Cuts in services
People in mental health crisis neglected by NHS, MPs warn
Full story in The Guardian, 16 October 2018 Growing numbers of people who experience a mental health crisis are having … Read more
Thousands of terminal breast cancer patients ‘abandoned’ due to NHS nurse shortage
Full story in The Independent, 13 October 2018 Thousands of terminal breast cancer patients are being left “abandoned” amid a shortage of specialist … Read more
Revealed: Hospital made ‘lunacy’ bed cuts before severe winter problems
Full story in The HSJ, 8 October 2018 A trust reduced its “core bed base” by nearly 40 in the … Read more
Hundreds turn out in protest at plans to remove stroke unit from Margate’s QEQM Hospital
Fully story in The Isle of Thanet News, 6 October 2018 Hundreds of campaigners turned out today (October 6) to … Read more
Health visitors struggling with ‘dangerously high’ caseloads
Full story in The Guardian, 23 September 2018 Health visitors are struggling to care for families properly because they have … Read more
Mental health patients sent 300 miles from home due to lack of beds
Full story in The Guardian, 17 September 2018 Patients with serious mental health problems are being sent more than 300 … Read more
Plans to close three acute stroke units revealed
Full story in HSJ, 17 September 2018 Under the preferred option, set out by commissioners, Medway Foundation Trust will lose its … Read more
Major reconfiguration could be referred to Hancock
Full story in the HSJ, 18 September 2018 A major reconfiguration of services faces referral to the health and social … Read more
Ambulance trust to send occupied vehicles to new emergency calls
Full story in The Guardian, 16 September 2018 A struggling ambulance trust hopes to improve response times by sending ambulances … Read more
Tory cuts leave alcohol addiction services at breaking point warns Labour, as figures show record low in treatment
Full story in The Independent, 13 September 2018 Cuts to council budgets for addiction services have led to lowest number of people … Read more
Children forced to travel hundreds of miles for NHS mental health treatment
Full story in The Guardian, 29 August 2018 Children and young people with serious mental health problems are receiving treatment … Read more
NHS maternity units were forced to close 287 times last year
Full story in The Guardian, 28 August 2018 Almost half of maternity units at hospitals in England were closed to … Read more
Millions of patients denied use of a wheelchair
Full story in The Guardian, 27 July 2018. More than 4 million people a year have been denied the use … Read more
NHS in England facing deepening staffing crisis, figures show
Full story in The Guardian, 26 July 2018. The NHS is facing a deepening staffing crisis as hospitals report growing … Read more
NHS body ‘wastes millions on flawed financial advice’
Full story in The Guardian, 21 July 2018 A large NHS body has spent millions of pounds on management consultants for a … Read more
NHS rationing putting hernia patients’ lives at risk, say surgeons
Patients with hernia problems are being left in pain and at risk of needing emergency surgery, and even of death, … Read more