The NHS and adult social care sector should work more closely together – and the latter should be funded in a similar way to the health service, local government figures have heard.
Conditions in the National Health Service have worsened in the last year and staff feel unable to provide the standard of care they have been trained to deliver.
The total deficit of NHS providers had risen above £1bn by the end of 2017 following additional demand on accident & emergency services over the October-December period, according to...
A parliamentary watchdog has urged the government to improve nurses’ working conditions and access to training in order to prevent an increasing number of staff leaving the profession.
NHS England has told hospitals to defer non-urgent elective care cases until the end of January to free up resources to cope with the current demand that has been overwhelming hospitals.
Doctor, nurse and support staff vacancies within the NHS in England have risen to above 100,000, according to analysis of freedom of information figures obtained by the Labour Party.
NHS trusts are more prepared than ever for the coming winter but the service is close to full stretch and will be “sorely tested”, the sector has warned.
