Hundreds of NHS executives are earning more than the Prime Minister, according to a report. Despite failing to reduce waiting lists, nearly 1,700 fat-cat bureaucrats at NHS trusts were each given more than £100,000 a year. With record sums already being poured in by taxpayers, the first-ever NHS Rich List found that 512 managers banked salariesContinue reading “First-Ever NHS Rich List Scandal”
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Wes Streeting Can’t Figure Out How To Fund Labour’s NHS Hospital Replacement Plan
Plans to replace deteriorating NHS hospitals that could put people at risk from collapsing structures are being shelved by Labour. Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged 40 new hospitals by the end of the decade, but now the plan looks to be in ruins. Labour is set to announce that many of the crumbling NHS hospitals in EnglandContinue reading “Wes Streeting Can’t Figure Out How To Fund Labour’s NHS Hospital Replacement Plan”
Nursing Union Leaders Have Offered To ‘Pause’ Strike Due To Crippling The NHS, But Ministers Refuse To Meet
Ministers have refused an offer from nursing union leaders to delay a walkout due to incapacitate the NHS in exchange for face-to-face discussions over pay. The Royal College of Nursing had offered to ‘press pause’ on a strike in exchange for talks with Health Secretary Steve Barclay, amid fears that the action by thousands ofContinue reading “Nursing Union Leaders Have Offered To ‘Pause’ Strike Due To Crippling The NHS, But Ministers Refuse To Meet”
Bed Shortage: NHS Bosses Plan To Turn Patients’ Bedrooms Into Hospital Wards
The NHS will ask patients to turn their bedrooms into hospital wards in an effort to free up hospital beds and tackle waiting lists. They will be given mobile phones and wearable gizmos that allow doctors to observe their vital signs remotely on ‘virtual wards.’ Up to 25,000 people at a time could be treatedContinue reading “Bed Shortage: NHS Bosses Plan To Turn Patients’ Bedrooms Into Hospital Wards”
In England, Almost One In Fifty People Had COVID Last Week
England’s COVID cases have reached their highest level since mid-January with approximately one in fifty infected with the virus last week, official data has revealed amid mounting concerns that the imminent fourth wave and slow booster vaccine roll out will force ministers into adopting its winter Plan B. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figuresContinue reading “In England, Almost One In Fifty People Had COVID Last Week”
The ‘Anti-Vax’ Strictly Stars Get A Hammering From Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson waded into the Strictly Come Dancing jabs controversy after claims three professional dancers had refused COVID vaccines. Questioned about the row, the Prime Minister told GB News that everyone should take their jabs and that he was saying it, not in a bullying way but just because he believed it was the bestContinue reading “The ‘Anti-Vax’ Strictly Stars Get A Hammering From Boris Johnson”
Currently, Only 1.6 Million Elderly People Are Eligible For COVID Boosters
Official data suggests that as No 10 gets set to kick off the top up drive, only 1.6 million Britons are currently eligible for COVID booster vaccines. Health chiefs yesterday unveiled proposals to offer a third shot to 32 million over 50s, frontline NHS workers and over 16s thought to be very vulnerable. According toContinue reading “Currently, Only 1.6 Million Elderly People Are Eligible For COVID Boosters”
NHS England Draws Up Plans To Commence Vaccinating Children
It emerged that the NHS has drawn up proposals to offer COVID vaccines to children as young as 12 when schools return. NHS England bosses yesterday told trusts to be ready to expand the rollout to 12-15-year-olds in just two weeks, and health officials said that children won’t need parental consent to get the vaccine.Continue reading “NHS England Draws Up Plans To Commence Vaccinating Children”
Britain’s Daily COVID Hospital Admissions Hit 400 In The Highest Figure Since March
Britain’s daily COVID hospital admissions have reached a four-month high, increasing by 50 per cent in a week to their highest level since March. Department of Health figures posted showed hospitalisations reached 406 on June 30, and it’s a sign the explosion in cases over the past month is now starting to put additional pressureContinue reading “Britain’s Daily COVID Hospital Admissions Hit 400 In The Highest Figure Since March”
Maternity Scandals Spark Safety Review
Experts will evaluate the safety of maternity services across the NHS to reduce harm to babies. They hope to establish the best ways of recognising warning signs of babies in distress so doctors can intervene sooner. It follows a string of high profile scandals in which mothers and babies have died or been left withContinue reading “Maternity Scandals Spark Safety Review”
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