League tables part of tough Streeting NHS reforms

By Lee Peart 13 November 2024

League tables are to be part of tough NHS reforms designed to improve performance announced by the health and social care secretary at the NHS Providers Conference in Liverpool today.

Six-month waits for care assessments almost double

By Lee Peart 13 November 2024

The Liberal Democrats have called for more funding for social and an exemption from national insurance hikes after revealing six-month waits for care assessments have almost doubled.

Streeting pledges to contain NHS agency spend

By Liz Wells 12 November 2024

The government and NHS England are set to reveal plans to reduce the service's reliance on agency staff, which costs £3bn a year. 

Fifty-day challenge aims to speed-up hospital discharge and community care

By Lee Peart 12 November 2024

The Welsh Government has launched a 50-day challenge to help people return home from hospital and ease winter pressures.

Trusts braced for another gruelling winter

By Liz Wells 12 November 2024

Trust leaders are bracing themselves for another tough winter with concerns mounting over whether the health service can meet key performance targets, a new NHS Providers survey reveals.

NHS rolls out new 'stop-smoking' drug

By Liz Wells 12 November 2024

An improved anti-smoking drug is to be rolled out on the NHS in England in a bid to save thousands of lives.

Lightbulb moment - predicting patients' risk of developing and worsening disease

11 November 2024

Each issue we ask NHS trust and ICB workers to share their great ideas and moments of inspiration which boost care outcomes and productivity

Lib Dems call for health and social care exemption to NICs rise

By Lee Peart 11 November 2024

The Liberal Democrats have repeated their call for an exemption for health and social care providers from the employers’ national insurance rise in the Autumn Budget.

Former health secretary takes senior DHSC role

By Liz Wells 11 November 2024

Alan Milburn has been appointed as lead non-executive member to the board of the Department of Health and Social Care.

English councils could spend £17bn on care for working age adults by 2030, says report

By Lee Peart 11 November 2024

Councils in England may have to spend £17bn on working age adults and those with a life-long disability by the end of the decade, research has warned.

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