NHS Collapsing, Tests Increasing and Virtual Wards (also known as Hospital at Home) – UK Column News
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– The Labour Party: Build an NHS fit for the futureGOV.UK: The NHS is broken: Health and Social Care Secretary statement
– GOV.UK: The NHS is broken: Health and Social Care Secretary statement
– Daily Mail: Skin cancer patients face delays of a year as NHS waiting list soars by a quarter
– The Sun: NHS waiting lists rise for third month in a row after ‘irresponsible and dangerous’ strikes
– The Access Group: Employee Health Report: The Most Common Sick Leave Reasons in the UK in 2024
– Birmingham Live: DWP lists 10 health conditions see biggest rise in people receiving PIP worth up to £737
– Rethink Mental Illness: New survey reveals stark impact of NHS mental health treatment waiting times
– The Children’s Society: Children’s Mental Health Statistics
– NHS: Cancer
“1 in 2 people will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime.”
– NHS England (2022): NHS launches new dementia diagnosis drive
– NHS England (2022): NHS expands lifesaving home testing kits for bowel cancer
– NHS England (2023): NHS expands lifesaving home testing for bowel cancer to catch disease earlier
– GOV.UK (2022): Advising men without symptoms of prostate disease who ask about the PSA test
– British Journal of General Practice: The worried well
– Collins Dictionary: Worried Well definition and meaning
– British Medical Journal (BMJ): Reframing the “heartsink” feeling can help doctors find a resolution
– Psychology Today: Illness Anxiety Disorder
– British Medical Association: BMA Survey on Physician-Assisted Dying (PDF)
– The Telegraph: Public fears GPs would encourage assisted dying to ease NHS pressures, poll finds
– Retail Gazette: How did Lloydspharmacy quietly disappear from the high street?
– Chemist+Druggist: Revealed: 300 Boots branch closures to begin this month
– Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP): A quarter of GP practices could close because of workload pressures, warns Royal College of GPs
– British Medical Association: GPs prepare to take collective action after overwhelming ballot result
– BBC: Crumbling concrete: Raac found in 18 more hospitals in England
– Construction News: Health secretary casts doubt on hospital build plans
– GOV.UK (2023): Government to deliver 160 community diagnostic centres a year early
– NHS England (2021): Supporting information: Virtual ward including Hospital at Home
Too many people want something for nothing. If the UK had instituted a proper form of health insurance – and I know it’s not cheap for the average person – then things might be better and if people paid a portion of their medical procedures, they might think again about frivolous call outs.
I’m not downplaying health problems, but when people have called the emergency services because they’ve forgotten to take their contraceptive pill, because they’ve got a headache (and these are two things doctors have mentioned), then the NHS might be healthier.