Delays to treatment

Thousands of mental health patients spend years on secure wards

21st July 2017

Thousands of mental health patients are being kept in secure wards for years at a time when they should be … Read more

NHS bosses warn of mental health crisis with long waits for treatment

7th July 2017

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

7th July 2017

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

5th June 2017

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’

2nd June 2017

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

1st June 2017

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

1st June 2017

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

28th May 2017

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

11th May 2017

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

1st May 2017

Ambulances are failing to reach thousands of seriously-ill patients within the eight-minute target time, despite a dramatic reduction in the … Read more