How the ‘humanitarian’ crisis in the NHS is paving the way for private healthcare
It has been a calamitous winter inside the NHS. Last week, three people tragically died at Worcestershire Royal hospital with … Read more
Treatment delays
GPs asked to come into hospital to discharge patients and take on care
NHS managers in the Midlands have put out an urgent call for GPs to go in to their local hospital … Read more
Social care failings now account for a third of hospital discharge delays
Social care should undergo an ‘urgent’ review before the Spring budget and local authority leaders should play a central part, … Read more
NHS bed-blocking rises 42% in a year, new figures show
Bed-blocking has risen more than 40 per cent in a year as hospitals continue to be overwhelmed with people needing care, … Read more
More than 20 NHS hospitals on ‘black alert’ amid reports of patients left in ambulances
Overcrowding in NHS hospitals has become so severe that last week more than 20 trusts issued ‘black alerts’, meaning they … Read more
91-year-old kept in ambulance for 5 hours before being admitted to A&E at Leicester Royal Infirmary
A 91-year-old woman with suspected heart problems was kept in the back of an ambulance for five hours before being … Read more
Hospitals put adults on children’s wards to ease NHS crisis
Two hospitals in London have used children’s wards for adults patients to try and ease the current NHS crisis. Croydon … Read more
‘The worst conditions in memory’: NHS doctors describe a week in A&E
The Guardian asked a number of doctors working in A&E departments across the country to explain how their departments have … Read more
Three patients die at Worcestershire hospital amid NHS winter crisis
Extreme pressures facing NHS accident and emergency departments have been thrown into stark relief by the revelation that two patients … Read more
Holiday rush threatens to overwhelm Worcestershire Royal Hospital’s A and E department
A WOMAN spent more than 24 hours on a trolley at Worcestershire Royal Hospital after being admitted in the early … Read more