Delays to treatment
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
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
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
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
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
NHS patients have cancer scans cancelled after supplier problems
Concerns have been raised that problems related to the supply of a substance used to screen for cancerous cells is … Read more
Expect a rise in patients suing NHS over long waits, watchdog warns
The NHS should expect a surge of medical negligence claims because of longer waiting lists in areas including cancer care … Read more
Report: ‘Patients dying in hospital waiting for community care’
Terminally-ill patients are “needlessly dying in hospital” because they are waiting too long for specialist care packages, according to a … Read more
Cancer treatment waiting times see ‘concerning spike’ as NHS plans to ditch key measures
A quarter of cancer patients in January waited more than two months to start treatment, a concerning rise which means … Read more
NHS waiting times: A&E four-hour target set to be scrapped, plans reveal
The NHS is set to abandon its flagship guarantee that patients at A&E will be treated, admitted or sent home … Read more