A standing commission for carers is to be launched as part of a wider consultation to ensure carers are central to government policy and to monitor implementation of strategy around carers.
It will be set up by health minister Ivan Lewis and carers' advocate Philippa Russell and will report to the health secretary.
The NHS has been warned of “crippling” finance charges from its PFI contracts over the next decade, when aggregate repayments on the deals will reach their peak.
NHS trusts recruited a higher percentage of healthcare assistants than nurses over a two year period, new research has revealed.
NHS providers must submit a business case to show setting up a wholly owned subsidiary company yields value beyond VAT savings, under new proposals from NHS Improvement.
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