Midwives receiving less training in key areas of safety and equality, new report warns
A report from the charity Baby Lifeline, says that across England midwives are still not receiving enough essential safety training with … Read more
Quality of care
Covid patient died in hospital side room: nurses were treating 10 patients each at time of incident
A 73-year-old man died alone in a hospital side room after his breathing tube became detached and his appeals for … Read more
Waiting lists reach record 5.8m people in England
A total of 5.8 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of September, according to figures from NHS … Read more
Lives at risk from long ambulance waits
The BBC reports that its investigation has found that lives are at risk because patients are facing unacceptably long waits … Read more
NHS is at breaking point and putting patients at high risk
Patient safety in the NHS in England is being put at “unacceptably high” risk, with severe staff shortages leaving hospitals, GP surgeries … Read more
Patient dies in ambulance waiting outside ‘extremely busy’ A&E
A patient waiting outside Addenbrooke Hospital’s A&E in the back of an ambulance has died. The hospital’s A&E department was … Read more
Patients waiting almost 50 hours for a bed in crowded A&E departments
The Independent has seen records that show patients are waiting almost 50 hours for a bed in accident and emergency … Read more
Nottingham rations cancer care due to lack of staff
More than a decade of frozen funding has brought the NHS to a shocking new stage of crisis, in which … Read more
Patients in poorer areas wait longer for treatment
Areas of deprivation in England have seen waiting lists on average increase by more than half (55.2%), compared to a … Read more
NHS loses top spot in international rankings
The Commonwealth Fund’s latest Mirror, Mirror report – which analyses how healthcare in the US compares with services in other rich countries … Read more