GP strike on the cards after 99% reject new government contract
A scheme designed to boost GP team numbers has resulted in many professionals struggling to find work, with one forced to take up work as an Uber driver!
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Tory negligence blamed, after long NHS waiting times ’cause 14,000 deaths’
This is a sickener. Over 250 people a week are believed to have died as a result of excessive NHS waiting times in 2023.
More than 250 patients a week ‘die needlessly due to long A&E waits’
Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said excessively long waits continue to put patients at risk of serious harm.
Public satisfaction with the NHS at lowest level on record
Since 2020, satisfaction has fallen by 29 percentage points.
Junior doctors vote by 98% to continue taking industrial action over pay
The BMA urged the Health Secretary to make a new offer to avert more strikes.
Documents disappear in NHS cover-up culture – Ombudsman
Rob Behrens described how he had to confront the altering and disappearance of crucial documents after patients had died.
Stephen Fry says hospital experience made him ‘proud to be British’
Fry opened up about his hospital experience after suffering an injury off stage.
Brexit voting uncle ‘did a 180’ after being treated by non-UK nationals in hospital – LBC caller
'He said it's really opened his eyes to immigration in the NHS.'