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Only one in 10 patients booking online ‘wants to see GP face-to-face’

Only one in 10 patients using an online system actually requests to see their GP face-to-face, according to study of more than 7.5 million records. The new data, from experts at the Health Foundation working in partnership with NHS England, found ...

18 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Millions of older people are lonely and feel cut off from digital world – survey

Millions of older people are suffering from loneliness and are cut off from the digital world, a charity has warned. The Mental Health Foundation, which surveyed more than 6,000 adults in the UK, said its findings showed that one in 10 of those ...

12 May 2022 at 01:25

Mental health problems ‘cost the UK economy at least £118 billion a year’

Mental health problems cost the UK economy at least £117.9 billion every year, according to a new report. The study, from the Mental Health Foundation and the London School of Economics and Political Science, shows the cost of poor mental ...

03 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

New independent review launched into health of Scots over last two decades

A new independent review of health in Scotland over the last two decades is to be carried out – with a key figure in the project saying it could help “stem the tide of avoidable ill health” across the country. The Health Foundation aims ...

28 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Mental health support in schools available for 2.4m children, says NHS England

Millions of school pupils now have access to specialist mental health support in the face of “record demand” for services, the NHS in England has said. Mental health support teams are now in place in around 4,700 schools across the ...

11 May 2022 at 01:25

Increase in hospital beds ‘may ease NHS pressures’

The NHS in England will need almost 40,000 more hospital beds by the end of the decade to return to pre-pandemic levels of hospital care, according to new estimates. The Health Foundation said that over the past 30 years, hospital ...

13 Jul 2022 at 12:05

NHS in England ‘could face shortfall of almost 40,000 nurses by 2024’

The NHS in England could face a shortfall of almost 40,000 nurses by 2024, according to new analysis. Despite numbers of nursing staff increasing, it has been estimated that the health service will be short of 38,000 full-time ...

20 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Alarm sounded over ‘growing shortage’ of GPs

Health experts have sounded the alarm over a “growing shortage” of family doctors after new estimates suggested a quarter of posts could be vacant in the next 10 years. The Health Foundation think tank called for urgent ...

30 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Pupils to complete mental health ‘check-ins’

A new initiative will see pupils complete mental health “check-ins” as part of the largest mental health programme ever introduced in schools. The Government-backed platform from Govox Wellbeing, developed in ...

19 May 2022 at 01:01

Arts & Entertainment

Carlow public urged to take part in Christmas Jumper Day 2022

Rob Kearney and Children’s Health Foundation are asking families, communities, schools, crèches, clubs and companies across Carlow to host a Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser, to tote their tinsel and sport ...

02 Nov 2022 at 18:33

Arts & Entertainment

Waterford public urged to take part in Christmas Jumper Day 2022

Rob Kearney and Children’s Health Foundation are asking families, communities, schools, crèches, clubs and companies across Waterford to host a Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser, to tote their tinsel and ...

02 Nov 2022 at 14:33

Local News

'Christmas should be magical for all' - Waterford public encouraged to take part in Christmas Jumper Day

06 Nov 2022 at 10:33

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