NHS national medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said: “I would like to thank all colleagues across the NHS who are working so hard to keep patients safe during the latest round of industrial action, part of the longest and most disruptive period the health service has ever seen. “I would also like to thank […]
The NHS is facing another period of significant disruption this week, with potentially thousands more appointments and procedures postponed due to the latest round of industrial action by junior doctors. From 7am on Friday 11 August until 7am on Tuesday 15 August, junior doctors across England will be on strike, as the NHS enters the […]
Data on the first consultant strike is here: NHS England » Potential industrial action in the NHS Industrial action by consultants, over the recent 48 hours between 20 and 21 July, saw 65,557 rescheduled appointments and procedures. The cumulative total of rescheduled appointments and procedures over eight months of industrial action across the NHS now […]
Data on the latest junior doctors strike are here: NHS England » Potential industrial action in the NHS In summary, over five days there were 101,977 cancellations of acute inpatient and outpatient appointments . At the peak of the action, there were 20,342 staff not at work due to industrial action. In the previous action […]
The NHS is bracing itself for one of the toughest strikes in its history beginning on Thursday morning, England’s top doctor has warned. Consultant doctors and hospital-based dentists will be taking strike action from 7am on Thursday until 7am on Saturday. Professor Sir Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director, said that consultants will only provide […]
Major disruption caused by industrial action over the next fortnight will have a serious impact on the NHS, with services expected to face the most challenging period yet, England’s top doctor has warned today. To ensure care continues to be available for those in life-threatening situations, NHS staff will prioritise emergency and urgent care – […]
Today Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum came together to celebrate the work of NHS staff who have gone above and beyond in their field, for the NHS Parliamentary Awards held on the health service’s 75th anniversary. This year’s winners include staff who have developed an AI tool to speed up diagnosis for […]
Five winners of a photography competition for NHS staff and volunteers to mark 75 years of the health service have been unveiled today at the FUJIFILM House of Photography, with images including long-serving nurse, ‘Mother Obe’, the NHS COVID-19 vaccination effort and an ambulance battling the Beast from the East among the winning images. The […]
Record numbers of doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare staff will be trained in England as part of the first ever Long Term Workforce Plan published by the NHS and backed by the Government today. Coming ahead of the health service’s 75th anniversary, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out how the NHS will […]
Statistics on last week’s junior doctors strike are here available on the NHS England website: NHS England » Potential industrial action in the NHS NHS national medical director, Professor Sir Stephen Powis, said: “These figures yet again demonstrate the huge impact of industrial action for patients and their families, and are likely to underestimate the […]