Poorest women in England have same ill health at 60 as richest at 76 – study Health Foundation finds stark health inequalities between people in worst-off and wealthiest parts of England The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022
Full-time GPs in England at lowest level for five years The NHS Digital data comes amid mounting concerns about the number of GPs needed to meet the rising demand for appointments. The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022
NHS nurses to hold strike vote 'immediately' following 'pitiful' real pay cut The Royal College of Nursing held an emergency meeting last night and has 'immediately and unanimously decided to ballot our members now' Chronicle Live · Jul 20, 2022
NHS nurses agree to hold strike vote 'immediately' over 'pitiful' real pay cut The Royal College of Nursing held an emergency meeting last night and has 'immediately and unanimously decided to ballot our members now' in a summer of discontent Daily Mirror · Jul 20, 2022
NHS in England ‘could face shortfall of almost 40,000 nurses by 2024’ Under a pessimistic scenario, the health service will need an additional 140,000 nurses by 2031, according to new analysis. The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022
Patients less satisfied with GPs as NHS waiting lists hit new high in England Figures show 6.6m awaiting treatment and increasing numbers put off trying to book GP appointments The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2022
Increase in hospital beds ‘may ease NHS pressures’ The NHS in England has one of the lowest rates of hospital beds per person among comparable countries. The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Quarter of GP posts will be vacant within a decade in England More than one in four GP posts are set to be vacant in England within a decade, a study has warned. Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2022
Up to 50% of all GP posts could become vacant over next 10 years warn health experts The alarm has been raised over a growing shortage of family doctors and urgent action has been called for Chronicle Live · Jun 30, 2022
Quarter of GP posts ‘could be vacant within decade’ as alarm raised over shortages New estimates suggest England will need thousands more family doctors by 2030. The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022
NHS faces ‘disastrous’ shortfall of 10,000 GPs by 2030, report warns New research predicts ‘disaterous’ shortfall of GPs in less than 10 years The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022
Alarm sounded over ‘growing shortage’ of GPs New estimates suggest England will need thousands more family doctors by 2030. The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022
Nurses' average earnings less than they were 11 years ago, new report finds There was a decade of fall between 2011 and 2021 Wales Online · Jun 14, 2022
'I know a lot of people who have died prematurely' - the Greater Manchester streets where women's life expectancy is lower than in Colombia "I don't know a woman around here who hasn't skipped a meal to make sure their children get fed" Manchester Evening News · May 8, 2022
Liverpool Echo · Apr 24, 2022 Women in poorest parts of Merseyside die younger than those in Colombia, Latvia and Hungary It is "a somewhat disappointing showing for the world's fifth largest economy"
Daily Mirror · Apr 23, 2022 Charities urge MPs to vote to stop poorer Brits being forced to sell homes to pay for care Analysts at the Health Foundation have today urged leaders in Yorkshire, the Midlands and the North East to vote down the government’s social care cap amendment to the Health and Care Bill which is scheduled to be heard on Monday
Liverpool Echo · Apr 18, 2022 Women in Merseyside expected to live almost eight years less than those in richer areas Experts have called the findings 'shocking' and 'devastating'
The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2022 Women in England’s poorest areas die younger than in most OECD countries Exclusive: average life expectancy in most deprived areas is 78.7 years, worse than the average of any OECD nation except Mexico
The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022 Nurses ‘short changed’ by Sunak budget says union as household incomes fall NHS workers ‘having to choose between filling up their cars and feeding their children’
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2022 Ministers urged to act as GPs in poor areas ‘have less funding and staff’ Exclusive: “ If the Government is serious about ‘levelling up’ the country then tackling underfunding needs to be a priority”, warns the Health Foundation