The Labour Party has described the deepening NHS crisis as a “disaster”. Recent figures have shown there are over 100,000 job openings across the NHS. It has been brought to light by a freedom of information request by the Labour Party, that there is serious understaffing occurring across the NHS with over 40,000 nurses and …
Earlier on this year, Care England brought judicial review proceedings against Essex local authority regarding the introduction of new fees under a commissioning framework introduced in 2016. Under the commissioning framework, care home and nursing providers were offered a maximum of £538.37 and £577.29 per week per resident. This rate was allegedly offered without any …
King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust’s Chair resigns in protest over underfunding of health care services. According to the Guardian, Lord Kerslake contended that due to severe Government underfunding that ‘hospitals cannot perform their key role properly’. Since taking on responsibility for Bromley’s Princess Royal University hospital in 2014, the Trust has struggled to cope alongside …
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