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
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‘Inadequate’ private provider to hand back troubled contract early
A company operating one of the first integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours services is to hand back … Read more
NHS spends £80m on private ambulances a year, data shows
The NHS is spending almost £80m a year hiring private ambulances to answer 999 calls and take patients to hospital for appointments, … Read more
Ambulance call-outs for mental health patients in England soar by 23%
The number of ambulance call-outs for people experiencing mental health problems in England has soared by nearly a quarter in … Read more
Ambulance trust accused of jeopardising patients by sending cars
Health chiefs have been accused of putting lives at risk by sending cars instead of ambulances to emergencies. East of … Read more
Hundreds wait over an hour for transfer from ambulance to Doncaster hospital A&E
Under official Government guidelines, no patients are supposed to have to wait an hour while they are transferred from the … Read more
NHS Ambulances fail to reach most seriously ill and injured patients in time despite efficiency drive
Ambulances are failing to reach thousands of seriously-ill patients within the eight-minute target time, despite a dramatic reduction in the … Read more
Paramedics ‘tampered with trackers’ to avoid 999 calls at a scandal-hit NHS trust
Paramedics at a scandal-hit NHS trust are accused of switching off ambulance tracking devices so they could avoid responding to … Read more
Every London NHS trust misses A&E waiting target as winter crisis bites
The full extent of the NHS winter crisis was revealed today as figures showed that every health trust in London … Read more
A&E in England had worst delays ever in January, leak suggests
A&E patients in England experienced the worst month of delays in January since a four-hour target was introduced 13 years … Read more