Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG hits NHS cancer waiting times target, figures show
Full Story at Peterborough Telegraph, 18 April 2018 Less than one in seven cancer patients started their treatment more than … Read more
Quality of care
Greater Manchester partnership launches health data website
Full story at Digital Health, 23 April 2018 A partnership which includes a council and an NHS trust in Greater … Read more
Sudden closure of GP surgery leaves patients ‘in the dark’
Full story in Lancashire Telegraph, 20 April 2018 PATIENTS have been left ‘totally in the dark’ after the sudden closure … Read more
Demand for beds contributed to biggest North East norovirus outbreak
Full story at Chronicle Live 24 April 2018 An “unprecedented” demand for beds and “old fashioned” hospital facilities “probably” contributed … Read more
Jeremy Hunt warned over private hospitals safety after death of NHS patient
Full story at HSJ 23 April 2018 The safety of NHS patients treated in private hospitals has been raised directly … Read more
NHS England faces legal challenges to plans for health overhaul
Full story at The Guardian 23 April 2018 NHS England faces a legal challenge to its plans to overhaul how the … Read more
“Unacceptable” waiting times for children with mental health issues in Newcastle and Gateshead
Full story at ChronicleLive 23 April 2018 Waiting times for children’s mental health services are ‘unacceptable’ councillors have said, as … Read more
1400 empty NHS beds in 82 ‘ghost wards’
Full Story in The Guardian 13 April 2018 Hospitals are mothballing scores of wards, closing them to patients despite the … Read more
Health watchdog finds two out of five private hospitals failing on patient safety
Full Story in The Independent 10 April 2018 Two out of five private hospitals in England are failing to meet … Read more
Next year’s A&E targets will be impossible to meet says health trusts
Full Story in The Guardian 29 March 2018 NHS plans for the coming year will be impossible to deliver despite … Read more