Nurses and GPs to be ‘first responders’ to emergency calls as NHS winter crisis deepens
Full story in The Independent, 30 December 2017 Nurses and GPs are to be sent to answer 999 calls ahead of ambulance crews … Read more
Quality of care
Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital fails four-hour A&E waiting target on Boxing Day
Full Story at DevonLive 29 December 2017 A Devon hospital fell significantly short of the four-hour A&E wait target on … Read more
NHS close to meltdown, according to Brighton A&E consultant
Full article at Brighton and Hove News 25 December 2017 The NHS is close to meltdown, according to Brighton accident … Read more
One in seven appointments cancelled in Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals last year, doubling the national average
Full story at GetSurrey 7 December 2017 Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals (ASPH) cancelled one in seven appointments last year, … Read more
A ‘State-of-the-art’ Hailsham health centre plan has been revealed
Full story at EastBourne Herald 6 December 2017 Local people are invited to view plans for a new state-of-the-art primary … Read more
A&E four hour performance figures well under NHS England’s standard
Full story in Pulse, 5 December 2017 Only 82.45% of A&E departments are currently meeting the target of seeing patients … Read more
One in seven appointments cancelled at Southend Hospital last year
Full story in Essex Live 4 December 2017 New data has revealed that a hospital in Essex cancelled one in … Read more
In a bid to gain extra funding, NHS plans to ration care access
NHS bosses are to meet to discuss plans to ration and delay patients’ access to care, which could set them … Read more
Report warns that NHS austerity is impacting mortality rates and life expectancy
Full story in Pulse, 29 November 2017 Policy makers need to ‘take heed of early warning signs’ and end health … Read more
North West of England escapes A&E closures.
Full Story at HSJ 24 November 2017 Two months have passed since two chief executives were sacked over their trust’s … Read more