Every patient to have ‘right’ to access new digital GP providers
The long-term plan, published on Monday, said that by 2022-23 all patients in England will have access to a “digital … Read more
Quality of care
All GPs expected to sign up to ‘network contracts’
In its long-term plan, published today, NHS England has said individual GP practices “will enter into a network contract, as … Read more
NHS considers scrapping four-hour A&E waiting time targets
NHS leaders are preparing to risk a backlash by relaxing long-established key treatment waiting time targets, including hospitals’ duty to … Read more
NHS chiefs tell Theresa May it is time to curb privatisation
NHS leaders want Theresa May to scrap Conservative legislation that forces the tendering of contracts for care, in a move … Read more
May to promise NHS mental healthcare boost for under-18s
Theresa May is to promise a major expansion of NHS mental healthcare for children and young people in an attempt … Read more
Ambulance handover delays down by almost a third last month
Mild weather likely helped local systems maintain better performance against several key winter metrics, including bed occupancy and patient length … Read more
CCG accused of using ‘flawed’ test to cut spending on elderly
West Norfolk CCG has been using a locally-devised screening process, called the “5Qs test”, which effectively means a higher proportion … Read more
NHS pressures causing avoidable harm to 500 patients a year – report
Patients in England are being harmed because doctors and nurses are too busy to enforce directives designed to improve safety, … Read more
Patient safety fears prompt no confidence vote at trust
Staff at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust have passed a ‘no confidence vote’ in its senior management because of patient safety … Read more
Plans to relocate stroke services could face judicial review
Controversial plans to halve the number of hospitals admitting stroke patients in Kent and Medway could face judicial review after … Read more