 for every additional pound put in. The findings state that the investment would reduce A&E visits, patients’ time spent hospitalised, and ambulance callouts. It … [Read more…]
Failure in the NHS is too often met with more money as opposed to closure, but the health service has little choice than to embrace system reform. Sir Steven Bubb’s report exposing the failure of the NHS to reform the care of people with learning disabilities shines a light on the health service’s phenomenal ability … [Read more…]