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October 8, 2020

Research finds socioeconomic inequalities in use of English NHS outpatient care emerged after 2010

Before 2010, there were no statistically significant differences across education groups.
September 22, 2019

Patient safety at risk in England unless nurse numbers increase, RCN warns

The Royal College of Nursing has launched a new campaign to encourage the public to speak out about the impact of England’s 40,000 nurse shortage.
January 8, 2019

Local Government Association responds to NHS Long Term Plan

The Local Government Association says it is essential that Government plugs a £3.6 billion funding gap facing adult social care and reverses the £600 million in reductions to councils’ public health grants.
May 20, 2018

Stress and anxiety related hospital admissions in 2016-2017 cost £71.1m

New analysis from the New Economics Foundation shows how elements of our economy are causing increased stress and therefore increasing cost to and strain on the NHS.
April 5, 2018

Dedicated GP support for nursing homes sees big drop in hospital admissions

A new GP service offering seven-day-a-week support to four nursing homes resulted in a 36 per cent reduction in emergency admissions to hospital, with the largest reductions happening during the last three months of a person’s life.
March 19, 2018

Council leaders call for more funding to reduce falls among elderly people

The number of hospital admissions due to an older person falling is set to rise to nearly 1,000 a day by the end of the decade, according to figures obtained by the Local Government Association.
December 24, 2017

‘Worrying’ inequality gap in children’s emergency healthcare

School-aged children from the poorest areas are two and a half times more likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency for asthma than their counterparts in the richest areas, and this gap has grown substantially in a decade, new research has revealed.