ENGLAND could see more than 200,000 new referrals for post-traumatic stress disorder due to the pandemic with front-line healthcare workers particularly at risk, new estimates suggest.
The Strategy Unit, a research group within the NHS, predicts there could be 230,000 new referrals for PTSD between 2020/21 and 2022/23 in England.
The Royal College for Psychiatrists (RCP) warns today that front-line NHS staff are more at risk of developing the condition than army veterans.
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
We need a massive change in direction to renew a crumbling health service — that’s why Plaid Cymru has an ambitious plan to recentre primary care by recruiting 500 additional GPs and opening six new elective care hubs across Wales, writes MABON AP GWYNFOR


