Stephen Fry champions the #FundNHSHubs campaign

#FundNHSHubs

Stephen Fry champions the #FundNHSHubs campaign: Award-winning actor, writer and mental health advocate Stephen Fry has called on the government to commit to funding and protecting the NHS staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs in England, which have acted as a vital lifeline to NHS workers struggling with their mental health. In a video published […]

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RCEM: urgent crisis requires political will

RCEM

‘The urgency of this crisis demands a political will to tackle it’, RCEM says: Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for June 2022, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Katherine Henderson said: “Today’s data is once again another reminder of the depth of the crisis and […]

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Health and Social Care challenges

The Government and MPs must now recognise the severity of challenges facing Health and Social Care: Responding to the Health and Social Care committee’s report “Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care“, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “The findings of the report may be shocking […]

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Upscale tests for frontline NHS staff

testing

Labs at the University of Birmingham have been re-purposed to support the testing of frontline NHS staff in the city from this week, supporting University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to upscale their testing capacity during the COVID-19 outbreak. Enabling same-day testing for staff at UHB, the West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) and Birmingham Women’s […]

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