GPs asked to help trusts cut long hospital stays by 25% before winter
Full story in Pulse, 13 June 2018 NHS England has told GPs to help hospitals to reduce the number of … Read more
Elderly care
Adult social care services on brink of collapse, survey shows
Full story in The Guardian, 12 June 2018 Social care services for vulnerable adults are on the verge of collapse … Read more
Hundreds going blind each year amid NHS delays, research shows
Full story in The Telegraph, 6 June 2018 Hundreds of people are going blind every year because of long waits for … Read more
CQC: ‘No coherent strategy’ for city’s health services
Full story in The HSJ, 11 May 2018 Health and care leaders in Birmingham lack a coherent strategy for the … Read more
Protests over move to cut number of free treatments to be blocked
Full story in The Camden New Journal, 9 February 2018 Health bosses have drawn up a blacklist of treatments which … Read more
Campaigners in Kent stage demo over stroke service proposals
Full story from the BBC News, 3 February 2018 Campaigners have staged a protest in Margate against proposals to change … Read more
Patient safety could be at risk due to care cuts warns MP.
Full story at The Guardian 17 January 2018 Calls for cuts to the cost of care for some ill and … Read more
Nurses and GPs to be ‘first responders’ to emergency calls as NHS winter crisis deepens
Full story in The Independent, 30 December 2017 Nurses and GPs are to be sent to answer 999 calls ahead of ambulance crews … Read more
Tory austerity linked to 120,000 deaths – Landmark study
Full story in The Independent, 16 November 2017 The Conservatives have been accused of “economic murder” for austerity policies which … Read more
What happens when people leave hospital and other care settings? Findings from the Healthwatch network
Thousands of people treated in hospital every year are kept in longer than medically necessary because of administrative delays or … Read more