Hospital on black alert as patients face diversions and long waits in A&E
A hospital has been placed on the highest level of alert as it battles to control demand from patients and … Read more
Quality of care
“Findings about staffing levels are not new but are still unheard”
This month saw the publication of our latest research on nurse staffing levels in the BMJ Open. In most respects, the … Read more
Thousands of trained learning disability carers needed
At least 10,000 extra staff will need to be recruited and trained if plans to move people with learning disabilities … Read more
Out-of-hours provider forced to rely on one GP for 850,000 patients overnight
An out-of-hours provider in Norfolk has admitted GP shortages have forced it to run services with only one GP for … Read more
Higher ratio of HCAs linked with increased mortality
New research into staffing levels within NHS hospitals has suggested a link between a higher proportion of healthcare assistants per patient … Read more
Elderly hospital patients given eviction warnings
Amid soaring levels of ‘bedblocking’ in the NHS, elderly hospital patients are being warned that they could face eviction if … Read more
Winter Pressure: What’s going on behind the scenes
Starting in early December each year, so-called NHS ‘winter pressures’ make the headlines. Attention invariably tends to be focused solely … Read more
Liverpool NHS jobs face the axe because of community health funding cuts
Up to 30 NHS staff in Liverpool could lose their jobs as services including exercise classes for dementia patients and … Read more
NHS 111 investigated over claims ‘teenagers answered urgent calls’ and ‘exhausted medics pictured asleep on job’
The NHS 111 service is being investigated in the South West following allegations that teenagers had been drafted in to … Read more
GPs forced to diagnose mental illness in children ‘outside their competence’
he majority of GPs say they have to diagnose child and adolescent mental health disorders ‘above their level of competence’ … Read more