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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

The longest A&E waiting times in all of England is at Harlow’s Princess Alexandra Hospital

Full story in Essex Live 11 January 2018 December saw Harlow’s Princess Alexandra Hospital record the worst waiting times of … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Infrastructure problems, Treatment delays Tags A&E, ambulance service, hospitals, safety, STP 25, treatment delays, underfunding, waiting lists, waiting times, winter crisis

St Peter’s Hospital inspection lists failures including blocked fire doors, unsecured medication and infection risks

Full story at GetSurrey 11 January 2018 The Care Quality Commission made an unannounced visit to the Chertsey hospital in … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags hospitals, safety, STP 35

Targets Being Missed as Hospital Patient Transfer Times More Than Doubled Over Christmas

Full Story at B Journal 10 January 2018 Targets are being missed as patients in Brighton & Hove are waiting … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags A&E, ambulance service, hospitals, STP 33, waiting times, winter crisis

Public consultation process says no to closure of Dilke and Lydney hospitals

Full story in GloucestershireLive, 8 January 2018 Campaigners are demanding the NHS drops plans to close two community hospitals and … Read more

Categories NHS spending, Quality of care Tags community health, cuts to services, hospitals, STP 43

Thousands of operations are being cancelled as NHS Issue advice to patients

Full story at DevonLive 5 January 2018 The NHS in Devon has issued advice to patients after the Government cancelled … Read more

Categories STPs, Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags hospitals, STP 37, treatment delays

Top Conservative calls on Government to ‘get a grip’ on struggling health service

Full story in The Independent, 3 January 2018 A senior Conservative MP has called on the Government to “get a … Read more

Categories Quality of care, NHS spending Tags A&E, hospitals, underfunding, waiting times, winter crisis

‘Extreme pressure’ leads ambulance trust to turn to private services

Full story in the NHE, 4 January 2018 The East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) has revealed it was forced to … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Staffing Tags A&E, ambulance service, hospitals, Privatisation, safety, treatment delays, underfunding, waiting times, winter crisis

Government is failing to stop NHS crisis, say doctors, patients and opposition parties

Full story in The Guardian, 3 January 2018 NHS providers, doctors and patients have joined opposition parties in accusing the … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags A&E, hospitals, Jeremy Hunt, safety, underfunding, waiting times, winter crisis

‘Angry’ patients forced to wait for treatment due to backlog at Broomfield Hospital

Full story in Essex Live 2 January 2018 Around 12 to 13 ambulances from the East of England Ambulance Service … Read more

Categories Treatment delays, Quality of care Tags A&E, ambulance service, cuts to services, hospitals, stp 26, treatment delays, waiting lists, waiting times, winter crisis

Cornwall’s main hospital on ‘black alert’ with five hour waits and shortage of doctors or beds

Full Story at CornwallLive 30 December 2017 Cornwall’s main hospital at Treliske will remain on black alert for days to … Read more

Categories Quality of care, STPs, Treatment delays Tags A&E, hospitals, STP 36, understaffing, waiting times, winter crisis
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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