NHS Reform Hinges on Funding and Staff, Say Leaders

NHS Reform Hinges on Funding and Staff, Say Leaders

Despite broad support for the government’s plan to reform the NHS in England, healthcare leaders have warned that workforce shortages and funding gaps could jeopardise its success.

Waiting for Relief: Payment Reform, Patient Psychology, and Emergency Care in the NHS

A glance at a crowded corridor can determine whether a sore throat eclipsed by anxiety prompts a patient to leave or linger for treatment. Under a new NHS performance model, half of all urgent and emergency-care funding now depends on meeting both four-hour and twelve-hour wait targets and on redirecting less severe cases into local “neighborhood health” clinics. Wait-Time Psychology and Patient Behavior Extensive scholarship underscores that pe…