Switching to cheaper NHS medicines does not impact the effectiveness of treatment, according to the agency responsible for overseeing health care providers.
NHS providers racked up a deficit of just under £1bn in 2017-18. The King’s Fund’s Richard Murray looks at how much the prime minister’s 3.4% real-terms growth a year- announced in June - will go...
A NHS England primary care contract with Capita has been branded a “shambles” by MPs who are demanding a change in the way health chiefs approach outsourcing.
Day-to-day spending on public services will fall by 0.6% in real terms between 2020-21 and 2022-23, delegates at CIPFA’s annual conference heard this morning.
Bed blocking because of a lack of social care availability is costing the NHS an “eye-watering” £550 per minute, according to research by a charity released today.
Britain’s favourite national institution is 70 in July. Alison Moore looks at whether the PM’s promise of a £20bn birthday present is enough to secure its future.
NHS pay systems are outdated, inflexible and “frequently unfair” and should be reformed to motivate staff to perform better, the Centre for Policy Studies has argued.
The extra £20bn a year for the NHS is like “pouring water down a sink with no plug in” unless social care also receives a funding boost, council leaders and health groups have...
The British public have shown “overwhelming” support to increase annual spending on health and social care over the next 15 years, according to a poll released today.
A leading committee of MPs has pointed to a staggering 1.5 million avoidable A&E admissions as evidence of the government’s underfunding of preventative health care.
A major trade union has overwhelmingly rejected a proposed National Health Service pay offer, which it says merely continues cuts to wages in real terms.
Households in the UK would have to pay up to £2,000 a year extra to keep the NHS afloat as it copes with increased demand, a major report out today has warned.
A range of primary care services fell below acceptable standards because NHS England and Capita failed to understand the risks of outsourcing key back-office support services, the National Audit...
