More patients waiting too long in A&E despite it being NHS priority
The NHS is taking longer to treat patients attending accident and emergency departments despite ministers and health officials making A&E … Read more
Quality of care
Ambulance trust accused of jeopardising patients by sending cars
Health chiefs have been accused of putting lives at risk by sending cars instead of ambulances to emergencies. East of … Read more
‘The NHS is on its knees, and we are too’: Nurse describes 13-hour A&E shift that left her ‘broken’
A nurse has described how the chaos of working in the A&E department of an NHS hospital has left her “broken”, warning that … Read more
If no one listens to us, the NHS will face its own Grenfell-style disaster
All we know is that the victim is young, female and unconscious. Hit by a lorry, we’ve been told, while … Read more
Exclusive: NHS needs 5,000 more beds, warn leading A&E doctors
The NHS needs at least 5,000 more beds to achieve safe bed occupancy levels and hit the four hour waiting time … Read more
Mental health service closure undermines parity of esteem pledge
Doctors have criticised the ‘short-sighted’ axing of a public mental health service in Surrey – the parliamentary patch of the … Read more
NHS privatisation: People with learning disabilities to become a ‘commodity’ in a profit-fillled healthcare industry, finds study
People with learning disabilities have been turned into commodities in a healthcare industry driven by profits and generating millions of … Read more
Almost 6,000 mental health patients sent out of area for care last year
Almost 6,000 mental health patients had to be sent far out of their local area for treatment last year, with … Read more
Jeremy Hunt accused of cover up and conflict of interest in lost NHS patients records scandal
In extraordinary scenes in the House of Commons today, the Health Secretary was accused of a cover up and conflict … Read more
Blow for patients as another Brighton and Hove surgery shuts
CAMPAIGNERS fear Brighton and Hove could be heading for a GP crisis as it emerged the eighth surgery in two … Read more