Where is the NHS workforce plan?
The time for promises and postponements has passed.
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More medical school places will not automatically mean more junior doctors
A lack of postgraduate training is creating a specialist workforce shortage.
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Placing more trust in pharmacists will ease pressure on GPs
Utilising pharmacy’s expertise will be vital in providing better patient care and reducing the backlog.
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Without a GP workforce plan, the NHS will fail
Despite the promises in the primary care recovery plan, the only solution to the NHS crisis is to train and…
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The Policy Ask with Kamila Hawthorne: “GPs should be caring for patients, not ticking boxes”
The chair of the Royal College of GPs on the importance of family doctors and the urgent need to tackle…
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The NHS workforce crisis could be solved by reforming medical training
The government is focused on recruiting consultants, but supporting the development of experienced doctors is also vital to filling vacancies.
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The fierce women doctors of Maternal show that TV drama is moving on
Not so long ago, every successful working woman on screen was either a secret wreck or a man-in-training.
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Doctors’ union chair: prioritising private healthcare will increase inequalities
Iain Kennedy, the chair of BMA Scotland, on why charging wealthier patients will reduce NHS funding and widen the health…
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The Policy Ask with Julia Patterson: “No one should seek to profit from public healthcare”
The founder of medic-led campaign group EveryDoctor on NHS privatisation, the role of experts and the climate crisis.
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Wes Streeting: “After a decade of decline, Labour will make the NHS fit for the future”
To the doctors and nurses who are overstretched and exhausted, my message is this: the cavalry is coming with Labour.
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The Policy Ask with Philip Banfield: “Health is the responsibility of all government departments”
The chair of the British Medical Association UK council on the politics of healthcare and the virtues of Clement Attlee.
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“This is just not safe for anyone”: the NHS doctors at breaking point
Medics explain how relentless scrutiny and gruelling hours are driving them to leave the profession.
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Why Babylon is scaling back its ambitions in the UK
Though increasingly popular with its cohort of younger patients, Babylon’s digital-first strategy appears to be in trouble.
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Government promised us more GPs but five years on the profession is in crisis
Between growing numbers leaving the profession and the rise in demand, practices are at breaking point.
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From the NS archive: The young doctors’ dilemma
5 January 1946: Every class of society should be drawn upon for recruits to the medical profession.
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Generation Burnout: how Covid-19 pushed NHS staff to the brink
More than half of doctors are living with at least one mental health condition as a result of work.
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Personal Story: On the Covid front line
As a junior doctor walking into the intensive care unit for the first time, I saw a ward lined with unconscious patients attached to…
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“We’re preparing for another spike”: A London NHS hospital chief reflects on the peak of Covid-19
A diary by Royal Free Hospital chief executive Kate Slemeck, reflecting on Britain's first coronavirus cases, hosting camera crews and the prospect of a…
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The peak
Inside the mind of Dr Jim Down, a leading intensive care consultant, on the night of the peak number of…
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The wounded healer: how my father’s cancer led me to a life of helping others
Phil Whitaker draws on his experiences as a doctor to investigate how close we are to a cure for the “emperor…
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