*Updated 21 December* This fact sheet sets out our position on the Physician and Anaesthesia Associate roles in the NHS. What are physician associates and anaesthesia associates? Physician associates (PAs)...
...the Primary Care Recovery Plan, we are determined to end the 8am scramble, improve technology and reduce bureaucracy.” Here’s what you need to know: What services will these extra staff...
...March 2023 compared to a year ago – that is 83,500 more appointments each working day. What are you doing to recruit and retain more health workers? These figures demonstrate...
...further digitise the social care sector and bolster the workforce, and more funding to speed up discharge from hospital. Here’s what you need to know about our plans. What have...
...currently pay back 26.5% of their medicine sales in payments, which is calculated so that the NHS’ net branded medicines sales increase only to that 2% rate per year. The...
...an independent expert body which advises ministers on the safety and efficacy of medicines, has also advised that the current prescribing environment is unsafe, and that an indefinite ban should...
...conditions. What is being published? In 2024, a working group made up of government, NHS, clinicians, pharmacists, and industry identified a number of health conditions and medicine categories where more...
... This confirms what these groups will be paid for the next financial year – every group is receiving an above inflation pay rise for the second year in a...
THE FACTS There is no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children. A major study conducted in Sweden in 2024, involving 2.4 million children found no evidence...
... Q: What is being done to tackle the Covid backlogs? Tackling the Covid backlogs is our absolute priority. We have prioritised health and social care in the Autumn Statement,...
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