Spike in mental health patient deaths shows NHS ‘struggling to cope’
A sudden spike in the number of mental health patients dying unexpectedly in NHS care has prompted calls for a wide-ranging investigation … Read more
Treatment delays
NICE leak: A&Es could be understaffed ‘half of the time’
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence document, reproduced by HSJ today, suggested A&E departments needed to build a … Read more
NHS out-of-hours GP service 12-hour wait ‘clinically unsafe’
Callers to out-of-hours GP services faced waits of more than 12 hours, posing a “significant risk to patient safety”, a … Read more
NHS will struggle to cope this winter, new analysis finds
Just 3.6 per cent of patients took up over a third of all bed capacity in acute hospitals in England … Read more
Twelve NHS trusts run out of beds as winter pressures mount
New figures, which show that last weekend, 12 NHS trusts were so full they did not have a single bed … Read more
Number of ‘fit’ patients stuck in hospital hits all-time high
The number of patients who are trapped in hospital despite being fit to leave has reached an all-time high, putting … Read more
NHS will struggle to cope this winter, new analysis finds
Just 3.6 per cent of patients took up over a third of all bed capacity in acute hospitals in England … Read more
11 ways cuts are hurting the NHS
A campaign launched by the TUC aims to highlight 11 ways in which government cuts have hurt the NHS via … Read more
NHS pressure increases as A&E waiting times increase with 12 per cent waiting over four hours
Fewer people are seen within four hours due to so called ‘bed blockers’ who cannot leave because there is not … Read more
NHS 111 scandal: 25 deaths blamed on ambulance delays
The Telegraph published an exclusive report on an investigation of 25 patient deaths following a whistleblower’s revelation that a policy … Read more