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@Lassielmr pure ideology #BreakThenPrivatise #ProfitsBeforePeople I hope it's over...

'Long delays to #NHSEngland care for children in #England ‘creating forgotten generation’

Health leaders say crisis so severe there is ‘deep concern’ that lifelong harm is being caused'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/15/long-delays-to-nhs-care-for-children-in-england-creating-forgotten-generation
#ToryLegacy #NHS #BreakThenPrivatise #ProfitBeforePeople

‘‘Staggering shortfall’ of #NHSEngland staff as record number of patients wait for tests

Lack of #radiologists blamed for waiting list for diagnostic tests more than doubling in 10 years in #England
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/14/staggering-shortfall-of-nhs-staff-as-record-number-of-patients-wait-for-tests
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #BreakThenPrivatise

‘‘Staggering shortfall’ of #NHSEngland staff as record number of patients wait for tests

Lack of #radiologists blamed for waiting list for diagnostic tests more than doubling in 10 years in #England
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/14/staggering-shortfall-of-nhs-staff-as-record-number-of-patients-wait-for-tests
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #BreakThenPrivatise

‘‘Staggering shortfall’ of #NHSEngland staff as record number of patients wait for tests

Lack of #radiologists blamed for waiting list for diagnostic tests more than doubling in 10 years in #England
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/14/staggering-shortfall-of-nhs-staff-as-record-number-of-patients-wait-for-tests
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #BreakThenPrivatise

‘‘Staggering shortfall’ of #NHSEngland staff as record number of patients wait for tests

Lack of #radiologists blamed for waiting list for diagnostic tests more than doubling in 10 years in #England
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/14/staggering-shortfall-of-nhs-staff-as-record-number-of-patients-wait-for-tests
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #BreakThenPrivatise

‘‘Staggering shortfall’ of #NHSEngland staff as record number of patients wait for tests

Lack of #radiologists blamed for waiting list for diagnostic tests more than doubling in 10 years in #England
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/14/staggering-shortfall-of-nhs-staff-as-record-number-of-patients-wait-for-tests
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #BreakThenPrivatise

Half of #NursingStudents in #England have considered quitting, survey finds

Exclusive: Figure suggests 32,000 students could walk away, mostly over costs and fears of burnout
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/03/half-of-nursing-students-in-england-have-considered-quitting-survey-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #GE2024

Patients left in pain and to die alone amid #NHSEngland #nurse #shortages, survey finds

Only a third of shifts have enough nurses on duty, the #RoyalCollegeOfNursing says its analysis shows
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/01/patients-left-in-pain-and-to-die-alone-amid-nhs-nurse-shortages-survey-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #ToryInhumanity #IdeologyBeforePeoole #GE2024

Wider use of #PhysicianAssociates will increase #inequality, say #UK #doctors

Regulator warned of risk to #PatientSafety posed by plan to recruit 10,000 #HealthcareWorkers to assist doctors
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/30/wider-use-of-physician-associates-will-increase-inequality-say-uk-doctors
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #GE2024

‘‘We feel dispirited’: striking #JuniorDoctors worn down but determined to fight on
Five-day strike is the 11th action in their long-running pay [& conditions] dispute'

'It’s a sunny day; there’s cheerful, enthusiastic chanting and lots of support from drivers who honk their horns, but it is abundantly clear that only Betty, a laid-back 11-year-old jackapoo, is anywhere approaching happy to be here.'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/27/we-feel-dispirited-striking-junior-doctors-worn-down-but-determined-to-fight-on
#NHSEngland #ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #FollowTheMoney

#Conservatives

#Tory party CEO is director at #cancer care firm benefiting from #NHS waiting lists

#StephenMassey has taken on role at #GenesisCare, which reports increased demand ‘as a result of #NHSEngland backlogs
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/14/tory-party-ceo-stephen-massey-cancer-care-firm-genesiscare-nhs-waiting-lists
#YetMoreToryCorruption #ToryPoliciesInAction #FollowTheMoney #BreakThenPrivatise #PublicCostPrivateProfit #GE2024

#FA funds #police unit to catch those who abuse #England players on #SocialMedia - https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/12/fa-funds-police-unit-to-catch-those-who-abuse-england-players-on-social-media
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise #PrivatePolicing #GE2024

Rise in #hospital ‘#CorridorCare’ is #NationalEmergency, union warns

#RoyalCollegeOfNursing says overcrowding is forcing practice that puts #patients at serious risk
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/03/nhs-patients-treatment-hospital-corridors-royal-college-of-nursing
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #ToryInhumanity #ProfitBeforePeople #NHSEngland #GE2024

Record number of #NHSEngland
#MentalHealth #patients kept in #hospitals longer than necessary

Lack of #Care and #support leaves patients stranded on units when they are clinically ready to be discharged
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/01/record-number-of-nhs-mental-health-patients-kept-in-hospitals-longer-than-necessary
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #UnderfundingLocalAuthorities #BreakThenPrivatise #GE2024

Revealed: locum #GPs in #England can’t find work as surgeries buckle under patient demand

#BritishMedicalAssociation blames ‘employment crisis’ on #FundingShortfall and move to hire more #NonDoctors in practices
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/12/england-locum-gps-doctors-work-surgeries-british-medical-association
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #PAs #BreakThenPrivatise #UnderfundingPublicServices #Health

''Cuts will result in #PatientDeaths’: #hospitals shed medical staff after being told to balance the books

As more #NHS trusts in #England report budget deficits health leaders warn that #WaitingLists will rise
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/05/cuts-will-result-in-patient-deaths-hospitals-shed-medical-staff-after-being-told-to-balance-the-books
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #ToryInhumanity #ProfitBeforePeople

#NHS #MentalJealth trust failings blamed for more than 30 deaths in #Norfolk and #Suffolk -

“The radical redesign was driven by the coalition government’s #austerity programme where they cut 20% of #NSFT’s budget,”
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/04/nhs-mental-health-trust-failings-blamed-for-more-than-30-deaths-in-norfolk-and-suffolk
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #ProfitBeforePeople

No one’s being honest about it’: how #NHS crisis forces patients to go private

Long waiting lists are creating a boom in the#MedicalInsurance market, leading to fears of a long-term change in attitudes to the #health service
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/28/no-ones-being-honest-about-it-how-nhs-crisis-forces-patients-to-go-private
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #FollowTheMoney #ProfitBeforePeople

Hundreds of thousands face being denied revolutionary new #dementia drugs in #England

Exclusive: Treatments near approval but lack of diagnostic capacity means #NHSEngland unprepared for rollout, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/05/dementia-patients-england-nhs-may-be-denied-access-new-drugs

#ToryPoliciesInAction #Health #NHS #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise

Almost 10 million people in #England could be on #NHS waiting list

#ONS figures suggest 9.7 million people are waiting for #HospitalAppointment or #Treatment
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/03/almost-10-million-people-in-england-could-be-on-nhs-waiting-list
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #ProfitsBeforePeople

#England A&E wait times led to needless deaths of up to 14,000, data suggests

#RCEM calculates 268 people are likely to have died each week in 2023 while waiting up to 12 hours for a bed
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/01/england-ae-wait-times-led-to-needless-deaths-of-up-to-14000-data-suggests
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #ProfitBeforePeople

Six in 10 #nurses in #England turning to credit or savings as costs rise

#Roya CollegeOfNursing survey shows #NHSEngland nurses’ distress as 77% say they are worse off than a year ago
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/22/nurses-england-credit-savings-costs-rise-nhs-pay
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #BreakThenPrivatise

#Patients foot the bill for cuts as #NHSEngland #dental charges rise 45% in a decade

#Dentists say there is a ‘black hole’ in funding for dental treatment in #England, with further 4% increase to come next month

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/16/patients-foot-the-bill-for-cuts-as-nhs-dental-charges-rise-45-in-a-decade
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise

The #PrivatisationOfHealth: #outsourcing will not save the #NHS

Buying care from the #PrivateSector brings short-term relief, but it won’t solve the problem of #underfunding
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/11/the-guardian-view-on-the-privatisation-of-health-outsourcing-will-not-save-the-nhs
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Health #BreakThenPrivatise #ProfitBeforePeople

Family #doctors’ leaders have criticised ministers for giving #GP surgeries in England a “derisory” increase in their funding, despite surgeries seeing record numbers of patients.

The #RoyalCollegeOfGPs (#RCGP) has warned that the 1.9% rise in the #budget for general practice for 2024/25 will leave hard-pressed GPs struggling to provide the care that patients expect.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/mar/07/conservatives-jeremy-hunt-budget-tax-rishi-sunak-kemi-badenoch-labour-uk-politics-live
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Budget2024 #NHS #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise

'No sympathy for striking #doctors? Watch #ITV’s #Breathtaking and ask: have we paid our debt to them?

The Covid drama should do for #NHS staff what #MrBates did for #PostOffice victims. We made promises – I can’t say we kept them'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/20/striking-doctors-itv-breathtaking-nhs-covid
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise

‘Huge human and economic toll’: one in seven people in #England waiting for #NHS treatment

Prolapsed organs and paralysis among conditions patients are left to endure as a result of ballooning waiting lists
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/08/huge-human-and-economic-toll-one-in-seven-people-in-england-waiting-for-nhs-treatment
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #IdeologyBeforeHealth

#PhysicianAssociates make job harder, not easier, say thousands of #NHS medics

#BMA survey finds 55% of doctors say working with associates has increased their workload
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/02/physician-associates-make-job-harder-not-easier-say-thousands-of-nhs-medics
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Health #NHS #BreakThenPrivatise

Next government should declare NHS a national emergency, experts warn

Leading doctors and #NHS leaders say #underinvestment, #StaffShortages and #AgeingPopulation pose ‘existential threat’ to service
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/31/next-government-should-declare-nhs-a-national-emergency-experts-warn
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #UnderfundingPublicServices

#CrumblingHospitals cause over 100 care disruptions a week, #NHSEngland figures show

Exclusive: 27,545 incidents in five years in #England because of #fires, #leaks and #infrastructure problems
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/26/crumbling-english-hospitals-cause-over-100-patient-care-disruptions-week
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #BreakThenPrivatise #UnderfundingPublicServices #IdeologyBeforeHealth

'#Measles outbreaks' [In #England & #Wales]: why are cases rising and #vaccination rates falling?

#Covid19 confusion, debunked link to #autism and lack of #NHS funding all contributing to rise in this serious disease
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/20/uk-measles-outbreaks-why-are-cases-rising-and-vaccination-rates-falling
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PublicHealth #NHSEngland #NHSWales #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise #IdeologyBeforePeople

'#Gonorrhoea found to be on rise in nearly every council area in #England and #Wales

Increase in #syphilis also recorded in most council areas as #SexualHealth services face greater demand, says #LGA report' '...but also to government cuts to sexual health services. '
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/20/gonorrhoea-found-to-be-on-rise-in-nearly-every-council-area-in-england-and-wales
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PublicHealth #Health #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise

#PhysicianAssociates aren’t #doctors and shouldn’t be regulated as such, says #BMA

Union says government’s plans for #GeneralMedicalCouncil regulation diminishes role of doctors and could confuse #patients
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/18/physician-associates-arent-doctors-and-shouldnt-be-regulated-as-such-says-bma
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #IdeologyBeforePeople

Settle #NHSEngland dispute or thousands with #cancer could die early, say health chiefs

Exclusive: Cancer leaders and #oncologists increasingly alarmed at impact of strikes on treatment
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/06/settle-nhs-dispute-or-thousands-with-cancer-could-die-early-say-health-chiefs
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #Health #BreakThenPrivatise #ToryInhumanity

Backlog in #NHS and #courts will take 10 years to clear, says thinktank

Next government will inherit most challenging situation in #PublicServices since second world war, #IPPR says
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/29/backlog-in-nhs-and-courts-will-take-10-years-to-clear-says-thinktank
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise

Backlog in #NHS and #courts will take 10 years to clear, says thinktank

Next government will inherit most challenging situation in #PublicServices since second world war, #IPPR says
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/29/backlog-in-nhs-and-courts-will-take-10-years-to-clear-says-thinktank
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise

'#Health secretary accused of deliberate slight over ‘doctors in training’ remark

#VictoriaAtkins makes comment about junior #doctors after refusing to resume talks unless they call off strike'

'Health secretary wrong to say many junior doctors do not support strike, says #BMA'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/21/health-secretary-refuses-to-resume-talks-with-striking-doctors

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/dec/21/health-secretary-junior-doctors-strike-keir-starmer-rishi-sunak-uk-politics-latest-updates
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #NHSEngland #ToryLies

‘If we fail, the #NHS will fail’: #Tories’ drive to cut #migration leaves #SocialCare on a cliff-edge

At one care home in Scarborough workers cried when they heard the new #VisaRules. The sector relies on overseas staff but many now say they plan to leave for the US or Canada
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/dec/18/if-we-fail-the-nhs-will-fail-tories-drive-to-cut-migration-leaves-social-care-on-a-cliff-edge

#ToryPoliciesInAction #Health #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise

#UK firms exploit #ADHD medication shortage to push unproven ‘smart’ supplements -

#Health bosses condemn ‘irresponsible’ targeting of people desperate for #NHS help
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/17/uk-firms-exploit-adhd-medication-shortage-to-push-unproven-smart-supplements
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #ProfitsBeforePeople

More than half of #hospitals in #England rated substandard by #health regulator

The #CareQualityCommission also evaluated 68% of hospitals in London as ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/18/more-than-half-of-hospitals-england-rated-substandard-health-regulator
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #PrivateProfitBeforePublicGood #GTTO #NHS #NHSEngland

Forcing #MedicalStaff to work during #strikes could harm care, #NHSProviders says

Anti-strike laws risk damaging relationships between staff and employers, hospital trust leaders say
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/17/forcing-medical-staff-work-during-strikes-harm-care-nhs-providers
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #ToryInhumanity

#Sunak’s #WaitingList pledge ‘downgraded’ as #NHSEngland is told to control costs - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/12/rishi-sunak-waiting-list-pledge-downgraded-nhs-control-costs
#ToryPoliciesInAction #MoneyBeforePeople #BreakThenPrivatise #NHS

#SurgicalOperations to be cut back in #England as £1bn #bailout call fails

Ministers give #NHSEngland just a tenth of sum, forcing leaders to scale back drive to tackle #HospitalWaitingList of 7 million
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/08/surgical-operations-to-be-cut-back-in-england-as-1bn-bailout-call-fails
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise

Soaring #PrivateHealthcare use piling pressure on #NHS #GPs, survey finds

Exclusive: Doctors increasingly having to interpret ‘questionable’ private tests and conduct follow-ups
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/29/soaring-private-healthcare-use-pressure-nhs-gps

#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #ProfitsBeforePeople

'Third of #LifeOrDeath #999 #AmbulanceCalls in #England not attended by #paramedic

Exclusive: Concerns over #PatientSafety after #NHS figures show less-qualified staff attending urgent calls'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/23/paramedics-not-sent-third-999-ambulance-calls-england
#NHSEngland #ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #MoneyBeforePeople

£15bn of #PublicAssets sold by #English #councils since 2010 amid budget shortfalls

An estimated 75,000 assets including #CommunityCentres, #libraries and #SwimmingPools have been sold, thinktank says
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/21/15bn-of-public-assets-sold-by-english-councils-since-2010-amid-budget-shortfalls #ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #UnderfundedPublicServices #LocalGov

#NHSEngland sinks into £7bn cash crisis as inflation and strikes bite - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/17/nhs-sinks-into-7bn-cash-crisis-as-inflation-and-strikes-bite
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #NHS #MoneyBeforePeople

Sharp rise in wait times for #perinatal #MentalHealth care in #England

New and expectant mothers left to ‘suffer in silence’ as demand outstrips supply
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/04/sharp-rise-in-wait-times-for-perinatal-mental-health-care-in-england #ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #MoneyBeforePeople #Health #NHSEngland #ToryInhumanity

Private firm linked to No 10 adviser handed #NHS waiting lists contract

Labour accuses #RishiSunak of possible #ConflictOfInterest as former client of #BillMorgan chosen to run diagnostic centres
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/22/private-firm-linked-no-10-adviser-handed-nhs-waiting-lists-contract
#NHSEngland #ToryCorruption #ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise