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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • When ‘record’ spending is nowhere near enough
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Q&A: The increase in NI and funding for the NHS and social care
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The truth behind Boris Johnson’s money for the NHS
    • New NHS funding – is it enough?
      • Expert’s consensus on NHS Long-term Plan
    • Will the longterm plan end waves of crisis in the NHS?
    • Services
      • NHS VIDEOS
      • GP services
      • A&E waiting times
      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Closing the NHS blackhole
    • 5 reasons why the NHS is affordable
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Sign the call for more funding
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
    • Take the poll
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Public health funding “below 2015/16 levels”
    • Is the NHS finally going to get its workforce plan?
    • A workforce already stretched over five days, can’t stretch to seven
    • PFI keeps coming back for more
    • Now NHS faces £20bn-plus budget gap
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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Treatment delays

Record numbers of children wait for NHS care in England

Sick children’s health problems are getting worse as record numbers wait up to 18 months for NHS care, doctors treating them have … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags children's health, children's services, waiting lists

‘National tragedy’: figures show large rise in people dying while on NHS waiting list

Figures obtained by the Labour Party show more than 120,000 people in England died last year while on the NHS … Read more

Categories Hospitals, Treatment delays Tags hospitals, patient deaths, treatment delays, waiting lists

Does it help the NHS if richer people ‘go private’?

The NHS was set up to be a universal health service, covering the whole population, providing care according to clinical … Read more

Categories NHS reform, Treatment delays Tags NHS@75, private healthcare, waiting lists

1 in 5 NHS patients believe delays to treatment made their cancer worse

A recent report by MacMillan Cancer Support found a collapse in waiting time standards since 2014 has resulted in 180,000 … Read more

Categories Cuts to services, Treatment delays Tags cancer treatment, oncology, safety, treatment delays, waiting lists

Pledge to reduce NHS backlog has been broken

A key government pledge to reduce the size of the NHS’s record-breaking care backlog has been broken, the health secretary has … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags Steve Barclay, surgery, treatment delays, waiting lists

A&E delays linked to tens of thousands of patient deaths

Royal College of Emergency Medicine has analysed and report that A&E delays may have led to more than 20,000 patient … Read more

Categories Emergency Care, Hospitals, Treatment delays Tags A&E, excess deaths, hospitals, treatment delays, waiting times

Emergency Care Plan raises more questions

A new plan to rescue struggling NHS emergency services, pledging 800 ambulances, 5000 more hospital beds and bolstering community care has been … Read more

Categories Hospitals, Staffing, Treatment delays Tags emergency care plan, hospital beds, Rishi Sunak, workforce plan, workforce strategy

The patients with treatable eating disorders who are dying before the NHS can help them

The Independent reports that it has seen leaked data that shows a record number of eating disorder patients are not … Read more

Categories Mental Health, Treatment delays Tags eating disorders, mental health, safety, treatment delays, waiting lists

A 39% increase in child referrals for mental health care in England in a year

The number of children in England needing treatment for serious mental health problems has risen by 39% in a year, official data … Read more

Categories Mental Health, Treatment delays Tags children, children's mental health, mental health, waiting lists, waiting times

Senior UK health official warns of ‘unsafe and undignified’ care due to A&E delays

Ian Higginson, a vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, has warned about attempts to “discredit” figures estimating that … Read more

Categories Emergency Care, Hospitals, Treatment delays, Winter crisis Tags A&E, hospitals, patient safety, safety, treatment delays, underfunding, winter crisis
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • When ‘record’ spending is nowhere near enough
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Q&A: The increase in NI and funding for the NHS and social care
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The truth behind Boris Johnson’s money for the NHS
    • New NHS funding – is it enough?
      • Expert’s consensus on NHS Long-term Plan
    • Will the longterm plan end waves of crisis in the NHS?
    • Services
      • NHS VIDEOS
      • GP services
      • A&E waiting times
      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Closing the NHS blackhole
    • 5 reasons why the NHS is affordable
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Sign the call for more funding
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
    • Take the poll
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Public health funding “below 2015/16 levels”
    • Is the NHS finally going to get its workforce plan?
    • A workforce already stretched over five days, can’t stretch to seven
    • PFI keeps coming back for more
    • Now NHS faces £20bn-plus budget gap
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE
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