NHS wants ANOTHER £7billion
2 years, 2 months ago

NHS wants ANOTHER £7billion

Daily Mail  

Bosses of the ailing NHS want billions more cash to keep key services running this winter as Rishi Sunak rules out cutting its budget as part of the public spending squeeze. For 2021/22 the Treasury said the health service is set to receive £136.1billion pounds of core funding, as well as £3billion to help with the Covid recovery The NHS waiting list for routine operations has breached 7million for the first time ever. This includes almost 390,000 patients who've been forced to wait over a year for treatment Rishi Sunak told a Cabinet meeting yesterday that while other departments should expect cuts, the Government will 'always support' the NHS, which will 'continue to be prioritised' WHAT DOES THE LATEST NHS PERFORMANCE DATA SHOW? Officials told a NHS meeting that there was no room to cut costs without turning to core services, such as cancer, mental health and primary care — which medics and campaigners warn are already cash-strapped. This is more than twice as long as the 18 minute target A&E waits have also breached a record, with the number of patients facing 12-hour waits exceeding 30,000 An analysis of NHS data shows the health service is carrying out fewer operations and treatments than the pre-pandemic average While the NHS performed a record number of cancer checks, the health service continued to fail to hit targets to start treatment for the disease within two months of an urgent referral The data revealed that the NHS has 20,000 works of art, worth an estimated £12million.

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Budget changes will leave disabled and elderly without care as struggling providers go under, experts warn
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Budget changes will leave disabled and elderly without care as struggling providers go under, experts warn

The Independent  

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UK economy under Labour stalls - what that means for you and your money
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UK economy under Labour stalls - what that means for you and your money

The Independent  

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UK govt outlines plan for NHS
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

NHS pay and pension rises to swallow up half of Reeves’s £22bn spending spree
2 months, 1 week ago

NHS pay and pension rises to swallow up half of Reeves’s £22bn spending spree

The Telegraph  

At the same time, hospital consultants received a 6 per cent pay rise, having had a bumper deal with rises of up to 20 per cent in 2023/24. Research by the Nuffield Trust think tank shows that the NHS is already planning to spend £13 billion extra in the current year – far ahead of the extra £10.4bn it has …

NHS wins record rise in funding in the Budget - but patients 'are unlikely to notice', say experts
2 months, 1 week ago

NHS wins record rise in funding in the Budget - but patients 'are unlikely to notice', say experts

Daily Mail  

The NHS won a record rise in funding in the Budget – but patients are unlikely to notice, say experts. The Budget tax hike rivals 1993's eyewatering revenue-raiser in the wake of Black Wednesday - and might be even bigger if measured at current prices rather than as a proportion of GDP Secretary of State for Health and Social Care …

NHS receives major Budget boost but ‘lacklustre’ social care settlement will hit councils, experts warn
2 months, 1 week ago

NHS receives major Budget boost but ‘lacklustre’ social care settlement will hit councils, experts warn

The Independent  

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NHS cash injection will ‘bring waiting lists down’ – Chancellor
2 months, 1 week ago

NHS cash injection will ‘bring waiting lists down’ – Chancellor

The Independent  

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Flatlining NHS gets major £22.6billion Budget injection to cut waiting lists - amid warnings there will still be a winter crisis and it may STILL need more cash
2 months, 1 week ago

Flatlining NHS gets major £22.6billion Budget injection to cut waiting lists - amid warnings there will still be a winter crisis and it may STILL need more cash

Daily Mail  

The NHS was a major winner from Rachel Reeves's first Budget as Chancellor as she poured £22.6billion more into the flatlining health service. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned the additional funding set to be announced in Labour's first Budget is unlikely to deliver major improvements Yesterday he said the injection of funding will help meet Labour's pledge to deliver …

Billions for NHS is just the start of Reeves’s tax-fuelled spending spree
2 months, 1 week ago

Billions for NHS is just the start of Reeves’s tax-fuelled spending spree

The Telegraph  

Britain’s tax raid appears to have one clear winner. An extra £25 billion over the next two years – equivalent to the entire rise in employers’ National Insurance contributions – will take the overall budget of the Department of Health and Social Care beyond £200 billion for the first time. “I don’t think, in one Budget, you can undo 14 …

Reeves: Budget tax raid not enough to fix NHS
2 months, 1 week ago

Reeves: Budget tax raid not enough to fix NHS

The Telegraph  

Tax rises in the Budget will not be the last, the Chancellor has suggested after admitting that the money she will give the NHS on Wednesday will not be enough to fix it. Rachel Reeves is set to inflict a £35 billion tax raid by raising National Insurance contributions for employers and increasing capital gains tax, in part to fund …

NHS needs ‘significant’ uplift or faces cuts in areas Labour hopes to improve
2 months, 2 weeks ago

NHS needs ‘significant’ uplift or faces cuts in areas Labour hopes to improve

The Independent  

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Public sector pay rises hand Reeves a £6.7bn headache ahead of Budget
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Public sector pay rises hand Reeves a £6.7bn headache ahead of Budget

The Independent  

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NHS problems will not be fixed ‘in a single Budget’, says Streeting
2 months, 2 weeks ago

NHS problems will not be fixed ‘in a single Budget’, says Streeting

The Independent  

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Treasury ‘trashed’ public health plans in 2015, says former health secretary
4 months ago

Treasury ‘trashed’ public health plans in 2015, says former health secretary

The Independent  

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NHS leaders warn Labour they must pump cash into the health service to fill a £3billion deficit or waiting lists will continue to grow
4 months, 1 week ago

NHS leaders warn Labour they must pump cash into the health service to fill a £3billion deficit or waiting lists will continue to grow

Daily Mail  

NHS leaders have warned Labour they need to pump more cash into the health service at the Budget in October to fill a £3billion deficit. Sir Keir Starmer has been told a failure to stump up more money for hospitals will see NHS waiting lists continue to grow. Sir Keir Starmer has been told a failure to stump up more …

Reeves warned she faces £8.6bn annual bill to save ‘broken’ social care sector
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Reeves warned she faces £8.6bn annual bill to save ‘broken’ social care sector

The Independent  

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It’s time to cut out the NHS middle man
5 months 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, …

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to reveal £20billion hole in UK's public finances - intensifying fears that hefty Labour tax hikes are on the way
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to reveal £20billion hole in UK's public finances - intensifying fears that hefty Labour tax hikes are on the way

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves is set to reveal a staggering deficit in the public finances of up to £20billion, working up to a significant tax hike this autumn. Rachel Reeves is set to reveal a staggering deficit in the public finances of up to £20billion, working up to a significant tax hike this autumn The Chancellor is expected to implement tax increases …

Wes Streeting: I will outdo Blair to clear NHS backlog
7 months, 1 week ago

Wes Streeting: I will outdo Blair to clear NHS backlog

The Telegraph  

Labour will also claim on Wednesday that the NHS waiting list will hit 10 million if the Tories remain in power. Labour’s plans to tackle record NHS waits include putting on 40,000 extra appointments each week by utilising weekend and evening slots, as well as doubling the number of scanners available to run diagnostics on patients. Labour’s plan to tackle …

Now military spending could be hit with £3billion cut as last week's Budget shows day-to-day expenditure falling by £2.5billion
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Now military spending could be hit with £3billion cut as last week's Budget shows day-to-day expenditure falling by £2.5billion

Daily Mail  

The Ministry of Defence is facing a £3billion 'real-terms' cut to spending this year, Treasury figures suggest. An analysis of last week's Budget shows day-to-day expenditure falling by £2.5billion – equal to a 7 per cent squeeze. It comes just days after Defence Secretary Grant Shapps backed the Mail's campaign to increase the ministry's spending to 3 per cent of …

Hunt ploughs £6bn into NHS in battle to boost productivity
10 months ago

Hunt ploughs £6bn into NHS in battle to boost productivity

The Telegraph  

Jeremy Hunt is ploughing an additional £6 billion into the NHS as he seeks to improve productivity and cut waiting lists using artificial intelligence. Claiming that “the NHS is, rightly, the biggest reason most of us are proud to be British”, the Chancellor said that £3.4 billion would be earmarked “to modernise NHS IT systems so they’re as good as …

Jeremy Hunt warned of £2bn real-term cuts to NHS funding
10 months ago

Jeremy Hunt warned of £2bn real-term cuts to NHS funding

The Independent  

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Councils urge Michael Gove to intervene amid fears of financial failure
1 year, 1 month ago

Councils urge Michael Gove to intervene amid fears of financial failure

The Independent  

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NHS strike breakthrough as consultants’ union agrees new pay deal with government
1 year, 1 month ago

NHS strike breakthrough as consultants’ union agrees new pay deal with government

The Independent  

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Striking NHS medics WON'T be offered any more cash, officials confirm - as health leader warns walkouts will swallow £200million for protecting against winter crisis
1 year, 3 months ago

Striking NHS medics WON'T be offered any more cash, officials confirm - as health leader warns walkouts will swallow £200million for protecting against winter crisis

Daily Mail  

Striking NHS medics won't be offered any more cash, the Health Secretary confirmed today. Steve Barclay today insisted that there would be no more talks about pay with the British Medical Association — the union coordinating the action in England Junior doctors and consultants will stage fresh walkouts next week in their ongoing row with the Government over pay. It …

NHS winter resilience fund announced by Government
1 year, 3 months ago

NHS winter resilience fund announced by Government

The Independent  

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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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Doctors in England escalate pay dispute as they announce another 4-day walkout in August
1 year, 5 months ago

Doctors in England escalate pay dispute as they announce another 4-day walkout in August

Associated Press  

LONDON — Tens of thousands of doctors in Britain’s state-funded health service will go on strike for a further four days in August as their pay dispute with the government shows few, if any, signs of resolution, their union said Wednesday. “It should never have got to the point where we needed to announce a fifth round of strike action,” …

NHS Workforce Plan ‘achingly vague’ and should mention pay, Adam Kay says
1 year, 5 months ago

NHS Workforce Plan ‘achingly vague’ and should mention pay, Adam Kay says

The Independent  

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Vital NHS services face cutbacks as government excludes thousands of workers from pay deal
1 year, 7 months ago

Vital NHS services face cutbacks as government excludes thousands of workers from pay deal

The Independent  

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UK govt, health unions agree pay deal in bid to end NHS strikes
1 year, 9 months ago

UK govt, health unions agree pay deal in bid to end NHS strikes

Firstpost  

London: The UK government and unions representing various health workers in England said Thursday they have agreed a deal to increase pay by 5 percent in the next financial year, potentially ending damaging strikes. The package, impacting around one million National Health Service staff, will also include a further 2.0 per cent rise to this year’s salaries and a one-off …

Public sector workers could see 3.5% pay rise after departmental submissions
1 year, 10 months ago

Public sector workers could see 3.5% pay rise after departmental submissions

The Independent  

More than one million public sector workers, including police officers and NHS staff, could be in line for a 3.5% pay rise following submissions by UK Government departments to the pay review process. The DfE, in its submission to the School Teachers’ Review Body, said: “The department’s view is that an award of 3.5% will be manageable within schools’ budgets …

Tory ministers ‘looking to privatise’ NHS, says union boss
1 year, 11 months ago

Tory ministers ‘looking to privatise’ NHS, says union boss

The Independent  

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Steve Barclay: Pay hikes for NHS staff are unaffordable – and will cut patient care
1 year, 11 months ago

Steve Barclay: Pay hikes for NHS staff are unaffordable – and will cut patient care

The Independent  

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Middle-class could face 'modest' charges to use GPs and have minor ops, under plans to save the NHS
1 year, 11 months ago

Middle-class could face 'modest' charges to use GPs and have minor ops, under plans to save the NHS

Daily Mail  

But Rishi Sunak insists he hasn't left it too late to help alleviate NHS pressures Comes as NHS is in crisis with A&E wait times soaring amid a surge in demand Such charges could include a flat fee to see a GP or for some routine procedures Tory Ken Clarke says NHS may soon need to start charging wealthier Britons …

NHS pay deal hopes rise as ministers consider backdated pay boost
2 years ago

NHS pay deal hopes rise as ministers consider backdated pay boost

The Telegraph  

Hopes of an NHS pay breakthrough have been raised, with ministers considering whether an extra boost for three months could bring an end to the dispute. Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, has also agreed to look at making a one-off “cost of living” payment to staff following talks with union chiefs on Monday. Over the weekend, the Health Secretary’s stance …

Social care staff need 41% pay rise to earn same as NHS counterparts – report
2 years ago

Social care staff need 41% pay rise to earn same as NHS counterparts – report

The Independent  

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Paying nurses more would take money from NHS operations, says Health Secretary
2 years ago

Paying nurses more would take money from NHS operations, says Health Secretary

The Independent  

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NHS chiefs discuss charging wealthy patients in Scotland in bid to plug £1bn hole
2 years, 1 month ago

NHS chiefs discuss charging wealthy patients in Scotland in bid to plug £1bn hole

The Telegraph  

Wealthy patients would start paying for NHS care in Scotland under proposals secretly discussed by health board chiefs to tackle a “billion pound hole” in their budget. “Despite Humza Yousaf’s protestations, the privatisation of Scotland’s NHS seems to be under active consideration by the SNP.” The minutes, which were marked “in confidence not for onward sharing”, said that the group …

What will austerity 2.0 mean for the NHS?
2 years, 3 months ago

What will austerity 2.0 mean for the NHS?

The Independent  

The chancellor and prime minister are committed to the NHS budget agreed in last year’s spending review, albeit with the caveat that there must be yet another drive for efficiency. The spending review confirmed the total NHS budget would rise from £151bn in 2021/22 to £166bn in two years’ time. The prime minister must publicly acknowledge that the original goal …

NHS day-to-day budget faces £20bn inflation blackhole, Truss warned
2 years, 3 months ago

NHS day-to-day budget faces £20bn inflation blackhole, Truss warned

The Telegraph  

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said the health budget set out at last year’s Spending Review has been made “somewhat redundant by inflation”. “Either the government has got to admit that it isn't able to fund the NHS at the level that it certainly felt it needed to fund the NHS this time last year, or else …

Thousands of NHS staff set to leave over soaring fuel prices, chiefs warn
2 years, 4 months ago

Thousands of NHS staff set to leave over soaring fuel prices, chiefs warn

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. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, warned: “If NHS staff working in the …

Public sector pay deals will mean £7billion of service cuts even without unions' exorbitant demands
2 years, 5 months ago

Public sector pay deals will mean £7billion of service cuts even without unions' exorbitant demands

Daily Mail  

Government departments will have to cut £7billion-worth of services to fund planned public sector pay rises even if they resist union demands for even more cash. Ben Zaranko, a senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said: 'Unexpectedly high inflation left the government with an uncomfortable choice on public sector pay: either to impose real-terms pay cuts on …

Treasury ‘preventing’ NHS from maximising taxpayers’ money
2 years, 10 months ago

Treasury ‘preventing’ NHS from maximising taxpayers’ money

The Independent  

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NHS trusts to get funding based on how well they clear Covid backlogs
2 years, 10 months ago

NHS trusts to get funding based on how well they clear Covid backlogs

The Telegraph  

NHS trusts will receive funding based on how effectively they clear the Covid backlog under plans agreed by Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. Ministers are planning to announce the return of a "payment by results" system for funding elective surgery to incentivise hospital performance and demonstrate value for money from the National Insurance rise. Ministers believe it will help extract …

Government’s social care reform plan is ‘insufficient’
3 years, 1 month ago

Government’s social care reform plan is ‘insufficient’

The Independent  

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Deteriorating NHS buildings leads to jump in patient incidents as repair bill hits £9.2bn
3 years, 2 months ago

Deteriorating NHS buildings leads to jump in patient incidents as repair bill hits £9.2bn

The Independent  

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National insurance rise sets UK on path to record tax level
3 years, 4 months ago

National insurance rise sets UK on path to record tax level

CNN  

London CNN Business — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to hike payroll taxes to raise billions in funding for health and social care will raise Britain’s tax burden to its highest ever level, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. “Both spending and tax will ratchet upwards over the next few years,” the IFS said in research published after …

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