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New figures show that the number of hospital beds for people with acute mental health conditions has fallen by almost 30 per cent since 2009.
Matt Hancock has said that £487 million is to be spent on technology for the NHS, giving more patients access to health services at home.
The Liberal Democrats have revealed that children and adults in England can face a wait of more than two years for an autism assessment.
Under-pressure NHS services are spending more than £1 billion a year buying external care because they are unable to keep up with demand.
DHSC has announced a new campaign to increase organ donation rates within black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
NHS Providers and The King’s Fund have warned that NHS trusts are facing significant difficulties in recruiting and retaining senior leaders.
The OBR has warned that extra health funding and an ageing population will contribute to the burden of spending over the next 50 years.
Thousands of patients are being made to suffer in pain because of the NHS restricting access to groin (inguinal) hernia operations.
Breathe Energy has delivered energy savings through an Energy Performance Contract agreed with Bolton NHS Foundation Trust estate in 2015.
Potential organ donations are at risk because UK hospitals are extremely short of transplant surgeons and specialist nurses.
New NHS figures have revealed that nearly 400,000 children and young people in England are being treated for mental health problems each year.
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is set to become England's first NHS mental health provider to adopt CareDirector software.
The number of patients waiting longer than six months to start planned NHS hospital treatment has now exceeded 200,000.
The NHS has been criticised for its reliance on outdated and ‘archaic’ technology as it is revealed that hospital trusts own almost 9,000 fax machines.
With nursing degree applications falling, the Royal College of Nursing has urged ministers to adequately address student funding.
NHS SBS has re-launched its Legal Services Framework, which is expected to save the public sector around half a million pounds in the next four years.
The NHS has published guidance to help trusts work with bereaved families and carers.
NICE has said that a chemical dye should be used in initial surgery to assist neurosurgeons in the successful removal of a brain tumour.
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