Most of the COVID-19 testing will end in England from April, including symptomatic testing in care homes, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday. The NHS COVID-19 app, which alerts close contacts of a positive case and provides advice about COVID-19, will also be closed on April 27. It comes more than a…
Majority Disattisfied With NHS for 1st Time, Survey Finds
For the first time in 40 years, more than half of the British public are unsatisfied with the National Health Service (NHS), the UK’s longest running public opinion survey has found. According to the latest British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey (pdf), published on Wednesday by The King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust, 51 percent of the respondents…
Majority in UK Dissatisfied With NHS for 1st Time, Survey Finds
For the first time in 40 years, more than half of the British public are unhappy with the National Health Service (NHS), according to the UK’s longest-running public opinion survey. Fifty-one percent of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the NHS, the highest proportion since the annual survey began in 1983. That’s mirrored by the overall satisfaction rate with…
Health Secretary Urges NHS Bodies to Review Diversity and Inclusion Memberships
The UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay has called on the heads of NHS bodies to review their diversity and inclusion memberships owing to “financial pressures, and wider societal concern about these issues.” Barclay has written to major national health organisations, including NHS England, the UK Health Security Agency and the Care Quality Commission, asking them…
Reinstate Word ‘Woman’ in NHS Cancer and Pregnancy Web Pages, Clinicians Demand
A group of clinicians has warned NHS bosses that they must remove “dehumanising” language such as “people with a vagina” and reinstate sex-based language in its cancer and pregnancy web pages. In an open letter, the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG) called on NHS bosses to put back the word “woman” in…
Ambulance Strikes in England Called Off as Unions Enter Pay Talks With Government
The Unite union has called off planned ambulance strikes in England in order to enter pay talks with the UK government. Union members at ambulance trusts in the West Midlands, northwest, south central, south coastal, and East Midlands had planned to strike on Monday. But the Unite union paused the strike action on Sunday afternoon….
Fake Psychiatrist Who Worked in UK Health Service for 20 Years Convicted
A woman who presented herself as a doctor duped Britain’s NHS out of an estimated £1.3 million after faking her qualifications will spend a “substantial” amount of time behind bars. For 20 years, Iranian-born Zholia Alemi worked across various UK health trusts using a forged medical degree that put her in close contact with “hundreds”…
UK Nurses and Ambulance Workers Stage Largest Strike in NHS History
February 6, 2023
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Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers have staged the biggest strike in the history of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS). The industrial action—the first time ambulance workers and nurses have walked out on the same day—has been organised by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) along with the GMB and Unite unions. The…
Wales Nursing and Ambulance Strikes Postponed After New Pay Offer
Unions have agreed to postpone the planned strikes by nurses and ambulance workers in Wales next week after the Welsh government made a new pay offer. The GMB union announced on Friday that it will suspend its strike action in Wales planned for Monday, while the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) cancelled its walkout scheduled…
Coordinated Strike by Nurses and Ambulance Workers a ‘Step Change’ in NHS Dispute: UK Health Official
The coordinated strike action by nurses and ambulance workers next month will mark a “step change” in the labour dispute in Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), a senior health service leader has warned. The UK is expected to see the biggest-ever strike action within the NHS on Feb. 6, when ambulance staff and nurses plan…
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