Public sector organisations are being driven to produce greater efficiencies and cost savings, and the NHS in particular is facing the requirement to do more with less, and deliver better
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A Holyrood committee has hit out at the “unacceptable” lack of information on the £8 billion plus budgets spent by integration authorities (IAs) on health and social care. MSPs on
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The number of patients kept in hospital after being told they were well enough to leave has fallen year on year, according to official figures. Statistics from September’s census found
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The NHS is heading into winter on a knife edge as half of NHS trust finance directors think patient care in their area has got worse over the past year,
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Terminally ill patients could be dying in hospitals due to delays with a “fast track” service aimed at helping people receive care outside of hospital, a new report suggests. The
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A trial scheme to move recuperating NHS patients into Airbnb-style accommodation to free up hospital beds has been labelled “terrifying” by Labour’s shadow social care minister. Barbara Keeley warned there
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Finding and using evidence in practice can take time, and yet, is so important to continuous learning and improvement of practice and services. The Evidence Search and Summary Service (ESSS)
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A hospital linked to a trial scheme to move recuperating NHS patients into Airbnb-style private accommodation to free up beds has insisted it has no intention to support the plan
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Some patients are facing “considerable barriers” to recovery after illness or injury, leading physiotherapists have warned. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) said community rehabilitation services can “give people their
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Many cancer patients are “left to struggle” following the end of their treatment, a charity has said. Physical problems which can arise as a result of some cancer treatments such
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