Streeting rolls out health service league tables to boost efficiency November 13, 2024 NHS trusts should be “turned into businesses”, a free market think tank has argued, amid Wes Streeting’s announcement of health service league tables in a bid to boost efficiency. The health secretary has confirmed failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and managers sacked if they don’t improve patient care and take [...]
NHS must be weaned off ‘more, more, more’ culture, warns Alan Milburn November 9, 2024 Alan Milburn, who ran the department under Tony Blair, warned that the NHS was “drinking in the last-chance saloon” .
Think care home fees are high? Just wait for Labour’s Budget to set in November 9, 2024 Care home fees are already alarmingly high, but Labour's Budget is likely to see them climb even higher, writes Lisa Morgan.
The Notebook: Why pharmacies could be key to NHS reform November 6, 2024 Want to reform the NHS? How about using the assets we've already got, writes Charac CEO Santosh Sahu in today's Notebook.
Olympic hero Hoy reveals his cancer diagnosis has already saved a life November 5, 2024 Sir Chris Hoy has urged more men to seek free tests for prostate cancer in the hope that his terminal diagnosis can at least save others’ lives. The six-time Olympic champion cyclist announced last month that his cancer is incurable, seven months after he first revealed he was undergoing chemotherapy. Hoy’s illness has already helped [...]
The NHS will soon cost more than the GDP of New Zealand November 5, 2024 Spending on health and social care will hit £200bn by the end of this parliament – more than the entire economy of New Zealand – as Britain heads towards being a £1.5 trillion state, says Emma Revell New Zealand sounds, by all accounts, like a pretty sweet country. For a start, it is one of [...]
Autumn Budget 2024 Live: Rachel Reeves unveils sweeping tax reforms October 30, 2024 Welcome to City AM’s Autumn Budget 2024 live blog in association with RBC Wealth Management. The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has set out out Labour’s tax and spending plans for the year ahead in the party’s first budget since coming to power over the summer. The Budget contains some of the biggest tax hikes in a [...]
New data bill to loosen red tape for businesses and NHS October 24, 2024 The UK government has introduced a new data bill to parliament to cut red tape for businesses and public service organisations like the NHS, which it claims could add £10bn to the economy over the next decade. The ‘Data Use and Access’ bill plans to make data sharing easier, reducing admin headaches for companies. For [...]
Does the NHS have a communications crisis? October 23, 2024 The NHS has a backlog crisis a staff vacancy crisis and a mental health crisis. Public satisfaction is at an all-time low, and Lord Darzi’s landmark report of the state of the health found that it was in “serious trouble”. But does it boil down to a comms crisis? Jacob Haddad, CEO and co-founder of [...]
Health minister says NHS set for technology transformation October 21, 2024 Health secretary Wes Streeting has announced plans for digital patient records which will make health data available to all NHS hospitals, GPs and ambulance services in England. It came as he launched a major consultation on the government’s plans to transform the NHS from“analogue to digital” in the next decade amid privacy fears over data [...]