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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • When ‘record’ spending is nowhere near enough
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Q&A: The increase in NI and funding for the NHS and social care
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The truth behind Boris Johnson’s money for the NHS
    • New NHS funding – is it enough?
      • Expert’s consensus on NHS Long-term Plan
    • Will the longterm plan end waves of crisis in the NHS?
    • Services
      • NHS VIDEOS
      • GP services
      • A&E waiting times
      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Closing the NHS blackhole
    • 5 reasons why the NHS is affordable
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
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    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
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  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Public health funding “below 2015/16 levels”
    • Is the NHS finally going to get its workforce plan?
    • A workforce already stretched over five days, can’t stretch to seven
    • PFI keeps coming back for more
    • Now NHS faces £20bn-plus budget gap
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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Two maternity services downgraded to inadequate by CQC

Maternity services at University Hospital North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital have been downgraded from “good” to “inadequate” in Care … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Safety, Staffing Tags CQC, downgrading, inadequate, maternity services, patient safety

Alarm raised at decline in women’s maternity experiences in England

The Care Quality Commission has sounded the alarm over a “concerning decline” in women’s experiences with maternity services. Fewer women … Read more

Categories Hospitals, Quality of care, Safety Tags CQC, maternity, quality of care, safety

CQC – Care Quality Report 2021/22

The report from the CQC released in October 2022, is that the health and care system is in gridlock and … Read more

Categories GPs, Hospitals, Integrated care, Management, Quality of care, Safety, Staffing Tags Academic reports, CQC, quality of care, safety, state of care

‘Single biggest threat to patients’: 200,000 harmed by ambulance delays this year

Almost 200,000 patients have come to harm this year because of ambulance delays, according to estimates, as NHS leaders are forced to act on the “unprecedented … Read more

Categories Hospitals, Quality of care, Safety Tags ambulance service, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, CQC, patient safety, transport services

CQC State of Care Report 2019/20

In October 2020, the Care Quality Commission released its annual State of Care report. The organisation concluded that the care … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Safety Tags Academic reports, Care quality commission, CQC, inequality, quality, quality of care, safety, State of Care 2019/20, State of Care report

CQC State of Care report 2018/2019

In October 2019, the Care Quality Committee published its annual State of Care Report 2018/2019. The report covers all sectors … Read more

Categories Mental Health, Quality of care, Staffing, Underfunded Tags Academic reports, community health, CQC, hospitals, mental health, quality of care, safety, State of Care report, underfunding, waiting times

State of care report 2018/19 released by Care Quality Commission

The annual assessment of the state of healthcare in England has been published by the Care Quality Commission.  The report … Read more

Categories Mental Health, Quality of care, Social Care, Staffing Tags A&E, CQC, Elderly care, hospitals, mental health, NHS staff, social care, staff shortage, State of Care 2018/19, underfunding, understaffing, winter crisis

Safety standards not met by 7 in 10 hospital trusts

An analysis of inspection reports by the Observer found that patient safety is frequently at risk in NHS hospital trusts … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Safety, Staffing Tags CQC, hospitals, patient safety, safety, staff shortage, staffing crisis

NHS under “the biggest cash squeeze in its history” says Labour MP

Three patients in need of treatment in intensive care are ‘harmed’ after there were no beds available when they were … Read more

Categories Cuts to services, Deficit, NHS spending, Social Care Tags CQC, cuts to services, deficit, hospitals, NHS England, social care, South Tees NHS Trust, underfunding

CQC – Signs of improvement but concerns remain about the safety and quality of independent ambulance services

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling on independent ambulance services, commissioners and the wider system to do more to … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags Academic reports, ambulance service, CQC, Privatisation, safety
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • When ‘record’ spending is nowhere near enough
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Q&A: The increase in NI and funding for the NHS and social care
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The truth behind Boris Johnson’s money for the NHS
    • New NHS funding – is it enough?
      • Expert’s consensus on NHS Long-term Plan
    • Will the longterm plan end waves of crisis in the NHS?
    • Services
      • NHS VIDEOS
      • GP services
      • A&E waiting times
      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Closing the NHS blackhole
    • 5 reasons why the NHS is affordable
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Sign the call for more funding
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
    • Take the poll
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Public health funding “below 2015/16 levels”
    • Is the NHS finally going to get its workforce plan?
    • A workforce already stretched over five days, can’t stretch to seven
    • PFI keeps coming back for more
    • Now NHS faces £20bn-plus budget gap
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE
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