Postcode lottery of care for breast cancer patients revealed
…areas, compared with 88% in top-performing areas. Meanwhile, in some areas just over half of women take up invitations for screening compared with four in five women in other parts…
…areas, compared with 88% in top-performing areas. Meanwhile, in some areas just over half of women take up invitations for screening compared with four in five women in other parts…
…process could end up coasting more than it saves. It comes as a spike in ‘bed-blocking’ in Oxfordshire’s hospitals has again been reported despite optimism that the problem had been…
…patients and unpaid carers. It highlights the key role that these services play, and their importance for many people living with complex health and care needs. The King’s Fund argues…
…picture” of the state of diabetes services in England, MPs have said. The Public Accounts Committee said weaknesses in the approach of both organisations – and a lack of focus…
…to which they were previously able to refer. The investigation comes as the health service prepares to implement £22bn of efficiency savings by 2020. But only two years after coming…
Full story at HSJ 13 April 2018 Commissioners have been left with a £15m bill after losing a dispute with their local acute trust over procedures they said had been…
…discharge. District and other community nurses play a crucial role in treating people in their own homes or in care homes when they might otherwise be referred to hospital. Since…
NHS England has said it will no longer pay for HIV drugs provided by local authority commissioned services. A letter circulated in Yorkshire and the Humber said NHS England would…
This report by The Children’s Commissioner came to the following conclusions: — Access to CAMHS is a post code lottery: the report found variations in the number and proportion of…
…review by the Children’s Commissioner also found that 13% with life-threatening conditions were not allowed specialist support. She said the system was “playing Russian roulette” with their health. NHS England…