Published 6 days ago • England, United Kingdom • Updated 5 days ago

Government ‘must rethink NHS waiting times targets to move care closer to home’

Summary by The Independent (US)

The King’s Fund charity has called for a shift in how cash is spent to drive care into the community.

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Government ‘must rethink NHS waiting times targets to move care closer to home’

The King’s Fund charity has called for a shift in how cash is spent to drive care into the community.

6 days ago·United States

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Stephen Morgan MP

Labour’s NHS Plan for Change

The NHS is broken not beaten. Labour promised change, and we’ve made a good start providing the two million extra appointments we pledged seven months early. But there is a lot more to do, so through our Plan for Change we are: Delivering faster NHS treatment through our reforms to elective care, to cut NHS waiting times from 18 months to 18 weeks; Investing nearly £26 billion from the Budget to support delivery of 40,000 extra appointments eac…

5 days ago

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whitchurchherald.co.uk

North Shropshire MP questions future of support for local hospital trust

North Shropshire's MP has called for confirmation that government help will continue for hospital trusts in Shrewsbury and Telford.

5 days ago

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rcgp.org.uk

Funding and focus must shift to general practice to revolutionise patient care

The RCGP responds to new report from the King’s Fund calling for the rebalancing of NHS funding towards primary and community services.

6 days ago

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gponline.com

GPs need larger share of NHS cash and fewer hoops to jump through, says think tank

The government should set clear milestones for moving more NHS funding into primary care and simplify the GP contract to deliver plans for more healthcare outside hospitals, a think tank has warned.

6 days ago

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Scottish Liberal Democrats

Cole-Hamilton calls for swift local access to a GP

Responding to a new report from the Auditor General for Scotland which warns that the Scottish Government’s GP plan is failing to deliver, the estimated number of whole-time equivalent GPs has fallen, spending on general practice as a proportion of overall NHS spending has fallen in recent years, it is unlikely to hit its target of 800 more GPs by 2027 and proposals to support GP teams with more nurses, physiotherapists and other specialists hav…

6 days ago

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