Children’s emergency mental health referrals in England soar by 53%
NHS data shows that the number of children referred to emergency mental healthcare in England has soared by more than … Read more
More confusion over new hospitals
Following on our recent Lowdown report on the chaos of the New Hospitals Programme (NHP), there are more signs that the organisation … Read more
Figures show one in 20 patients in England wait at least four weeks to see GP
NHS figures have show that one in 20 patients has to wait at least four weeks to see a GP … Read more
Emergency unit faced closure amid ‘significant staffing crisis’
HSJ has seen an email that shows managers wanted to temporarily close Whipps Cross University Hospital Trust same day emergency … Read more
Physician associates shouldn’t be regulated as such, says BMA
The BMA is urging MPs to reject government plans to regulate “physician associates” with the GMC. The BMA has said … Read more
New hospitals – the chaos continues
The prevailing aura of chronic, shambolic failure hangs over the government’s much-vaunted “New Hospitals Programme,” a brainchild of Boris Johnson, … Read more
Premature deaths show action needed on social determinants of health
More than 1 million people in England died prematurely in the decade following 2011 due to a combination of poverty, … Read more
John Puntis: In defence of the NHS
The NHS is attacked on a variety of spurious grounds. Negative statements often being repeated uncritically and ad nauseam by … Read more
Grim warnings as NHS plunged into another under-funded winter
All last year ministers promised to ensure the NHS was better able to cope this winter than it was last … Read more
Doubling of average waits for critical stroke treatments
HSJ has reported that the national performance against key measures collected by the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme has plummeted, … Read more