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  • 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

An ‘alarming’ shortage of psychiatrists hits mental health services

A workforce survey by the Royal College of Psychiatrists has claimed that a UK-wide shortage of psychiatrists that is forcing … Read more

Categories Mental Health, Quality of care, Staffing, Treatment delays Tags CAMHS, children's health, mental health, psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatrists, understaffing, waiting lists, waiting times

Steep rise in summer A&E admissions amongst peak in attendances

NHS emergency departments saw a total of 554,069 emergency admissions in July 2019, which was 4.6% higher than figures in … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags A&E, Health Foundation, hospitals, NHS four-hour A&E target, Nuffield Trust, patient admissions, waiting times

NHS failure to meet waiting times targets risks patients’ lives

The Public Accounts Committee report on NHS waiting times was released 12 June 2019. In summary, it states that more and … Read more

Categories Treatment delays, Long-term plan, Quality of care, Rationing Tags cancer targets, hospitals, Public Accounts Committee, surgery, treatment delays, waiting times

‘Unacceptable’ cancer and elective waiting times are ‘risking patients’ lives’

Only one in three trusts are meeting cancer waiting time targets. Patients are facing “unacceptable” and “agonising” delays for both … Read more

Categories Treatment delays, Quality of care, Staffing Tags cancer targets, hospitals, postcode lottery, Public Accounts Committee, rationing, surgery, treatment delays, waiting lists, waiting times

Consultants in A&E ‘ashamed’ of trust execs

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust is amongst the worst performing in England for the four-hour A&E target and now, according … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags A&E, Lancashire Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, quality of care, treatment delays, waiting times

Ambulance shortage linked to death of patient after eight-hour delay

A patient died after waiting over eight hours while the East Midlands Ambulance Service struggled with a severe shortage of … Read more

Categories Social Care, Treatment delays Tags ambulance service, cuts to services, Elderly care, Public Health

New NHS waiting times app will show patients how to find hospitals with the shortest A&E queue

A new NHS waiting times app will soon see patients choose where they seek urgent treatment. Under the new rules, … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags A&E, hospitals, NHS England, waiting times

Cancer drugs are NOT reaching the patients: One in six sufferers have faced an NHS block to treatments that are recommended by their doctors, report warns

Cancer drugs are not reaching the patients who need them, experts have warned. One in six people diagnosed with cancer … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags shortages, treatment delays, underfunding

A&E patients waiting more than four hours reaches record high

Almost 3 million patients in England waited more than four hours to be dealt with by A&E last year, the … Read more

Categories Treatment delays, Quality of care Tags A&E, hospitals, NHS England, quality of care, treatment delays, waiting times

No-deal Brexit fears over medication supplies

We were both interviewed by BBC Newsnight last week for a report on no-deal preparations for pharmaceuticals, and profoundly disagree … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags Brexit, Medication, Supplies, 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