NHS needs 10,000 extra hospital beds this winter to keep patients safe, BMA warns
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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’
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
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
Full story in The Guardian, 27 July 2018. More than 4 million people a year have been denied the use … Read more