Government ‘concealing’ crisis in local mental health care by redefining what local means
Children and parents are being forced to travel hundreds of miles to access care which is classed as ‘local’ by new government definition.
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Nine out of ten major NHS hospital trusts do not have enough nurses
Whilst there’s no money for nurses the health secretary found £44k for a new bathroom in the Department of Health.
Half of maternity wards had to shut last year due to “shameful” lack of staff or beds
One hospital said it had to turn away expectant mothers 30 times in 2016 because of “insufficient midwifery staffing for workload”
Nursing bursaries are being scrapped today but might a Tory backlash may be around the corner?
A Times op-ed called the move a ‘toxic political mix… driven more by ideology than logic’ and called for the policy to be scrapped.
‘Look at our track record’: 5 ways the Tories are damaging mental health services
The health secretary’s ‘21,000 new NHS posts’ promise rings empty when you look at the overall state of staffing and funding in the NHS.
The campaign against a secretive NHS sell-off is growing
The government is still trying to privatise NHS Professionals, and the opposition needs your support.
Public sector workers do £11bn of unpaid overtime every year
A quarter of public sector staff do on average eight hours of unpaid work a week, shocking new GMB report reveals.
The government is refusing to tell us about a key NHS sell-off. Don’t let them get away with it
Ministers are dodging questions on the privatisation of a vital health service body – setting a dangerous precedent.
The Tories are trying to sneak through privatising a key part of the NHS
NHS Professionals saves our health service millions of pounds each year. The government are hoping they can sell it off with almost no scrutiny.
Councils face £5.8bn funding blackhole by 2020 warns Tory Peer
It’s impossible to cut local services further, the Local Government Association says