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Failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot improve patient care and take control of finances, the Health Secretary will say. Wes Streeting ...
The 2022–present National Health Service (NHS) strikes are several ongoing industrial disputes in the publicly funded health services of the United Kingdom.. The disputes relate to the several staff groups on the Agenda for Change pay scale, as well as those on the junior doctor and consultant contracts; and are further divided by the devolved national NHS staff work in.
9 August – Figures published by NHS England indicate the number of people in England waiting more than two years for routine surgery has fallen from 22,500 at the start of 2022, to less than 200. [70] 12 August – The first annual Boomtown Festival to be held post-pandemic, opens in Hampshire, having been cancelled in 2020 and 2021. [71] [72]
The latest data shows that in north-west England, 7,338 NHS staff at hospital trusts were absent due to Covid-19 on January 2, up 85% week-on-week from 3,966, while in north-east England and ...
Ahead of the strike, which would take place in midwinter, NHS officials expressed their concern it would coincide with one of the most difficult weeks of the year for the NHS. [187] On 21 February, junior doctors in Wales began another 72-hour strike. [188] On 25 March, junior doctors in Wales began a four-day strike, their longest to date. [189]
October 23, 2024 at 6:43 PM. Wales' First Minister Eluned Morgan has called on the UK government to announce NHS investment in its Autumn Budget [Reuters] The first minister of Wales has pushed ...
The key NHS performance indicators (18 weeks (RTT), 4 hours (A&E) and cancer (2 week wait) have not been achieved since February 2016, July 2015 and December 2015 respectively. [124] A ranking of individual hospitals around the world, published by Newsweek in March 2022, no NHS hospital was listed within the top 40.
The NHS was established within the differing nations of the United Kingdom through differing legislation, and as such there has never been a singular British healthcare system, instead there are 4 health services in the United Kingdom; NHS England, the NHS Scotland, HSC Northern Ireland and NHS Wales, which were run by the respective UK government ministries for each home nation before falling ...