Final figures show NHS winter crisis officially worst on record and patients still suffering
Full Story in The Independent 16 March 2018 “Heroic” NHS staff weathered the worst winter on record as official figures … Read more
Treatment delays
Unless quick action is taken on staffing NHS risks more cancelled procedures in 2018
Full Story in National Health Executive 12 March 2018 The NHS is being “pushed to its limit,” according the Royal … Read more
Patients urged to write to MPs over NHS as A&E perfomance hits all-time low
Full Story in the Eastern Daily Press 9 March 2018 The county’s busiest hospital recorded the worst A&E performance in … Read more
Patients’ panel says Leicester operations postponements ‘alarming’
Full Story in Leicester Mercury 8 March 2018 A patients’ panel has expressed alarm at the scale of cancelled hospital … Read more
Computer crisis hits Addenbrooke’s again forcing it to cancel operations
Full Story in Cambridge News 6 March 2018 Patients faced another day of misery after Addenbrooke’s Hospital was hit by … Read more
Three month minimum waiting time bought in by NHS despite warning patients will suffer
Full Story in The Telegraph 18 February 2018 Patients will be forced to endure pain, disability and could even see … Read more
For four years running, The Royal Cornwall Hospital has not met its A&E target
Full Story at CornwallLive 11 January 2018 Cornwall’s main hospital has failed to meet its A&E target for four years, … Read more
Demand 94% higher than expected causes ‘massive’ waits for 111 callers in Essex
Full Story in East Anglian Daily Times 30 January 2018 Unwell people in north-east Essex faced “massive” delays reaching the … Read more
The areas struggling most with cancer targets
Full Story in HSJ 24 January 2018 Cancer patients in three counties are at greater risk of death than elsewhere … Read more
MP says the ‘shambolic’ state of the ambulance service is ‘putting lives at risk on a daily basis’
Full Story in Manchester Evening News 23 January 2018 The ‘shambolic’ state of the North West Ambulance Service was described … Read more