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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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Quality of care

Number of patients readmitted to hospital rises to 1.38m in a year

Full story in The Guardian, 1 June 2018 A growing number of patients are being readmitted to hospital as emergency … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags BMA, hospitals, quality of care, staff shortage, underfunding, understaffing

‘Shocking’ rise in coroner warnings over NHS patient deaths, says Labour

Full story in The Guardian, 27 May 2018 The number of legal warnings issued by coroners over patient deaths in … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags austerity, coroners report, Public Health, safety, staff shortage, underfunding, understaffing

NHS shake-up which ‘privatised’ health services was damaging, minister admits

Full story in The Independent, 23 May 2018 The NHS shake-up which led to greater “privatisation” damaged attempts to improve … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags children's health, Jeremy Corbyn, NHS reform, Privatisation, Public Health, Theresa May, virgin care

Practice taken over by Virgin goes from outstanding to inadequate in 18 months

Full story in GP Online, 16 May 2018 The Sutherland Lodge practice in Chelmsford, Essex, was taken over by the … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags Care quality commission, cuts to spending, NHS Funding, Privatisation, quality of care, stp 26, virgin care

Ministers urged by Labour to allow NHS to bring in foreign doctors

Full story at The Guardian 2 May 2018 Labour has moved to exploit a cabinet split over foreign doctors being refused … Read more

Categories Staffing, Infrastructure problems, Quality of care Tags Brexit, Department of Health, NHS England, NHS staff, Public Health, staff shortage, understaffing

90% of councils slashing public health services

Full story at PulseToday 2 May 2018  Nine out of ten councils have cut spending on sexual health, alcohol misuse … Read more

Categories Infrastructure problems, NHS spending, Quality of care, Rationing Tags Councils, cuts to services, deficit, NHS England, NHS reform, Public Health, underfunding

GPs struggling with public health gaps

Full story at PulseToday 2 May 2018 The Government squeeze on the public health budget has been brutal, and it is … Read more

Categories NHS spending, Quality of care Tags cuts to services, deficit, GPs, NHS England, underfunding

NHS: Shortage of “at least 4,000” beds expected for next winter

Full story at HSJ 30 April 2018  NHS national leaders have estimated the service is at least 4,000 beds short … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags deficit, Department of Health, hospitals, NHS England, underfunding, winter crisis

Plans to close Teignmouth Hospital slammed by former MP

Full story at Devon Live 30 April 2018 Teignmouth’s former MP has slammed plans to close the first purpose build … Read more

Categories Quality of care, National STP, STPs Tags cuts to services, hospitals, National STP, NHS England, STP 37, underfunding

Patients suffer “severe harm” in huge X-ray backlog

Full story at HSJ 30 April 2018  Three patients suffered severe harm because their chest x-rays were among tens of … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags doctors, hospitals, NHS England, Public Health, safety
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE