Thousands of mental health patients spend years on secure wards
Thousands of mental health patients are being kept in secure wards for years at a time when they should be … Read more
Treatment delays
NHS bosses warn of mental health crisis with long waits for treatment
Mental health services are so overwhelmed by soaring demand that patients are facing long delays to access care, a powerful … Read more
More patients waiting longer than a week for GP appointments
Growing numbers of patient are waiting a week or more to see their GP or are unable to get an … Read more
Thousands of children’s operations cancelled each year, NHS figures show
Paediatricians’ leader says figures obtained by Labour are further evidence NHS is being pushed to the brink. Thousands of operations … Read more
Long waits for surgery ‘have tripled in four years’
The number of patients waiting six months or more for surgery has tripled over the past four years in England, … Read more
‘A grim reality’: concern over longer waits for NHS operations
Patients are being left in pain and discomfort due to financial pressures facing NHS, says Royal College of Surgeons An … Read more
Number of NHS patients waiting more than 12 hours on hospital trolleys rises 6,000%, figures show
The proportion of patients waiting for more than 12 hours on trolleys has increased by more than 6,000 per cent, … Read more
NHS patients offered the chance to see a GP weeks earlier – if they pay
NHS patients are being offered the chance to jump the queue to see a GP weeks earlier – if they … Read more
Emergency admissions and delayed transfers grow despite national efforts
The number of hospital emergency admissions rose 2.8 per cent in 2016-17 to 4.3 million, with March this year seeing … Read more
NHS Ambulances fail to reach most seriously ill and injured patients in time despite efficiency drive
Ambulances are failing to reach thousands of seriously-ill patients within the eight-minute target time, despite a dramatic reduction in the … Read more