A shortage of 1,900 anaesthetists is preventing 1.4 million operations from taking place each year, the Royal College of Anaesthetists has warned.
Health bodies have called for increased investment in the health service after the Labour party highlighted NHS waiting times failures.
The next UK government will need to boost funding for adult social care to expand access to publicly funded services, says the Nuffield Trust.
Last week’s Northern Ireland budget for 2024/25 leaves health and care services facing a cut in funding, according to the country’s health minister.
The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed a Budget for 2024/25 with no department receiving the level of funding it bid for.
Hospice leaders have called for a new palliative care funding model that includes more government funding to support their core costs.
Losing doctors early from the NHS is costing taxpayers in England up to £2.4bn a year at the current rate, according to a British Medical Association
Better measurement is a key part of NHS England’s draft productivity improvement plan, according to NHS England’s efficiency director May Li.
Some 700,000 more workers will be living with major illness by 2040, according to a report from the Health Foundation.
NHS managers need to be given more freedom to make local decisions and avoid a simple culture of compliance, MPs were told this week.