Number of medics in England fell further behind comparable EU countries over summer, as more consider quitting due to burnoutThe NHS may be unable to cope this winter because of a “frightening” shortfall of more than 50,000 doctors, the head of the Bri…
Statue celebrating the NHS’s Windrush nurses unveiled in London
Memorial commemorates health workers across Commonwealth who answered service’s decades-long call for recruitsA statue commemorating the 40,000 Windrush and Commonwealth midwives and nurses who have answered the call to work for the NHS has been unveil…
UK dials up the spin on data reform, claiming ‘simplified’ rules will drive ‘responsible’ data sharing
The U.K. government has announced a consultation on plans to shake up the national data protection regime, as it looks at how to diverge from European Union rules following Brexit. It’s also a year since the U.K. published a national data strategy in which said it wanted pandemic levels of data sharing to become Britain’s […]
Treasury to decide how much of social care levy goes to NHS after 2025
In first three years, less than one pound in six will go to social care sector, then chancellor will allocateThe chancellor will decide what proportion of the £12bn annual proceeds from the health and social care levy will go to the NHS after 2025, leg…
Long NHS waiting lists fuel return to profit at healthcare firm Spire
Half-year results come as company expects to benefit from ‘unprecedented’ demandThe private hospital operator Spire Healthcare has returned to profit amid strong demand from self-paying patients who are coming to its hospitals because of long NHS waiti…
Record 5.6m people in England waiting for hospital treatment
Number highest since records began in 2007, while 293,000 have been waiting more than a yearThe number of people waiting for hospital treatment in England has hit a record high of 5.61 million, as the NHS struggles to clear the growing backlog of care …
Social care backlash grows after MPs vote through tax plan
Care sector leaders become increasingly concerned about limited resources set out in proposalsBoris Johnson has won the backing of MPs for his controversial health and social care plan, amid a growing backlash from experts and professionals who warned …
Boris Johnson stakes reputation on £12bn fix for health and social care
MPs likely to pass PM’s healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing tax burden to record peacetime level MPs are set to usher in a historic £12bn healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing the tax burden to a record peacetime level as Boris Johnson stakes his pol…
What has Boris Johnson announced in his social care plan?
The PM has revealed the first outlines of a shake-up also intended to help the NHS recover from CovidPolitics live: Boris Johnson confirms rise in national insuranceBoris Johnson has given the first outlines of what Downing Street is billing as a once-…
More money for the NHS is overdue, but there’s not nearly enough to fix social care | Andy Cowper
Boris Johnson promised to solve the crisis. But the government’s meagre funding won’t deliver the change that is neededAndy Cowper writes a weekly column for Health Policy InsightBoris Johnson today announced the government’s new plan for social care. …