‘Mountain’ waiting list will need five-year plan, says royal college
The HSJ reports that the Royal College of Surgeons has said that the NHS will need a five-year strategy to … Read more
Treatment delays
Seriously ill patients spending hours on trolleys
The most seriously ill patients are left waiting for hours in corridors or trolleys as the NHS struggles to find … Read more
NHS letting down stroke patients with a ‘postcode lottery rehabilitation’
Patients are failing to recover from a stroke or a heart attack after being discharged from hospitals as the NHS … Read more
‘Corridor nursing’ becoming the new norm in A&Es
A&E units are so crowded that patients are being attended to in hospital corridors, leading to the possibility that they … Read more
Cancelled appointments and poorer healthcare for inmates of England’s prisons
The hospital appointments of the inmates of England’s prisons are frequently cancelled and they receive less healthcare than the general … Read more
A third of patients have to wait a week or more for a GP appointment
More than one in three patients has to wait at least a week to see a GP, and one in … Read more
Patients face longer journeys after emergency surgery centralised
The HSJ has reported that since 6 January, Medway Maritime Hospital has no longer been able to carry out either … Read more
Report on mental health from Children’s Commissioner shows huge disparity across the country in treatment
On 30 January 2020, Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, published her third annual children’s mental health briefing, ‘The … Read more
IFS says that A&E target that could be scrapped by Tories has has helped save 15,000 lives a year
A new study has led to warnings to ministers to think twice before scrapping the A&E waiting-time target. The new … Read more
Treatment delays lead to blindness in glaucoma patients
An investigation by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has found that people with glaucoma are regularly at risk of … Read more