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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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Treatment delays

One in seven appointments cancelled in Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals last year, doubling the national average

Full story at GetSurrey 7 December 2017 Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals (ASPH) cancelled one in seven appointments last year, … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags hospitals, STP 35, treatment delays

One in seven appointments cancelled at Southend Hospital last year

Full story in Essex Live 4 December 2017 New data has revealed that a hospital in Essex cancelled one in … Read more

Categories Treatment delays, Quality of care, Staffing Tags cuts to services, hospitals, staff shortage, stp 26, treatment delays, waiting times

A&E wait times of more than four hours to affect a million more people

A million more patients could face waits of more than four hours in NHS A&E wards in England by 2019-20 … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags A&E, waiting lists, waiting times

NHS waiting times: hospital bosses fear ‘a return to 1999’

Hospital bosses have taken the unusual step of publicly drawing attention to the NHS’s declining ability to treat patients quickly … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags hospitals, rationing, understaffing, waiting times, winter crisis

MPs urge action on lengthy wait for autism diagnosis

Parents of children with suspected autism are having to wait at least 44 months for diagnoses, prompting a cross-party group … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags children's health, treatment delays, underfunding, waiting times

Analysis: Highest number of patients waiting a year for treatment since 2008

The number of patients waiting more than a year to be treated on an elective pathway has more than doubled … Read more

Categories Treatment delays, Quality of care Tags hospitals, surgery, treatment delays, waiting times

Falling number of NHS child psychiatrists provokes ‘deep concern’

The number of NHS psychiatrists helping troubled children and young people in England is falling despite the growing demand for care, new … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags children's health, cuts to services, mental health, NHS staff, recruitment, staff shortage, waiting times

NHS funding concerns raised after patient’s death

A coroner has raised concerns over the level of funding in mental health services following the death of a patient … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags cuts to services, mental health, safety, STP 14, waiting lists, waiting times

NHS patients waiting for hospital care top 4m for first time in a decade

More than 4 million patients are waiting to be admitted to hospital in England to have surgery, the highest number … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags hospitals, treatment delays, waiting lists, waiting times

Richards: NHS must protect waiting times and access to treatment

The NHS must protect waiting times for planned treatment and maintain access to evidence based care despite ongoing austerity, the outgoing … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags cuts to services, rationing, treatment delays, waiting lists, waiting times
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE