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Up to 12 million people in England could face NHS waiting list crisis by 2025 PharmaTimes
December 02, 2021
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the NHS faces staff and hospital equipment shortages alongside the growing need to reduce the backlog in patient surgeries and treatments...
How the crises of 2020 underscored the value of Area Health Education Centers prnewswire
June 25, 2021
Andrew Spitznogle always liked science, but what attracted him to medical school was more than his interest in biology, biochemistry, and the etiology of disease.
NAO report finds UK was ‘not as prepared for pandemic as it could have been’ pharmatimes
May 19, 2021
A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the UK was not as prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic as it could have been.
NAO calls for cross-government initiative on childhood obesity pharmatimes
September 23, 2020
A new report from the National Audit Office has concluded “it is not clear” that the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) current programme for reducing childhood obesity “will be able to make the step change needed in the timescale available”.
Nearly half of CCGs rated ‘requires improvement’ or ‘inadequate’ pharmatimes
December 20, 2018
A new report from the National Audit Office has found that in 2017/18, 42% (87 of 207) of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) were rated either ‘requires improvement’ or ‘inadequate’, with as little as 10% rated as ‘outstanding’.
NHS was crippled by “unsophisticated” cyber attack pharmafile
October 30, 2017
Back in May of this year, the NHS was hit by a cyber attack that severely impacted at least 34% of trusts across England.
NHS negligence bill set to double pharmatimes
September 08, 2017
NHS negligence bills are set to double in less than five years, according to a new report by the National Audit Office.