A&E four hour performance figures well under NHS England’s standard
Full story in Pulse, 5 December 2017 Only 82.45% of A&E departments are currently meeting the target of seeing patients … Read more
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North West of England escapes A&E closures.
Full Story at HSJ 24 November 2017 Two months have passed since two chief executives were sacked over their trust’s … Read more
Sustained falls in emergency admissions in certain areas
Full Story at HSJ 20 November 2017 Containing and reducing emergency hospital admissions is often seen as the holy grail … Read more
Hospital reconfiguration finally gets a green light
Full story in the HSJ 20 November 2017 Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin clinical commissioning groups have approved the pre-consultation … Read more
NHS target to manage winter crisis “totally unrealistic”
Full story in The Guardian, 18 November 2017 Health service chiefs have been declared “barking mad” for ordering hospitals to … Read more
Plan to move seriously ill patients by Essex hospitals
Full story on BBC News 15 November 2017 Seriously ill patients face being transferred between three Essex hospitals under plans … Read more
Housing developer offers to build new hospital for struggling health economy
Full story in The HSJ, 24 November 2017 A new hospital offering centralised emergency and specialist services for the struggling … Read more
A&E wait times of more than four hours to affect a million more people
A million more patients could face waits of more than four hours in NHS A&E wards in England by 2019-20 … Read more
NHS waits for cancer care, A&E and ops worsen across UK
The performance of hospitals across the UK has slumped with targets for cancer, A&E and planned operations now being missed … Read more
Calderdale Royal A&E to shut at night if staffing becomes critically low
Plans have been drawn up to close an A&E department serving Huddersfield people if staffing numbers become critically low. The … Read more