The appeal is part of an effort to combat the ongoing blood shortage. Manchester’s two donor centers, located at Norfolk House near the Arndale shopping center and Plymouth Grove on the city center outskirts, have around 350 appointments available this week and hundreds more in the coming weeks. The NHS Blood and Transplant service is … Read more
The NHS in England is set to receive a £1.5 billion boost next year in order to provide an additional 2 million appointments, as announced in the Budget. However, Health Secretary Wes Streeting cautioned that this funding will only serve to “arrest the decline” of the struggling health service. The additional funds will be allocated … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wes Streeting, UK health secretary, will on Monday launch a “national conversation” about the future of the National Health Service, which he said was in “an awful state”. Streeting has called on clinicians, experts and … Read more