Sunak’s 15-year plan to ‘transform’ NHS workforce/in /by
The prime minister says the UK must "act now, for the long term" to protect the NHS.
What’s so great about the new National Care Records Service?/in /by

Locum pharmacist Faraaz Hussain describes his experience of using the new National Care Records Service.

I spend part of my week in a hospital setting and part as a locum in community pharmacies. The Summary Care Record application (SCRa) has always been an indispensable tool in this work, allowing quick and secure access to clinical information, but it can be tricky to access when moving between sites for locum clinicians like me.

In December 2022, I was approached by the Summary Care Record application team at NHS England to test out the National Care Records Services (NCRS), the successor to the SCRa. This is some of what I have found out.

Matt Hancock says UK’s pandemic strategy was completely wrong/in /by
Planning focused more on burying the dead than averting disaster, ex-health secretary says.
Monkey dust like ‘dancing with the devil’/in /by
An addict says the psychoactive substance has "destroyed" the town of Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent.
Covid Inquiry: Abuse of experts must stop, says Whitty/in /by
Sir Chris laments treatment as he gives evidence to Covid Inquiry on pandemic preparedness.
Isolating sooner might have avoided first lockdown, Hunt says/in /by
The UK should have prepared to test and isolate more, the ex-health secretary tells the Covid inquiry.
Covid Inquiry: Former chief medical officer close to tears over pandemic deaths/in /by
Dame Sally Davies apologises to bereaved families and says the UK was poorly prepared for the pandemic.
Prof Davies apologises to relatives of Covid victims/in /by
England's former Chief Medical Officer says "how sorry I am" to those who lost loved ones in the pandemic.
Covid Inquiry: Mistake not to consider range of pandemics – David Cameron/in /by
David Cameron says "group think" meant government focused on flu pandemics, rather than other diseases.
Covid inquiry: UK’s public services were ‘depleted’ when Covid hit/in /by
The nation's health was declining and the NHS was struggling by 2020, the Covid inquiry hears.