January 25, 2023
GP surgeries to be taken over by health trust
Two large GP surgeries in County Down are to be taken over by health authorities after talks failed to find … Read More “GP surgeries to be taken over by health trust”
Category: Finance
January 24, 2023
Mental health services boosted
£150 million will be used to build 150 new facilities to support mental health urgent and emergency care services. Anyone … Read More “Mental health services boosted”
January 18, 2023
Consider statins for millions more people
About 15 million more people in England could be prescribed daily cholesterol-lowering statin pills to cut their risk of heart … Read More “Consider statins for millions more people”
January 17, 2023
Pharmacy teams to tackle health inequalities
With the cost of living crisis adding to already widening health inequalities, the RPS paper aims to help pharmacists and … Read More “Pharmacy teams to tackle health inequalities”
January 13, 2023
Local commissioners to suspend QOF
Integrated care boards (ICBs) putting in some special measures to help GPs cope with extreme winter pressures are facing resistance … Read More “Local commissioners to suspend QOF”
January 11, 2023
NHS to buy care beds
The NHS is being given £250m to buy thousands of beds in care homes and upgrade hospitals amid a winter … Read More “NHS to buy care beds”
January 10, 2023
2023/24 NHS priorities
Overview and analysis of NHS England’s operational planning guidance and priorities for the service in 2023/24. The planning guidance acknowledges … Read More “2023/24 NHS priorities”
January 6, 2023
Preparing and budgeting for staff pay rises
The 4.5% pay rise for NHS staff and an increase of ‘at least’ £1,400, backdated to April, was announced by the … Read More “Preparing and budgeting for staff pay rises”
December 30, 2022
GPs earning over £156,000
NHS England is planning to go ahead with asking the highest-earning GPs to declare their income next year, including partners, … Read More “GPs earning over £156,000”
December 29, 2022
2023/24 priorities
The 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance reconfirms the ongoing need to recover our core services and improve productivity, making … Read More “2023/24 priorities”