GPs told to refer patients to private sector in bid to cut local trust’s waiting times
GPs in Hertfordshire have been told to refer patients to private hospitals in a bid to control soaring waiting times … Read more
Quality of care
Lincolnshire trust confirms night time A&E closure
ACUTE CARE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has confirmed it will go ahead with plans to close the accident and emergency … Read more
NHS ‘heading into extremely difficult autumn’ amid rising rota gaps
Healthcare services and its professionals are “heading into an extremely difficult autumn”, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has warned … Read more
New ‘dementia atlas’ reveals disparity in care across England
People with dementia are being let down by local services across the country, according to new government data that critics … Read more
Brighton NHS trust ‘to go in special measures’
A hospital trust already rated inadequate is about to be placed into special measures, the BBC understands. The Care Quality … Read more
NHS problems only going to get worse, says Patients Association
Problems within the NHS are only going to get worse, the Patients Association has warned, after a study showed that … Read more
The plans may still be fantasy: but NHS cuts are starting to get real
THERESA MAY’S government is stepping up George Osborne’s programme of relentless real-terms reductions to NHS spending to reverse Labour’s decade … Read more
Hospital A&E wards ‘in crisis over shortage of emergency doctors’
Hospital accident and emergency wards are in crisis as the supply of doctors fails to keep pace with demand for … Read more
Crisis-hit hospital trust may close Grantham A&E at night
Hospital bosses could shut an accident and emergency department at night in order to combat a staffing crisis. United Lincolnshire … Read more
Feeling the Crunch: NHS finances to 2020, a report by The Nuffield Trust
The NHS faces a £22 billion funding shortfall four-and-a-half years from now. That is no longer an abstract number designed … Read more