A senior doctor is to accuse Jeremy Hunt of talking “rubbish” about the causes of the problems in emergency care. In a speech today, Dr Laurence Buckman, the GP chair of the British Medical Association, will warn that doctors will not come in to solve problems caused by “political meddling”. Elsewhere, the Health Secretary ...
Quality of care is not given appropriate priority, according to three-quarters of sen...
Senior NHS managers yesterday told MPs the growing pressure on A&E departments was pu...
Sir David Nicholson is to stand down as NHS England chief executive next March, he an...
The increasing demand on A&E services is "unsustainable", Jeremy Hunt has warned, as ...
GMB press release Lack of A&E capacity at London hospitals diverts ambulances putting lives at risk says GMB. GMB has identified a large number of occasions whe...
IFS and Nuffield Trust press release Over the first decade of the 2000s, rapid growth in public health spending was matched by a slowdown in the growth of priva...
Dr Claire Gerada refuted the blame placed on GPs and their out-of-hours contracts for the current A&E crisis. “Isn’t it a shame that yet again, we’re scape-g...
Stephen Dorrell warned the problems with accident and emergency care in the UK were “getting worse”. “Crisis is a word that is best avoided, certainly for practic...
Charlotte Leslie criticised the fact that Sir David Nicholson was still in his job as CEO of NHS England and would remain so until his retirement next year. “It’s...
22/05/2013
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