Articles on safety compromised

NHS needs 10,000 extra hospital beds this winter to keep patients safe, BMA warns

By NHS Support Federation | 6th December 2018

The NHS has been warned it needs 10,000 additional hospital beds this winter in order to keep patients safe. The British Medical Association (BMA) … Read more

Eye patients harmed after acute trust’s waiting list spirals

By NHS Support Federation | 31st October 2018

Full story in The HSJ, 31 October 2018 Nearly 40 eye patients have suffered a worsening of their condition because … Read more

Trusts using HCAs in place of nurses

By NHS Support Federation | 18th October 2018

Full story in HSJ, 18 October 2018 NHS trusts recruited a higher percentage of healthcare assistants than nurses over a … Read more

NHS watchdog warns good healthcare is becoming more of a postcode lottery

By NHS Support Federation | 12th October 2018

Full story in The Guardian, 11 October 2018 Patients in England are increasingly being subjected to “care injustice” in which … Read more

NHS hospitals ‘unsafe’ for diabetics as quarter of a million experienced potentially life threatening errors last year, charity warns

By NHS Support Federation | 7th October 2018

Full story in The Independent, 7 October 2018 Diabetic patients in NHS hospitals are being put at risk of serious … Read more

Ambulance trust to send occupied vehicles to new emergency calls

By NHS Support Federation | 16th September 2018

Full story in The Guardian, 16 September 2018 A struggling ambulance trust hopes to improve response times by sending ambulances … Read more

NHS vacancies a ‘national emergency’

By NHS Support Federation | 11th September 2018

Full story in BBC News: 11 September 2018 The shortage of NHS staff in England has started worsening again, official … Read more

Patients dying on NHS waiting lists ‘surges by 10,000’

By NHS Support Federation | 3rd September 2018

Full story in Pulse, 3 September 2018 The number of patients dying while waiting for treatment has increased by over … Read more

Leaked figures reveal more patients coming to harm as NHS standards fall

By NHS Support Federation | 28th July 2018

Full story in The Guardian, 28 July 2018 Growing numbers of critically ill patients are coming to harm as a … Read more

Millions of patients denied use of a wheelchair

By NHS Support Federation | 27th July 2018

Full story in The Guardian, 27 July 2018. More than 4 million people a year have been denied the use … Read more