New statistics reveal worrying state of our NHS | 5 News

►From the economy now to another big challenge facing Liz Truss' government - the NHS.
New figures out today show the number of permanent GPs working in England has dropped year-on-year again - for the third month in a row, in fact.
And this comes on the same day the government announced its plan to help patients get an appointment with their GP quicker. But there are many other problems in the NHS.
The number of NHS staff vacancies in England has reached a record high - more than 130 thousand posts need to be filled.6.8 million patients - equivalent to one in eight people in England, are on the waiting list for hospital treatment.



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[Richardsmith]

If you increased the pay for band 2 and 5 nurse bank shifts then more shifts would be filled.

[blueanodized]

We have NHS public health staff embedded in local authorities on £50-70K starting salaries.

Maybe pay some of these people less & front line staff a bit more?!

[joprocter]

National service hand pick those interested in medical and nursing of frail ppl for those support roles..

[adamadamant]

It's not doing that badly, people are still dying at an alarming rate.

[milerale]

One of the worst nhs systems in the world, most African or Eastern European countries have better nhs

[olioappifyouarestruggling]

I would be fucking highly embarrassed to be apart of the British goverment.

[olioappifyouarestruggling]

Dentist - infection over xraying antibiotics. Abcesses sepsis to death, or declining health . unemployment as a result of dental issues. Dentists need to present there 1. Good at there job's - looking at most British peoples teeth those dentist are no good. 2. More citizens from England need to learn that trade, stop relying on cowboys from other parts of the word to conduct, produce shit work. Aggressive absaloutly... you wouldn't leave an animal pain so why would you allow human suffering. pain equals aggression - common sense.

[sophietucker]

NHS isn’t the problem, it’s too high a population that’s too demanding, not leading healthy lives.