Monitor Chief calls for annual increases in NHS funding

Monitor’s Chief Executive Dr David Bennett has used an interview in the Guardian to call for multimillion-pound annual increases in the NHS budget, if the service is to survive a “perfect storm” of pressures. Bennett cited an ageing and growing...

Pay protests bring thousands onto UK city streets

The BBC reports that this weekend saw tens of thousands of people have protested in London, Glasgow and Belfast about pay and austerity. Many of those protesting were public sector workers such as teachers and nurses opposed to a below-inflation 1 per cent pay offer...

NHS mistakes cost £2.5 annually, says Hunt

The Guardian has reported that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will say today that mistakes, such as giving patients the wrong drug, cost the NHS budget £2.5 billion annually, adding that budgetary constraints are not an excuse for not improving  safety. Hunt is expected...