Health cuts most likely cause of major rise in mortality, study claims
An unprecedented rise in mortality in England and Wales, where 30,000 excess deaths occurred in 2015, is likely to be … Read more
Quality of care
Retired nurse died after waiting 10 hours for hospital bed following kitchen fall
A retired nurse died after she waited 10 hours for a hospital bed, an inquest has heard. Margaret Waters, 72, … Read more
Read all about it: media coverage of NHS rationing
As part of the work for our forthcoming report on NHS financial pressures, we examined how the media have reported … Read more
Theresa May refuses FOUR TIMES to oppose the closure of hospital maternity ward during Copeland by-election visit
Theresa May refused FOUR TIMES to oppose the closure of maternity services at a Copeland hospital, during a visit ahead … Read more
Revealed: the NHS plan to close, consolidate or ‘reshape’ 11 maternity units
Eleven maternity and neonatal units across England face closure, consolidation or ‘reshaping’ under plans to transform obstetrics care in the … Read more
What Is The Future For Cornwall’s Community Hospitals?
There are fresh fears for the future of Cornwall’s community hospitals. Campaigners say beds are closed at St Ives, Falmouth … Read more
Surgeons ‘kicking their heels’ as bed shortage delays operations
Surgeons at hospitals in England are being left “kicking their heels” because operations are being cancelled due to bed shortages, … Read more
Hundreds of incidents so serious they should never happen recorded in NHS
Hundreds of incidents so serious they should “never” happen have taken place in the NHS in just nine months. Fresh … Read more
Robots can’t solve the crisis in the NHS – we still need workers with empathy
Images of trolleys laden with suffering people in corridors, old people hooked up to drips on beds in cupboards – not … Read more
The postcode lottery of new mothers’ mental health services
With one in 10 women developing a mental illness during or after pregnancy, including postpartum psychosis, not all are lucky … Read more