There may be a funding gap, but NHS spends less per head than US or European counterparts June 18, 2014 It was announced earlier today that the NHS is likely to suffer from a £2bn funding gap in the next financial year due to growing costs. Health bosses warned that expenditure would outstrip the NHS's £100bn budget set aside for the year commencing April 2015, stating that population growth and ageing will lead to an [...]
Why the NHS now needs a radical strategy for survival March 31, 2014 THERE’S a new boss at the NHS. Today, Simon Stevens takes up the reins as chief executive of NHS England, the quango now responsible for the vast majority of the health service’s £100bn budget. Back in October, many welcomed his appointment to the top job in the NHS. After working for Tony Blair and Alan [...]
The NHS needs to focus on patients not staff pay packets, says think tank March 13, 2014 News this morning that only some public sector workers will see a one per cent pay rise next has riled individuals and unions alike. While Armed Forces, prison officers, members of the judiciary and some NHS workers will see a pay rise next year, not everybody will. And the rise – by only one per [...]
We’re failing to face up to the long-term crisis stirring within the NHS January 9, 2014 DO YOU think the NHS will be a significant factor at the next general election?” asked a BBC reporter last year, as we stood chatting. Never mind recent structural reforms, purely on the basis of our ageing population, it has to be. But whether there will be a realistic debate about what the NHS can [...]
NHS told to refocus on quality of care July 1, 2008 The quality of a patient’s care will become the central focus of the National Health Service in England, with hospitals and careteams rewarded for achieving high standards. Patients will be given a new legal right to choose their GP practice and the kind of treatment they will receive under a draft NHS constitution, launched on [...]