20,000 sign petition to halt Poole Hospital A&E and maternity closure plans
A petition to save A&E and the maternity unit at Poole Hospital has gathered more than 20,000 signatures. Poole resident … Read more
New plan to safeguard Honiton hospital beds suggested
New proposals to save Honiton Hospital’s inpatient beds have been put forward by its Friends group. Removing them is the … 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
Crisis means crisis, Theresa May – and it’s caused by underfunding and ignorance
Brexit means Brexit? Fair enough, Mrs May. I’ll tell you something else though. Crisis means crisis. There was widespread rebuttal … Read more
Letter: How can our health services be expected to cut more?
As part of a countrywide reorganisation by NHS England, local health chiefs have recently published a plan which is apparently … Read more
How the ‘humanitarian’ crisis in the NHS is paving the way for private healthcare
It has been a calamitous winter inside the NHS. Last week, three people tragically died at Worcestershire Royal hospital with … Read more
Public meeting over the future of Hinckley’s NHS
Health leaders are encouraging people to attend a public meeting on the future shape of NHS services in Hinckley 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
NHS bed-blocking rises 42% in a year, new figures show
Bed-blocking has risen more than 40 per cent in a year as hospitals continue to be overwhelmed with people needing care, … Read more