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The NHS in England has no chance of training enough GPs and nurses to solve the shortages it faces. A report predicts that in the next five years nurse shortages will double and GPs gaps nearly treble. The Nuffield Trust, Health Foundation and King’s Fund all say a combination of international recruitment, student grants and…
The four-hour A&E target may be dropped under plans announced by NHS England. NHS bosses have revealed their plans to drop the A&E target alongside changes to waiting times for cancer, mental health and planned operations. It said the targets were becoming outdated, this comes after many of the targets have been missed over the…
New guidelines on diagnosing high blood pressure could mean thousands more people benefit from treatment in England and Wales. Health bosses say offering blood-pressure-lowering drugs to more people with stage-1 hypertension would help to cut heart attacks and strokes. In total, around 450,000 men and 270,000 women could now qualify for the drugs. However, some GPs…
Only 53% of people are happy with how the health service is run, this is the lowest levels since 2007. Public satisfaction with NHS is run, the lowest level for a decade despite Theresa May’s £20.5 billion a year funding boost. Barely half of the people surveyed are happy with how the NHS runs, it…
A&E waits in England have reached their poorest levels since the four-hour target was introduced in 2004. The deterioration in performance came after hospitals appeared to be coping well in the early parts of winter. During January, just 84.4% of patients were treated or admitted in four hours.This meant nearly 330,000 patients waited longer than…
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