Patient safety fears prompt no confidence vote at trust
Staff at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust have passed a ‘no confidence vote’ in its senior management because of patient safety … Read more
cuts to services
Ambulance trust cuts out-of-hours GP winter shifts due to summer overspend
The ambulance trust running the GP out-of-hours services in Dorset is reducing the number of doctors on shift over winter … Read more
Too many baby deaths avoidable, report into NHS finds
Full story The Guardian, 13 November 2018 Seven out of 10 stillbirths, neonatal deaths and babies brain damaged at birth … Read more
NHS cancer treatment wait statistics ‘set to be worst on record’
Full story The Guardian, 8 November 2018 The NHS is on course for its worst annual cancer waiting statistics on record, official … Read more
Eye patients harmed after acute trust’s waiting list spirals
Full story in The HSJ, 31 October 2018 Nearly 40 eye patients have suffered a worsening of their condition because … Read more
Budget pledges on health and social care dismissed as ‘sticking plaster’
Full story in The Guardian, 30 October 2018 Health experts have said the chancellor’s £20.5bn boost for the NHS in … Read more
People in mental health crisis neglected by NHS, MPs warn
Full story in The Guardian, 16 October 2018 Growing numbers of people who experience a mental health crisis are having … Read more
Thousands of terminal breast cancer patients ‘abandoned’ due to NHS nurse shortage
Full story in The Independent, 13 October 2018 Thousands of terminal breast cancer patients are being left “abandoned” amid a shortage of specialist … Read more
Revealed: Hospital made ‘lunacy’ bed cuts before severe winter problems
Full story in The HSJ, 8 October 2018 A trust reduced its “core bed base” by nearly 40 in the … Read more
Hundreds turn out in protest at plans to remove stroke unit from Margate’s QEQM Hospital
Fully story in The Isle of Thanet News, 6 October 2018 Hundreds of campaigners turned out today (October 6) to … Read more