Frontline staff already know how to fix our broken NHS
4 days, 23 hours ago

Frontline staff already know how to fix our broken NHS

The Independent  

I don’t agree with all that Jeremy Corbyn says in his Independent article, but he is certainly right about the malign and parasitic effect of the private sector on the NHS. Edward Thomas Eastbourne, East Sussex Polling that puts Reform UK on course to be most popular political party in Britain marks a critical turning point in British politics – and is proof that citizens are yearning for genuine alternatives. As Winston Churchill remarked: “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” Reform UK’s rise signifies a collective desire for accountability, an end to the stagnation we have witnessed in mainstream politics, and the introduction of bold ideas that genuinely speak to the needs of the electorate. The idea was proposed partially based on the commonly associated health risks it poses towards the couple’s progeny.

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Jeremy Corbyn: Keir Starmer needs reminding that the NHS is not for sale
1 week ago

Jeremy Corbyn: Keir Starmer needs reminding that the NHS is not for sale

The Independent  

The Whittington Hospital in north London serves more than half a million people living in Islington and beyond. By starving the NHS of resources, the government tested what Noam Chomsky has described as the “standard technique” of privatisation: “Defund, make sure things don’t work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.” Today, the new Labour government is …

NHS FLU CRISIS: Doctors warn soaring cases coinciding with severe cold weather could be 'the straw that breaks the camel's back' for crisis-hit health service - as nine hospitals declare critical inci
1 week ago

NHS FLU CRISIS: Doctors warn soaring cases coinciding with severe cold weather could be 'the straw that breaks the camel's back' for crisis-hit health service - as nine hospitals declare critical inci

Daily Mail  

More than a dozen hospitals have declared ‘critical incidents’ as the flu outbreak worsens. East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust also declared the first critical incident in its history due to a combination of ‘significant patient demand, pressure within local hospitals and flooding’. ‘They go to work, they slog their guts out, and it’s very distressing for them seeing people …

Are Labour’s new NHS proposals a cure or yet another sticking plaster?
1 week, 1 day ago

Are Labour’s new NHS proposals a cure or yet another sticking plaster?

The Independent  

With the health and social care secretary Wes Streeting having played the role of media warm-up act over the weekend, Keir Starmer has announced some radical moves to reduce NHS waiting times and generally improve the service – and thus fulfil Labour’s manifesto promise that “patients should expect to wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral for consultant-led treatment …

Starmer unveils overhaul of NHS – everything you need to know on changes to GPs and hospitals
1 week, 1 day ago

Starmer unveils overhaul of NHS – everything you need to know on changes to GPs and hospitals

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. An upgraded NHS app open image in gallery Changes to the NHS app should help …

Wes Streeting is right – if Labour delivers on NHS reform, that’ll be its legacy
1 week, 2 days ago

Wes Streeting is right – if Labour delivers on NHS reform, that’ll be its legacy

The Independent  

Challenged by Laura Kuenssberg on breakfast television about why the government had failed to explain itself very well, health secretary Wes Streeting gave the only response a politician of his stature could: he dodged the question. Instead, at least so far as his brief, the NHS and social care, is concerned, Mr Streeting offered a more candid and useful message: …

Doctors’ union warns NHS will struggle to last another year without reform
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Doctors’ union warns NHS will struggle to last another year without reform

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A doctors’ trade union has warned that without “transformative” and …

Hospitals becoming ‘dangerous’ after underinvestment, warns NHS chief
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Hospitals becoming ‘dangerous’ after underinvestment, warns NHS chief

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hospital buildings across England are in such a poor state that …

Wes Streeting says he feels shame at people being treated in NHS hospital corridors
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Wes Streeting says he feels shame at people being treated in NHS hospital corridors

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Patients being treated in hospital corridors is the shame of the …

The system is broken. Patients should have care closer to home from a familiar face, writes Health Secretary WES STREETING
3 weeks, 4 days ago

The system is broken. Patients should have care closer to home from a familiar face, writes Health Secretary WES STREETING

Daily Mail  

Back in the summer, I pledged to fix the front door to the NHS, making clear to GPs that the cavalry was coming. However, since taking office, we have already significantly increased monthly payments to practices, are investing an extra £100million to upgrade the crumbling GP estate, and we're starting to hire 1,000 extra doctors who, without our action, would …

UK govt outlines plan for NHS
2 months ago

UK govt outlines plan for NHS

China Daily  

The United Kingdom government has laid out its plans to reform the nation's public health service, with a 23-billion-pound funding boost aimed at reducing waiting lists and improving efficiency across the healthcare system. In a statement released on Wednesday, Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting, said: "We are announcing the reforms to make sure every penny of extra investment …

A Wetherspoons in every hospital? Oh, Britain, how could you?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

A Wetherspoons in every hospital? Oh, Britain, how could you?

The Independent  

The fact that a key consultation asking the Great British public how to fix the NHS has gone a bit weird and wonky shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. The consultation, run via a Change NHS site, was intended to start a “national conversation” to find what we want from the government’s forthcoming 10-year health plan. With an almost charmingly …

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Labour need to take action on the NHS and not just more talk
2 months, 3 weeks ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Labour need to take action on the NHS and not just more talk

Daily Mail  

In opposition, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the NHS was ‘broken’ and must be fixed without delay. DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Health Secretary Wes Streeting wants a 'national conversation' before reforming the NHS, but the problems are plain to see What he has done so far is hardly convincing. Asbestos danger sign at building construction site Tragedy of errors Having already …

No more consultations – it’s time to operate on the sickly NHS
2 months, 3 weeks ago

No more consultations – it’s time to operate on the sickly NHS

The Independent  

Sir Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting, his health secretary, will today launch a “national conversation” about the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS, due next spring. However, in a round of Sunday broadcast interviews, Mr Streeting explained that the government wants to “engage” with the public, NHS staff and experts, who will be asked to submit ideas via a website. …

UK PM admits NHS healthcare system 'broken'
4 months ago

UK PM admits NHS healthcare system 'broken'

China Daily  

This file photo taken on Sept 14 shows the National Health Service logo on St Thomas' Hospital in London, Britain. The United Kingdom's publicly funded healthcare system, the National Health Service, or NHS, is "broken" but can be fixed, the country's prime minister insisted on Thursday. Starmer said the report released on Thursday by former Cabinet minister and surgeon Ara …

The British people want their NHS to be fixed – not replaced
4 months ago

The British people want their NHS to be fixed – not replaced

The Independent  

Reform or die.” Even by his own recent gloomy standards, Sir Keir Starmer’s stark warning to the NHS is a dramatic, headline-grabbing one. Fourteen years of misguided reorganisation, austerity, misallocation of limited public funds, and outdated technology and procedures have left the NHS “broken” – but, as Sir Keir adds, not “beaten”. But there will be no substantial extra funding …

NHS is 'broken' and must 'reform or die', says Keir Starmer as he vows no more money unless service agrees to change - after grim report found huge investment has failed to boost performance
4 months ago

NHS is 'broken' and must 'reform or die', says Keir Starmer as he vows no more money unless service agrees to change - after grim report found huge investment has failed to boost performance

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer warned that the 'broken' NHS must 'reform or die' today after a damning report found billions of pounds in extra investment has failed to boost performance. In a round of interviews this morning ahead of Sir Keir's keynote speech, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the NHS 'unquestionably' wastes money and could go 'bust' without fundamental change. Sir Keir …

NHS must ‘reform or die’, Sir Keir Starmer says as major report is published
4 months ago

NHS must ‘reform or die’, Sir Keir Starmer says as major report is published

The Independent  

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What the papers say – September 12
4 months ago

What the papers say – September 12

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Independent says the report has warned Sir Keir Starmer the NHS is in …

Lord Darzi review finds Tory austerity has left NHS in ‘critical condition’
4 months ago

Lord Darzi review finds Tory austerity has left NHS in ‘critical condition’

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Two out of three of those shocks were choices …

NHS progress ‘in decline for first time in 50 years’
4 months, 1 week ago

NHS progress ‘in decline for first time in 50 years’

The Telegraph  

NHS progress is going backwards for the first time in 50 years, a major report commissioned by the Government has found. The report by Lord Ara Darzi, a surgeon and former health minister, will this week highlight failures in the most basic care offered by the health service. Lord Darzi will say that the progress made since the 1970s on …

British healthcare is ‘bottom of the pack’ compared with other wealthy nations
4 months, 3 weeks ago

British healthcare is ‘bottom of the pack’ compared with other wealthy nations

The Telegraph  

Ruth Thorlby, Health Foundation’s assistant director of policy, said: “These findings show the UK consistently coming near the bottom of the pack on people’s experience of healthcare compared with other high-income countries. The Government is right to prioritise bringing down waiting lists, but that can only be done with a concerted effort to improve primary care and ensuring good coordination …

It’s time to cut out the NHS middle man
5 months, 1 week ago

It’s time to cut out the NHS middle man

The Independent  

Having retired as a nurse from the NHS last year with 20-plus-years service, the trend towards employing an increasing number of senior managers, directors and managers has finally come home to roost. David Kennedy Address supplied No more ‘free money’ for pensioners like me I started receiving the winter fuel payment about 10 years ago when still in professional employment, …

Government already started on work to fix ‘broken’ NHS, says Prime Minister
6 months, 1 week ago

Government already started on work to fix ‘broken’ NHS, says Prime Minister

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The newly-elected Labour Government has …

Crisis in the UK’s NHS shows why Conservatives are struggling after 14 years in power
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Crisis in the UK’s NHS shows why Conservatives are struggling after 14 years in power

Associated Press  

LONDON — Nathaniel Dye believes he probably won’t live to see Britain’s next election. “And I suppose I consider it the most natural thing in the world to talk to people on a personal level and say, ‘What can we do to improve things?’” Dye’s story illustrates voters’ frustration with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party, which opinion polls show …

Combination of strikes and rise in flu and Covid ‘a perfect storm for the NHS’
1 year ago

Combination of strikes and rise in flu and Covid ‘a perfect storm for the NHS’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The “double whammy” of strikes …

NHS reform more important than ‘pouring’ money in, Labour’s Wes Streeting to say
1 year, 3 months ago

NHS reform more important than ‘pouring’ money in, Labour’s Wes Streeting to say

The Independent  

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Long-term work sickness absence ‘a serious fiscal threat’ to UK
1 year, 4 months ago

Long-term work sickness absence ‘a serious fiscal threat’ to UK

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Long-term sickness – with people …

NHS goes private in biggest expansion of sector since Blair
1 year, 5 months ago

NHS goes private in biggest expansion of sector since Blair

The Telegraph  

The latest plans aim to make maximum use of all diagnostic and surgical capacity, regardless of where it comes from. “That is the start of it, but the intention is something far more ambitious, to squeeze much more out of the independent sector so that supply and demand can be matched in real time.” Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, said: …

Government turns to private clinics to help tackle NHS waiting lists
1 year, 5 months ago

Government turns to private clinics to help tackle NHS waiting lists

The Independent  

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A chilling warning from Britain’s most senior A&E doctor: Tory winter plan could kill thousands
1 year, 5 months ago

A chilling warning from Britain’s most senior A&E doctor: Tory winter plan could kill thousands

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The NHS will also offer financial rewards to hospitals …

Sick note Britain: Country’s ‘sickness explosion’ costing economy £15bn every year, experts warn
1 year, 5 months ago

Sick note Britain: Country’s ‘sickness explosion’ costing economy £15bn every year, experts warn

The Independent  

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Tony Blair is right that the NHS needs radical change – he just hasn’t gone far enough
1 year, 6 months ago

Tony Blair is right that the NHS needs radical change – he just hasn’t gone far enough

The Independent  

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer made a pilgrimage to Westminster Abbey this morning to leave offerings at the shrine of the NHS. Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, has said that just as “only Nixon could go to China”, only Labour could reform the NHS, implying that this would involve overthrowing the old assumptions. It was notable, though, that Steve …

Britain's NHS at 75: How the country's public health service is ailing
1 year, 6 months ago

Britain's NHS at 75: How the country's public health service is ailing

Firstpost  

In a secular age, the NHS is the closest thing Britain has to a national religion — devoutly cherished, with levels of public support higher than the royal family or any other British institution. Sickly state Sunak’s new workforce plan, however, is recognition that the NHS is under unprecedented strain following the pandemic, even though the government spends nearly 12 …

The NHS is ‘collapsing’ – leading medic warns
1 year, 6 months ago

The NHS is ‘collapsing’ – leading medic warns

The Independent  

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After the trauma of Covid and strikes, the NHS finally has reason to think positively about its future
1 year, 6 months ago

After the trauma of Covid and strikes, the NHS finally has reason to think positively about its future

The Independent  

On 5 July, Britain’s National Health Service celebrates its 75th birthday. Wisely, Rishi Sunak chose to downplay the politics and launch this extremely welcome initiative flanked by two senior NHS executives: Stephen Powis and Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England. They should, in time, reduce waiting lists, cut the exorbitant cost of agency staff, reduce recruitment from abroad, and …

Rebuild the NHS Now—or Risk Collapse
1 year, 6 months ago

Rebuild the NHS Now—or Risk Collapse

Wired  

There is a current failure to see what the pandemic has done to the National Health Service. When other countries’ health care systems collapse, like we saw in the pandemic, the dead become very visible. Coming into the winter of 2023, we’ll start to have very unpleasant conversations about what complete collapse of the health system looks like. Mortuary staff …

NHS doing ‘substantially less well’ than similar countries, says shock report
1 year, 6 months ago

NHS doing ‘substantially less well’ than similar countries, says shock report

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The NHS is performing “substantially less well” than similar countries on …

Alarm raised over ‘worsening’ access to vital NHS care as improvement remains a challenge
1 year, 6 months ago

Alarm raised over ‘worsening’ access to vital NHS care as improvement remains a challenge

The Independent  

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Ambulance crisis ‘horror’ forcing Britons to make their own way to hospital
1 year, 9 months ago

Ambulance crisis ‘horror’ forcing Britons to make their own way to hospital

The Independent  

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NHS ‘under threat’ from ‘covert privatisation’, says Stephen Fry
1 year, 11 months ago

NHS ‘under threat’ from ‘covert privatisation’, says Stephen Fry

The Independent  

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Opinion: ‘We can barely breathe.’ How did Britain’s treasured NHS get so sick?
1 year, 11 months ago

Opinion: ‘We can barely breathe.’ How did Britain’s treasured NHS get so sick?

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Roopa Farooki is an Internal Medicine Doctor for the NHS in South East England. Dr. Roopa Farooki Dr Roopa Farooki It’s hard to describe the helplessness we feel, as doctors, every time we walk through the emergency waiting room, packed with patients, knowing we can only review and treat one person at a time. But this patient …

Britain’s affection for the NHS is Stockholm syndrome, says billionaire
1 year, 11 months ago

Britain’s affection for the NHS is Stockholm syndrome, says billionaire

The Telegraph  

Britain’s affection for the NHS is akin to “Stockholm syndrome”, the billionaire tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel has told the Oxford Union. The venture capitalist, whose data analytics company Palantir Technologies Inc is vying for a £480 million NHS data contract, warned that “the NHS makes people sick”. “In practice, you have to somehow make it all backwards-compatible in all these …

UK hospitals even worse than Ukraine, says British doctor
2 years ago

UK hospitals even worse than Ukraine, says British doctor

Hindustan Times  

A British doctor has cautioned that hospitals in the UK are so overcrowded that the conditions in the UK’s National Health Services are even worse in nations with poor medical infrastructure like war-torn Ukraine. UK Hospital chaos: UK hospitals even worse than Ukraine, says British doctor. In a letter to UK Newspaper The Argus, he described that Hospitals in Sussex, …

NHS challenges due to ‘failure of successive governments to address social care’
2 years ago

NHS challenges due to ‘failure of successive governments to address social care’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I am taking urgent action to reduce pressure on the health service, including investing …

England's NHS works to move low-risk patients out of hospitals amid difficult winter
2 years ago

England's NHS works to move low-risk patients out of hospitals amid difficult winter

ABC  

England's National Health Service aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care homes and other settings in the next few weeks in an effort to free up desperately needed beds. Key points: The NHS will spend up to $350m so patients with low medical needs can be looked after outside hospitals It also employed the practice during the pandemic …

Britain's NHS nightmare: How COVID-19, cost-cutting and burnout pushed the UK's health system to the brink
2 years ago

Britain's NHS nightmare: How COVID-19, cost-cutting and burnout pushed the UK's health system to the brink

ABC  

In a frantic hospital hall in northern England, a 92-year-old woman lay unwell on a trolley waiting for 33 hours to be taken to a bed. "Emergency medicine in the NHS is facing one of its most challenging times in our history," Dr Ian Higginson, vice-president at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine told ABC News. "We're unable to offload …

The NHS has been sabotaged – why are we so reluctant to point it out?
2 years ago

The NHS has been sabotaged – why are we so reluctant to point it out?

The Independent  

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Pressure mounts on Government over NHS crisis
2 years ago

Pressure mounts on Government over NHS crisis

The Independent  

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How innovation can help the NHS
2 years, 4 months ago

How innovation can help the NHS

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The government needs to invest in more coordinated implementation capacity, locally, regionally and nationally, to …

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