Meeting hears NHS England cannot afford to fund waiting times targets after settlement of less than half of the £4bn extra funding that it had requestedIf you’re a medical professional we’d like to hear how you have been affected 1.55pm GMT The public part of the meeting has concluded so here’s a summary of what happened and what is still to happen (namely Jeremy Hunt’s response): 1.31pm GMT Another significant passage in the paper about planning for next year is the suggestion that guidelines from the health regulator, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, may be ignored. The relevant passage says:New advisory Nice guidelines can only expect to be implemented locally across the NHS if in future they are accompanied by a clear and agreed affordability and workforce assessment at the time they are drawn up. Continue reading…
Via: NHS England says waiting time targets will not be met – live updates
English News
PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…