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How long will it take the NHS to recover financially from COVID?
Date: March 15, 2023
It cannot be doubted that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected healthcare services around the world. In particular, it has been stated that the NHS’s financial recovery from COVID-19 will be a long and tumultuous journey. So, how long will the financial recovery of the NHS take? The pre-pandemic NHS Britain’s National Health Service (NHS)...
British PM sunak explores public sector pay deal that backdates wage offer -FT
Date: February 15, 2023
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and finance minister Jeremy Hunt are considering a deal to end a wave of strikes among Britain’s public sector workers that would backdate next year’s pay rise, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Sunak and Hunt are mulling giving NHS staff and other key workers a lump-sum payment...
England rushes to discharge hospital patients to ease bed-blocking crisis
Date: January 9, 2023
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – England’s National Health Service (NHS) aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care homes and other settings in the next few weeks in an effort to free up desperately needed beds during one of its toughest ever winters. The state-run health service, which delivers free care for to...
Ambulance workers to strike, further disrupting UK health service
Date: December 1, 2022
By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s health service faces further disruption in December after thousands of ambulance workers represented by three different trade unions voted for strike action in disputes over pay and conditions. The GMB union said more than 10,000 ambulance workers across England and Wales had voted in favour of industrial action, while...
UK nurses begin biggest strike ballot in more than 100 years
Date: October 6, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -More than 300,000 members of Britain’s largest nursing union will begin voting on Thursday over a strike to demand a pay rise that keeps up with soaring inflation, the biggest ballot in its 106-year history. The Royal College of Nursing said it had been forced into the move after years of real-terms wage...
British health officials warn of difficult winter with flu and COVID
Date: September 28, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British health officials on Wednesday warned that increased circulation of flu and a resurgence in COVID-19 could lead to a difficult winter that increases pressure on the already stretched National Health Service (NHS). Warnings over a possible “twindemic” of COVID-19 and flu have been issued each winter since the start of the...