New plan to safeguard Honiton hospital beds suggested
New proposals to save Honiton Hospital’s inpatient beds have been put forward by its Friends group. Removing them is the … Read more
cuts to services
Letter: How can our health services be expected to cut more?
As part of a countrywide reorganisation by NHS England, local health chiefs have recently published a plan which is apparently … Read more
How the ‘humanitarian’ crisis in the NHS is paving the way for private healthcare
It has been a calamitous winter inside the NHS. Last week, three people tragically died at Worcestershire Royal hospital with … Read more
Public meeting over the future of Hinckley’s NHS
Health leaders are encouraging people to attend a public meeting on the future shape of NHS services in Hinckley The … Read more
GPs asked to come into hospital to discharge patients and take on care
NHS managers in the Midlands have put out an urgent call for GPs to go in to their local hospital … Read more
Social care failings now account for a third of hospital discharge delays
Social care should undergo an ‘urgent’ review before the Spring budget and local authority leaders should play a central part, … Read more
NHS bed-blocking rises 42% in a year, new figures show
Bed-blocking has risen more than 40 per cent in a year as hospitals continue to be overwhelmed with people needing care, … Read more
Patients’ beds taken DURING operations at Royal London hospital
Patients at the biggest hospital in Europe are returning from operations to find their bed already taken by another person, … Read more
Whipps Cross Hospital cancelled 28 operations in November during winter ‘crisis’
An A&E serving thousands of people across Wanstead and Woodford has been hit hard by what one charity executive dubbed … Read more
No assurances from Health Secretary on PRH future
The leaders of Telford & Wrekin Council and Shropshire Council have met Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP in London to … Read more