Treatment delays Archives • FUND OUR NHS

Ambulance shortage linked to death of patient after eight-hour delay

A patient died after waiting over eight hours while the East Midlands Ambulance Service struggled with a severe shortage of … Read more

A new NHS waiting times app will soon see patients choose where they seek urgent treatment. Under the new rules, … Read more

Cancer drugs are not reaching the patients who need them, experts have warned. One in six people diagnosed with cancer … Read more

Almost 3 million patients in England waited more than four hours to be dealt with by A&E last year, the … Read more

We were both interviewed by BBC Newsnight last week for a report on no-deal preparations for pharmaceuticals, and profoundly disagree … Read more

Concerns have been raised that problems related to the supply of a substance used to screen for cancerous cells is … Read more

The NHS should expect a surge of medical negligence claims because of longer waiting lists in areas including cancer care … Read more

Terminally-ill patients are “needlessly dying in hospital” because they are waiting too long for specialist care packages, according to a … Read more

A quarter of cancer patients in January waited more than two months to start treatment, a concerning rise which means … Read more

The NHS is set to abandon its flagship guarantee that patients at A&E will be treated, admitted or sent home … Read more