Delays to treatment
Doctor shortage left 4m patients without cover last year
At least 4 million people were left without access to an out-of-hours doctor at some point last year because of … Read more
One in ten areas left without GP out-of-hours cover
Out-of-hours GP services are on a knife edge, with providers covering some four million patients admitting they have had overnight … Read more
NHS cash crisis in Kent halts non-urgent surgery until April
An NHS body has run so short of money that it has banned patients in its area from having non-urgent … Read more
Hospitals cancelled record number of urgent operations last year
Hospitals cancelled a record number of urgent operations last year as bed shortages left them struggling to cope with the … Read more
Pain-level rationing of hip and knee surgery due to cash crisis, admits NHS
A senior NHS official has admitted that funding shortages mean hip and knee replacements will have to be rationed according … Read more
Ambulance services ‘not coping’ as demand rises
Ambulance crews are finding it “increasingly difficult to cope”, an audit of the service in England says. The warning by … Read more
193,000 NHS patients a month waiting beyond target time for surgery
An increasing number of patients are having to endure long waits for operations, according to a study that provides the … Read more
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