Trusts told to ‘immediately stop all ambulance handover delays’
NHS England and Improvement has told the trusts and integrated care systems are being told by NHS England and Improvement … Read more
Safety
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
NHS plans to close all local ambulance stations in London
The Guardian has reported that NHS bosses in London plan to shut every local ambulance station in London, prompting fears … Read more
Warning over potential roof collapses at hospitals
NHS England has warned that material used in the roofs of several hospitals in England reached the end of their … Read more
Charity reports NHS England delays could lead to thousands of deaths
The British Heart Foundation has warned that thousands of people with heart problems could die over the next few years … Read more
Patient safety could be threatened by plans to ‘water down’ training for nurses
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has Plans is pressing ahead with plans to simplify specialist nurse training across the UK … Read more
Higher weekend deaths in hospital not due to lack of doctors, landmark study shows
A landmark study has shown that the higher mortality rates among weekend patients is not due to a lack of … Read more
Summer crisis for depleted NHS hospitals
While many campaigners’ eyes have been focused on the football, or the ‘dead cat’ of the Health and Care Bill, … Read more
Maternity safety compromised in a third of NHS trusts
An increase in funding of £200-£350 million per year is urgently needed to resolve the problems of understaffing endemic in … Read more
Urgent calls to fix “incoherent” health and social care staffing
A build-up in staff shortages in both the NHS and social care due to mistakes made over the previous decade … Read more