Jeremy Hunt FINALLY admits the NHS is in crisis – but doesn’t have a plan to alleviate it
The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has finally admitted that the NHS is facing an unprecedented crisis that is putting thousands of lives at risk.
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60,000 sign new petition to get MPs to work on Saturdays, like doctors are being asked to
Doctors are being told that Saturdays are part of the normal working week so the Government can avoid paying them extra to do so. So why can’t MPs also do the same for the same money?
‘Mass privatisation’ of NHS cancer services suspended after worries it was unsustainable
The ‘mass privatisation’ of NHS cancer services in Staffordshire has been suspended after worries it would be financially unsustainable.
Cameron boasts of his record on FGM … while specialist FGM services are closing down
Yesterday at PMQs Cameron boasted that his government has a “stronger record” than any other on tackling the problem of female genital mutilation (FGM):
Seven-day NHS row: Telegraph slammed for suggesting ‘no X-rays on Sundays’
With Jeremy Hunt embroiled in a bitter struggle with junior doctors over a new contract — ostensibly part of his plans for a so-called ‘seven-day NHS’ — the Daily Telegraph has been slammed for suggesting that patients with suspected fractures can’t get X-rays at NHS hospitals on a Sunday.
‘Expert’ attacking doctor strike claimed women GPs ‘only want to work two afternoons a week’
With 98% of junior doctors voting for strike action in their dispute with the government over a new contract, the campaign group ‘Patient Concern’ is first out the traps to criticise the move:
New research: practically no public demand for 7-day GP opening
Oops! Looks like Cameron’s made a big miscalculation with his so-called flagship idea to offer primary care and make GP practices open over seven days of the week.
Family of boy with cancer forced to food banks after DWP stop benefits
A family caring for a 7-year-old boy with cancer have been living off handouts from food banks and their local hospital because the DWP stopped his benefits. Parents Ruth and Kevin Miller were forced to quit their jobs to look after their son Tommi, who requires round the clock care. Tommi was previously thought to be receiving the highest level of Disability […]
Alan Milburn ‘health consultancy firm’ now worth £2 million
Former health secretary Alan Milburn yesterday: “You’ve got a pale imitation actually of the 1992 general election campaign. Maybe it will have the same outcome, I don’t know. But it would be a fatal mistake for Labour to go into this election looking as though it is the party that would better resource the NHS […]
‘Consultancy’ slamming Labour on NHS is owned by ex-Lansley advisor
Tomorrow’s Guardian features a story based on a ComRes poll showing David Cameron holds a two-point lead (22% to 20%) over Ed Miliband as the party leader most trusted on the NHS (Labour as a whole lead 25% to 22%). The paper give space for Mike Birtwistle, “a founding partner at the consultancy firm Incisive Health, which commissioned the […]