The true impact of NHS strikes on patients is being “masked” and the number of cancellations and postponements is just the “tip of the iceberg”, NHS representatives have said. So far, almost 835,000 ...

The NHS Confederation has confirmed that Stephen Dorrell has been appointed as its new Chair. In a parliamentary career spanning 36 years, the former Secretary of State for Health and the first ...

A report published today by the NHS Confederation outlines the views of new NHS chief executives on the changes in leadership approach and culture that they believe will be required if the NHS is to ...

Health leaders are warning that NHS services and jobs in England will have to be cut unless up to £3bn more in funding is allocated to cover unexpected costs. The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers, ...

The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers have announced the name of the new national membership organisation created from their merger in January, which will represent and support the health system ...

Health bosses are calling for an additional £3bn for the NHS to cover redundancy costs and strike impacts, and have warned that cost pressures are threatening the government’s plan to bring down ...

Responding to the British Medical Association (BMA) announcing it will put a new offer from the government to its resident doctor members, Rory Deighton, acute and community care director at the NHS ...

Hospital bosses "cannot guarantee patient safety" during tomorrow's ambulance strike and there is "deep worry", says the NHS Confederation Tens of thousands of workers are set to strike in England and ...

Mental health care provision in the UK is "overwhelmed and at breaking point", with devastating consequences for patients and knock-on effects on the rest of the health service, health leaders warned.

The NHS Confederation has suggested that adult social care should be partly funded by social insurance to relieve long-term demographic pressures. In a contribution to the current debate on the future ...

The NHS will not be able to build the hospitals it needs to meet the Government’s pledges on healthcare without private funding contracts, a senior health leader has warned. Rachel Reeves is being ...