Cuts in services
Sudden closure of GP surgery leaves patients ‘in the dark’
Full story in Lancashire Telegraph, 20 April 2018 PATIENTS have been left ‘totally in the dark’ after the sudden closure … Read more
Community hospital beds could reopen in June
Full story at County Gazette 16 April 2018 INPATIENT wards at Somerset’s community hospitals could begin re-opening as early as June, … Read more
Nearly a third of patients at Coventry and Warwickshire A&Es wait more than four hours
Full Story in Coventry Live 13 April 2018 Nearly a third of patients waited more than four hours in Coventry … Read more
1400 empty NHS beds in 82 ‘ghost wards’
Full Story in The Guardian 13 April 2018 Hospitals are mothballing scores of wards, closing them to patients despite the … Read more
Revealed: 10 worst A&Es for waits
Full Story in BBC 12 April 2018 A&E waiting times have reached their highest levels in England – as a … Read more
NHS hits new low as Trusts’ A&E performance goes sub 50 per cent
Full Story in The HSJ 12 April 2018 NHS performance against the four hour accident and emergency target hit its … Read more
‘Eternal winter’ for NHS revealed by A&E waiting time figures
Full Story in The Guardian 12 April 2018 A record low in A&E treatment performance by the NHS has prompted … Read more
Hospitals struggle to admit as long waits soar
Full Story in HSJ 12 April 2018 The number of over one year waiters on the English waiting list shot … Read more
Major services shake up for Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucesteshire
Full story in the HSJ, 11 April 2018 Community services across a swathe of the South West could be consolidated … Read more
Trust withdraws from controversial consortium.
Full Story at HSJ 6 April 2018 A West Midlands trust has withdrawn from a controversial mental health consortium to … Read more
Cumbria cottage hospital bed closures confirmed
Full story from BBC News, 4 April 2018 The closure of inpatient beds at three cottage hospitals in Cumbria has … Read more
Worcester’s Oxford Fertility IVF clinic must be paid for by NHS patients
Full Story in Worcester News 4 April 2018 LOCAL NHS patients currently have to pay to use an IVF clinic … Read more
Hundreds of cancer procedures cancelled over winter by NHS trusts
Full Story in The Guardian 3 April 2018 Hundreds of cancer operations were cancelled by English NHS trusts during winter, … Read more
Some women no longer have access to IVF in Bath and Somerset
Full story at Somerset Live 3 April 2018 Health chiefs say limiting access to fertility treatments in Bath and North … Read more
British Medical Association says NHS is facing year-round crisis
Full Story in The Guardian 2 April 2018 The unprecedented pressure on the NHS this winter is likely to continue … Read more
Next year’s A&E targets will be impossible to meet says health trusts
Full Story in The Guardian 29 March 2018 NHS plans for the coming year will be impossible to deliver despite … Read more