NHS manager jailed after ‘swindling’ health trust out of £250,000
An NHS manager has been jailed for four years after “swindling” a health trust out of £250,000. Alan Hodge, 53, from Surrey, was “at the very heart” of the fraud
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Local Cancer Alliances to share £200m pot for innovative care
Health authorities with the best ideas for stopping potential cancer patients “bouncing between GPs and hospitals” are to be given a share of a £200 million funding pot. NHS England
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Self-harm a black hole at the heart of the NHS, warns health minister
Young people who self-harm have been fundamentally let down by successive governments, a health minister has acknowledged in the Lords. Lord Prior of Brampton said the “appalling” level of self-harm
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Engage: Adult Principal Social Worker Network – Valuing Hospital Social Work
This December 7th we will see a national day of celebration for Hospital social work, the practice and the social workers that make it happen. As we again enter into
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NHS whistleblowers ‘being fired, gagged and blacklisted’, say campaign group
NHS whistleblowers face being “fired, gagged and blacklisted” while disclosures go uninvestigated due to the healthcare regulator’s lack of powers and resources, a group of doctors, staff and patients has
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PM’s welfare and social care spending policy ‘historically obsolete’, say academics
A group of Cambridge academics has said Theresa May appears to hold a “historically obsolete view” on welfare spending. Cutting welfare and social care budgets in times of economic hardship,
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Report: First report published on out of area placements for mental health patients
NHS Digital has today published initial provisional figures from a new interim data collection which captures details on mental health patients being admitted to a unit that does not form
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Shona Robison admits hospital scheduled care ‘short of what we expect’
Hospital scheduled care is “simply short of what we expect” Health Secretary Shona Robison conceded, as new figures showed performance against key NHS waiting times targets falling. Official figures disclosed
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Government warned social care crisis is real and it is happening right now
The country faces a “social care crisis” unless funding is increased, with knock-on effects likely to add to pressures on hospital A&E departments over the winter, ministers have been warned.
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Government is ‘under-funding’ hospitals, social care and mental health, Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn has called for more money to be spent on hospitals, social care and mental health, claiming the Government is “under-funding” key services. The Labour leader claimed there was
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