Underfunded. Underdoctored. Overstretched.

Dr Zoe Wyrko is a Consultant physician at University Hospital Birmingham and is the Director of Workforce for the BGS. In this blog she discusses the recent RCP report ‘Underfunded. Underdoctored. Overstretched. The NHS in 2016‘. She tweets @geri_baby

The Royal College of Physicians have published a report Underfunded. Underdoctored. Overstretched. The NHS in 2016. It clearly lays out that honest debate is needed, and choices are going to have to be made – increases in funding or cuts in care. It states that a new plan is needed, not yet another  quick fix or temporary solution, rather one that is designed to meet the UK’s health and care needs in the long term, and that values, supports and motivates NHS staff.

The alchemy of teamwork: how do we transmute base practice into noble excellence?

Liz Charalambous is a qualified nurse on a female, acute medical HCOP (Health Care for Older People) ward at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital Trust.

Recent weeks have seen a huge challenge to healthcare teams across the country. The NHS has had to rise to the demands of increased numbers of people accessing services in all areas.

My suspicion is that the areas performing the best were the ones who already had strong teams in place, positive leadership and supportive group cohesion, adding the extra strength and resilience to a burgeoning population of patients.