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Staff at outsourcing firm resort to radios, pen and paper as they are unable to access computers and emailComputer systems have abruptly stopped working at the outsourcing group Capita, triggering fears that the company that runs crucial operations for…
Department of Health and Social Care in England has removed 269,500 pallets of PPE from its stockThe government has disposed of more than 3bn items of personal protective equipment (PPE) it bought during the pandemic, figures have revealed.An estimated…
Yvette Cooper criticises announcement as immigration minister says asylum seekers may also be housed on shipsEagle how the pay settlement for health workers will be funded.Hunt says, as with all pay settlements, departments fund them from the money the…
Decision affecting 1,200 staff follows NHS recruitment struggle and ‘systemic challenges’ for industryBupa Dental Care is to cut 85 dental practices this year in a move that will affect 1,200 staff across the UK, amid a national shortage of dentists an…
Leader of BMA says findings are ‘damning indictment’ of the Tories’ handling of the health serviceSatisfaction with the NHS has plummeted to a record low of just 29% amid intense public frustration with long waits for care, understaffing and lack of go…
Treasury confirms new funding will be made available, but Department of Health must also make savingsJeremy Hunt has conceded the Treasury will have to find extra money to fund the pay offer to NHS staff, though the Department of Health and Social Care…
Exclusive: Wind-down of NHS contact-tracing app part of drive to ‘learn to live’ with coronavirusThe Covid contact-tracing app for England and Wales, which was downloaded 31m times during the course of the pandemic, will be wound down later this week.C…
Authors say supported mindfulness-based cognitive therapy also cheaper than treatment NHS usually offersPractising mindfulness is much better than taking part in talking therapies at helping people recover from depression, a British study has found.Peo…
Unions, regulators and NHS England all say staff shortages are affecting health of medics and patients“There’s a gap today that no locum filled, so I am carrying both bleeps and doing the work of two people.” That recent tweet, by a children’s doctor, …
Exclusive: workplace plan sent to ministers says deficit will rise rapidly from current 154,000 if current trends continueThe NHS in England needs a massive injection of homegrown doctors, nurses, GPs and dentists to avert a recruitment crisis that cou…