‘Ghost patients’ among fraud costing NHS billions every year
Up to £5.7 billion a year could be lost by the NHS to fraud by patients and staff, a new report has claimed. A review led by Jim Gee, a
Read MoreUp to £5.7 billion a year could be lost by the NHS to fraud by patients and staff, a new report has claimed. A review led by Jim Gee, a
Read MoreAmid growing concern that most NHS providers are sliding into deficit, arguably we should be even more worried about social care providers. This is a complex and sprawling sector –
Read MoreMore than 1,000 women have been seen by the NHS in a three-month period after having their genitals mutilated, new figures show. The NHS is recording data on female genital
Read MoreSome £2 billion has been spent on 12 hospital mergers in the past five years despite little evidence they work, according to a report. Mergers are designed to help NHS
Read MoreThe social care system will “crash” without an immediate injection of cash, former health minister Norman Lamb has warned. Mr Lamb said soaring care costs combined with NHS trusts facing
Read MoreOne of the biggest NHS trusts in the country has been placed in special measures after inspectors deemed it “inadequate”. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Addenbrooke’s Hospital,
Read MoreThe NHS faces a “make or break” financial crisis within two years unless the Government orders an immediate multibillion pound cash injection, a former health minister has claimed. In a
Read MoreThe Department of Health has announced it is to review the rate paid by the NHS to private care homes for nursing services. Registered nursing care for residents, who are
Read MoreFirst Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, has confirmed that ten health centres across the country will form community care teams over the next two years in a bid to improve the
Read MoreNHS hospital chiefs have warned that “stringent” immigration rules are preventing them hiring nurses for the winter. Ten heads of leading NHS trusts have signed a letter urging the Home
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