Hospitals forced to redeploy nurses to care for patients in corridors
The Guardian reports that hospitals are having to redeploy nurses from wards to look after queues of patients in corridors … Read more
A&E
NHS delays are at their worst ever level
Key performance targets for A&E care, access to GPs, cancer care and planned operations are at their worst ever levels, … Read more
Trainees tell HEE inspectors that they feel “overwhelmed, unsafe and were being asked to work beyond their abilities”
A Health Education England (HEE) report on the Isle of Wight Trust obtained by the HSJ via a freedom of … Read more
NHS performance figures hit new lows
NHS bosses say the NHS is “on its knees” even before winter has begun, as figures for November show it … Read more
Dear Boris Johnson, you failed this patient and your negligence contributed to his death
A junior doctor at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital writes an open letter to Boris Johnson, published in The Daily Mirror. … Read more
NHS and social care: manifesto 2019 check
Election manifestos are not the place to find detailed health policies, but they do give an insight into how the … Read more
Study shows thousands of patients die waiting for beds in hospitals
A study by leading NHS doctors has found that almost 5,500 patients have died over the past three years because … Read more
Four-year-old boy forced to sleep on hospital floor due to lack of beds
A four-year-old boy was forced to sleep on a hospital floor as he waited for more than eight hours in … Read more
Hospital waits at worst-ever level
Data from NHS Digital shows that more patients than ever before are on hospital waiting lists in England and delays … Read more
Tory Cuts mean 88 year old with dementia left on A&E trolley for hours
Jill Woolley an 88 year old with dementia taken by ambulance to A&E at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham … Read more