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Britain should learn from health systems that outperform the NHS

Britain should learn from health systems that outperform the NHS

Britain should learn from health systems that outperform the NHS Plus: Reform UK’s best bet; no to wooden homes; glad to be dyslexic; lost landlines; Reagan and the Falklands; and sanitising street names Continue reading this article about Britain should learn from health systems that outperform the NHS by Letters to the Editor NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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NHS putting anorexic girls into comas in ‘last resort’ attempt to force-feed them

NHS putting anorexic girls into comas in ‘last resort’ attempt to force-feed them

NHS putting anorexic girls into comas in ‘last resort’ attempt to force-feed them Cases go to court as world-renowned clinic expresses concern at ‘draconian approach when proven alternatives exist’ Continue reading this article about NHS putting anorexic girls into comas in ‘last resort’ attempt to force-feed them by Janet Eastham NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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Purge of top management indicates deep NHS cuts to come

Purge of top management indicates deep NHS cuts to come

Purge of top management indicates deep NHS cuts to come A massive new reorganisation of the NHS has been under way since the end of last year: it took a further lurch forward and hit news headlines on March 13 with Sir Keir Starmer’s surprise announcement that NHS England is to be abolished. Throughout the process the hand of Health Secretary Streeting and his aides Continue reading this article about Purge of top management indicates deep NHS cuts to come by John ListerJohn Lister NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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Getting to grips with civil service reform | Letters

Getting to grips with civil service reform | Letters Readers respond to government proposals to cut thousands of civil service jobs As a former civil servant, the Labour Together thinktank’s “project chainsaw” sounds depressingly familiar to me (Plan to cut thousands of civil service jobs in radical government shake-up, 11 March). Headcount reductions were very much in vogue in the Thatcher era, when she is said to have remarked that there were too many doctors working in the Department of Health. Critics thought that her “efficiency cuts” would be better characterised as inefficiency cuts, placing more burden on overstretched staff. Continue reading... By Guardian Staff Getting to grips with civil service reform | Letters to...
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Fury erupts after senior NHS doctor spouts antisemitic rant and racist abuse against David Lammy: ‘Utterly appalled!’

Fury erupts after senior NHS doctor spouts antisemitic rant and racist abuse against David Lammy: ‘Utterly appalled!’ Continue reading this article about Fury erupts after senior NHS doctor spouts antisemitic rant and racist abuse against David Lammy: ‘Utterly appalled!’ by Eliana Silver NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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Crack teams get patients off waiting lists at twice the speed

Crack teams get patients off waiting lists at twice the speed

Crack teams get patients off waiting lists at twice the speed Sending top doctors into areas of highest economic inactivity is busting through the backlog. Continue reading this article about Crack teams get patients off waiting lists at twice the speed by Department of Health and Social Care NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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Sunday shows round-up: Wes Streeting – the NHS is ‘addicted to overspending’

Sunday shows round-up: Wes Streeting – the NHS is ‘addicted to overspending’

Sunday shows round-up: Wes Streeting – the NHS is ‘addicted to overspending’ This week, Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced their plan to abolish NHS England, which Starmer has said will ‘cut bureaucracy’ and bring management of the NHS ‘back into democratic control’. Today on Sky News, Streeting told Trevor Phillips that the size of NHS England had doubled since 2010, when the NHS had Continue reading this article about Sunday shows round-up: Wes Streeting – the NHS is ‘addicted to overspending’ by Joe Bedell-Brill NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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Anorexic girls put in comas in NHS hospitals in bid to force feed them

Anorexic girls put in comas in NHS hospitals in bid to force feed them

Anorexic girls put in comas in NHS hospitals in bid to force feed them Patients are being sedated and given oxygen in intensive care for weeks at a time in some instances, as the number of cases of extreme malnutrition rises among those with the eating disorder. Continue reading this article about Anorexic girls put in comas in NHS hospitals in bid to force feed them by Sophie Carlin NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients

‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients

‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients Trusts work with the Royal Horticultural Society to create outdoor refuges for staff and patients Continue reading this article about ‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients by Donna Ferguson NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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NHS ‘addicted to overspending’, warns Wes Streeting as he issues job cuts warning

NHS ‘addicted to overspending’, warns Wes Streeting as he issues job cuts warning

NHS ‘addicted to overspending’, warns Wes Streeting as he issues job cuts warning The health secretary suggested hundreds more quangos could be in the firing line, warning that scrapping NHS England was ‘the beginning, not the end’ Continue reading this article about NHS ‘addicted to overspending’, warns Wes Streeting as he issues job cuts warning by Millie Cooke NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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Top NHS doctor's anti-Semitic rants and vile slur against David Lammy

Top NHS doctor's anti-Semitic rants and vile slur against David Lammy

Top NHS doctor's anti-Semitic rants and vile slur against David Lammy In sickening online comments, Aqeel Jamil, a gastroenterologist at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, accused Israel of helping Hamas commit the October 7 massacre of 1,200 Jews. Continue reading this article about Top NHS doctor's anti-Semitic rants and vile slur against David Lammy by Glen Owen NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients

‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients Trusts work with the Royal Horticultural Society to create outdoor refuges for staff and patients For Hayleigh Austin-Richards, it is a place to have a cry, breathe fresh air and remind herself there is something magical about butterflies. As often as she can, the ward manager of Chapel Allerton’s stroke rehabilitation unit in Leeds visits the hospital’s “Garden for Recovery”, originally created for the Chelsea Flower Show and installed last summer. Austin-Richards’s job can be hectic and tough, and she sees people going through some of the worst moments of their lives. The garden is a refuge: “It’s quiet. The way it’s designed, it brings you...
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How Covid-19 changed the way we die in England and Wales

How Covid-19 changed the way we die in England and Wales The pandemic forced many people to reflect how they might die with dignity, and the numbers of those wanting to die at home is on the rise When Marlene Viggers was told her newly diagnosed cancer was untreatable, she said she wanted to go home to die. “She was the matriarch of the family, she held everything together, and she wanted to have her family all around her,” said Neil Andrews, her son-in-law. For the next few weeks, until Marlene died in January 2022 at the age of 73, she was given round-the-clock care by her closest relatives supported by Marie Curie, the end of life charity. Continue reading... By Harriet Sherwood, Pamela Duncan and Matthew Pearce with graphics...
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The NHS scheme reducing waiting lists and getting Bury people back to work

The NHS scheme reducing waiting lists and getting Bury people back to work

The NHS scheme reducing waiting lists and getting Bury people back to work A government scheme sending top doctors into areas where more people are out of work and waiting for treatment is aiming to reduce waiting lists… Continue reading this article about The NHS scheme reducing waiting lists and getting Bury people back to work by Kent Lawlor NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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It is mission critical that Labour repairs the contract between citizen and state | Andrew Rawnsley

It is mission critical that Labour repairs the contract between citizen and state | Andrew Rawnsley Proving that government can be a force for good is essential if Sir Keir Starmer is to see off the populist right Listening to Sir Keir Starmer’s recent lament that the “flabby” state is failing Britain was to experience deja vu all over again. More than a quarter of a century has passed since another Labour prime minister, one Tony Blair, vented his frustration with the public sector by complaining that trying to reform government had left him with “scars on my back”. In similar vein, David Cameron’s lot used to excuse their struggles to get stuff done by blaming resistance from the amorphous administrative “Blob”. Dominic Cummings...
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Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: Wes Streeting to face questions on decision to scrap NHS England

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: Wes Streeting to face questions on decision to scrap NHS England

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: Wes Streeting to face questions on decision to scrap NHS England The prime minister has said the move will free up money for frontline NHS services, with 9,000 jobs expected to go. Continue reading this article about Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: Wes Streeting to face questions on decision to scrap NHS England by @BBCNews NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
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Three local NHS CEOs join NHS England as directors

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Two integrated care board chief executives and a trust CEO have been appointed as part-time national directors at NHS England.

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NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

<p>Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’</p><p>The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.</p><p>An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.</p> <a href="NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds">Continue reading...</a>

Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’

The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.

An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.

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