A bill that aims to repeal parts of the Government’s Health and Social Care Act and limit private business involvement in the NHS has been backed by many MPs, with the latest supporter being MP Debbie Abrahams of Oldham. The Oldham East and Saddleworth MP said: ‘The Government has forced hospitals to open themselves to … [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…]
NHS England’s out-of-hours services provided by GPs has been blasted by MPs. It has been deemed to possess ‘ineffective’ oversight and ‘conflicts of interest’ in out-of-hour GP services. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said NHS England had ‘not provided effective’ oversight of the quality of service out-of-hours GPs were providing and whether it was value … [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…]