How Covid changed the British state
Surge in national debt and NHS backlog altered the economy and expectations around crisis management
At 9.26am on Wednesday 18 March 2020, Tim Leunig was cycling to Wimbledon station when he got a text from his boss, Rishi Sunak, urging him to work “at pace”, on a scheme to protect UK workers from the looming Covid lockdown.
For the rest of his commute, the economist mulled over what he knew about the furlough schemes that existed in Germany and the US, to protect workers during temporary shutdowns.
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Worst of winter pressures ‘over’ for NHS as virus numbers fall
Flu levels are now at their lowest for more than three months.
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Worst of winter pressures ‘over’ for NHS as virus numbers fall
Flu levels are now at their lowest for more than three months.
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The sky’s the limit: NHS Trusts back Good Employment Charter | North Bristol NHS Trust
From Southmead Hospital’s helipad, in a new video (below), Mayor Dan Norris and dozens of NHS workers have announced a major new milestone for the West of England Good Employment Charter.
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Worst of winter pressures ‘over’ for NHS as virus numbers fall
Flu levels are now at their lowest for more than three months.
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Healing people and the planet: everyone wins when the NHS cuts its carbon footprint
The NHS is embracing sustainable energy solutions, whether to reduce cost pressures and meet carbon targets, or to improve the homes – and health – of its patients
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Good riddance NHS England
Keir Starmer announcing the closure of NHS England is a good thing. The quango has been beset with failure for years with examples ranging from ballooning waiting times to a failure to digitalise and integrate nationally.
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The sky’s the limit! NHS Trusts back Good Employment Charter - West of England Combined Authority
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'An NHS admin error cost our family £20,000'
Paul Carlier says surgery delays left his mother-in-law "constantly crying in pain".
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NHS Wales: Hospital waiting times drop for second month
In January, 613,000 patients were waiting for treatment, down from 800,395 in December.
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Worst of winter pressures ‘over’ for NHS as virus numbers fall
Flu levels are now at their lowest for more than three months.
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NHS England: divorced, beheaded, died
A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazon, said the mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz, and later a tornado rages thousands of miles away.1 By contrast, will the demise of NHS England, the behemoth “quango” that oversees the NHS, raise more than a flutter on the “front line” of clinical care? It’s hard to argue that NHS England was ever wanted or loved or that it delivered to expectations, but in a world at war on bureaucracy, of vanishing fiscal space and a need to grow defence budgets, every billion counts. However, redirecting funding to the so called front line is one of the official narratives for disbanding NHS England (doi:10.1136/bmj.r521).2 Cutting several thousand of the staff...
NHS Confederation responds to new modelling by the Institute for Fiscal Studies on 18-week target
Rory Deighton says meeting the NHS target was always going to be challenging
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Hartlepool mums fear NHS proposals could increase ADHD backlog
Proposals to introduce payment limits on NHS ADHD assessment providers raise concerns.
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Transforming NHS trusts: SMS Technology's solutions for efficiency, compliance, and patient safety
SMS Technology provides solutions aimed at addressing challenges NHS trusts are facing including operational efficiency, comply with regulations, and enhance patient safety
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Worst of winter pressures ‘over’ for NHS as virus numbers fall
Flu levels are now at their lowest for more than three months.
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NHS Tayside scraps new CAMHS referrals for autism and ADHD amid years-long backlog
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) assesses and treats children and young people with 'significant and impairing' mental health concerns.
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Fix NHS drugs rebate or UK investment at risk, Big Pharma warns
AstraZeneca, GSK and other multinationals urge the government to make its branded medicines scheme ‘internationally competitive’ as part of its growth strategy
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NHS 18-week waiting time target
It is “unlikely” that the Government will achieve its ambition of getting NHS waiting times down to 18 weeks before the end of Parliament, according to new research.
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NHS launches new campaign aimed at improving dental health across the region
Initiative encourages good mouth hygiene habits from a young age
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Hartlepool mums fear NHS proposals could increase ADHD backlog
Proposals to introduce payment limits on NHS ADHD assessment providers raise concerns.
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How the NHS gave up on recording biological sex
The fact remains that we all have a sex, and that sex matters far beyond the mechanics of our reproductive systems.
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Labour ‘highly unlikely’ to achieve pledge to clear NHS backlogs, says IFS
Think tank says increased funding and improved productivity may not be enough to meet the target as patient demand soars
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The NHS may have to prioritise the less sick to recover elective ...
Institute for Fiscal Studies research economists Olly Harvey-Rich and Max Warner analyse NHS elective reform strategies, highlighting the need for increased activity, demand reduction, and patient prioritisation to meet the 18-week waiting time target by 2029
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Three dead as dessert supplied to NHS linked to a listeria outbreak
NHS staff advised to remove all products from Cool Delight Desserts as a precaution
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NHS privatisation and PFI - what Lord Darzi’s review missed
The much-anticipated review of NHS performance commissioned by Health Secretary Wes Streeting, and conducted by Professor Lord Darzi, has now been published. The review identified several factors as
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