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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • 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?
    • STPs: a radical shake up we should all know about
      • LATEST NEWS – national and local
      • Find your STP
    • 9 effects of underfunding
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • The views of NHS staff
    • Q&A: Integrated Care Organisations
    • New models of NHS Care
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Budget November 2018
    • Cuts to public health services
    • Staff shortages
    • Reductions in training
    • 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
    • Lobby your MP
    • Donate
    • Take the poll
  • ARTICLES
    • Reality check coming for deniers of the NHS challenge
    • NHS England takes control – but hides key figures
    • NHS performance recovering, but record numbers are waiting
    • Demand for mental health soars after patients abandoned in lockdown
    • Services
      • NHS VIDEOS
      • GP services
      • A&E waiting times
      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Sustainability and Transformation Plans
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
    • info graphics
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More cancer diagnosis needed, but plan admits lack of staff

Plans to address the growing crisis in cancer diagnosis and treatment – caused by a drop in referrals since the … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Staffing Tags cancer, community health, diagnostics, NHS staffing

Chief statistician warns that Government’s use of testing figures ‘falls well short’ of normal standards

In a letter to health secretary, Matt Hancock, the UK Statistics Authority chair Sir David Norgrove says that the government’s … Read more

Categories Coronavirus Tags coronavirus, diagnostics, Matt Hancock, testing

Minister admits, UK likely to miss 100,000 coronavirus tests target

The cabinet minister, Robert Buckland, admits that the UK government is likely to miss its target of carrying out 100,000 … Read more

Categories Coronavirus Tags coronavirus, diagnostics, Matt Hancock, testing

UK labs ‘can process tens of thousands more tests’

A former director at the World Health Organization, Anthony Costello, says that the UK has the capacity to process tens … Read more

Categories Coronavirus, Safety Tags coronavirus, diagnostics, testing

NHS patients have cancer scans cancelled after supplier problems

Concerns have been raised that problems related to the supply of a substance used to screen for cancerous cells is … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags cancer, cuts to services, diagnostics, NHS England, treatment delays, waiting times

Cancer doctor shortage ‘puts care at risk’

A shortage of cancer doctors will hamper the ability of the NHS to provide cutting-edge care, experts are warning. A … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Staffing Tags cancer care, diagnostics, doctors, hospitals, NHS staff, staff shortage, understaffing

Halt privatisation of cancer screening or risk patient harm, MPs tell NHS England

Government and opposition MPs are urging NHS bosses to halt the privatisation of cancer screening services in Oxford, which doctors are … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags cancer care, commissioning, diagnostics, hospitals, Privatisation

NHS England cervical screening backlog revealed by watchdog

National Audit Office finds more than 150,000 untested samples in laboratories More than 150,000 untested cervical screening samples were discovered … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags backlog, bureaucracy, cancer care, diagnostics, patient safety, Public Health, quality of care, social care

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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • 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?
    • STPs: a radical shake up we should all know about
      • LATEST NEWS – national and local
      • Find your STP
    • 9 effects of underfunding
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • The views of NHS staff
    • Q&A: Integrated Care Organisations
    • New models of NHS Care
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Budget November 2018
    • Cuts to public health services
    • Staff shortages
    • Reductions in training
    • 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
    • Lobby your MP
    • Donate
    • Take the poll
  • ARTICLES
    • Reality check coming for deniers of the NHS challenge
    • NHS England takes control – but hides key figures
    • NHS performance recovering, but record numbers are waiting
    • Demand for mental health soars after patients abandoned in lockdown
    • Services
      • NHS VIDEOS
      • GP services
      • A&E waiting times
      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Sustainability and Transformation Plans
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
    • info graphics
  • DONATE
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