Is the NHS entering treacherous waters?: The performance of the NHS in England is holding up well in most areas despite unprecedented financial pressures and the disruption caused by major and continuing organisational change. This is one of the conclusions of the Fund’s new report on how the NHS is performing under the coalition government half-way through the current Parliament.
Wednesday 28 November 2012
MMR jab uptake at 14-year high
MMR jab uptake at 14-year high: MMR vaccine coverage has reached its highest level in 14 years for children under the age of two, says NHS body BBC News
VIDEO: Alcohol minimum price plan due
VIDEO: Alcohol minimum price plan due: Ministers are due to unveil plans on Wednesday for a minimum price for alcohol in England and Wales, as part of a drive to tackle problem drinking. BBC News
''Pay for the consquences of your lifestyle''
''Pay for the consquences of your lifestyle'': By 2025 it is estimated that 25 per cent of the NHS budget will be for treating diabetes alone Public Service
NHS 'in a precarious position', warns thinktank
NHS 'in a precarious position', warns thinktank:
King's Fund says patients attending A&E are waiting longer and that the new system will be more complex than the old one
Cracks are beginning to appear in the NHS as "unprecedented financial pressures" begin to take their toll on the health service, according to a leading health thinktank in a mid-term assessment of the coalition's policy. The King's Fund warns that patients attending accident and emergency wards are waiting longer and that more hospitals are in financial difficulty. It says that if the NHS makes £20bn of savings in four years to March 2015, "year-on-year improvements in efficiency are required at a higher rate than any previously recorded".
Cracks are beginning to appear in the NHS as "unprecedented financial pressures" begin to take their toll on the health service, according to a leading health thinktank in a mid-term assessment of the coalition's policy. The King's Fund warns that patients attending accident and emergency wards are waiting longer and that more hospitals are in financial difficulty. It says that if the NHS makes £20bn of savings in four years to March 2015, "year-on-year improvements in efficiency are required at a higher rate than any previously recorded".
Thousands more facing four-hour A&E waits every month
Thousands more facing four-hour A&E waits every month: Thousands more people are having to spend at least four hours in A&E every month than when the Coalition came to power, figures indicate.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
Extra 1,000 health visitors in post next year, pledges minister
Extra 1,000 health visitors in post next year, pledges minister: An extra 1,000 health visitors, who help new mothers and fathers adapt to life as parents, will be employed by NHS trusts next year, a minister has pledged.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
Winter vomiting virus sweeps Britain forcing hospital wards to close as cases hit five-year high
Winter vomiting virus sweeps Britain forcing hospital wards to close as cases hit five-year high:
A winter vomiting virus is sweeping Britain, forcing hospital wards to shut as cases hit a five-year high. The Independent
A winter vomiting virus is sweeping Britain, forcing hospital wards to shut as cases hit a five-year high. The Independent
Health service 'is only going to get worse'
Health service 'is only going to get worse': If you are going to be sick, be sick today – the NHS may never be so good again.The Indepent
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