PFI contracts a ‘systemic’ barrier to safety improvement, warns watchdog
Private finance initiative contracts and cost pressures could present a “systemic barrier” for trusts responding to patient safety alerts, the … Read more
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A&E performance hits lowest level
NHS performance against the four-hour accident and emergency target hit a record low in January on both the overall and … Read more
Staff raise concerns over ‘inadequate’ children’s services
Following an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission, children’s and young people’s services at a major acute trust have … Read more
A&E departments working ‘beyond limits of resilience’, emergency chiefs warn as waits grow
‘Large numbers of patients are being cared for in undignified conditions in corridors, at greater risk of hospital acquired infections,’ … Read more
Record numbers of patients wait more than four hours at A&E
More patients than ever before had to wait more than four hours for A&E treatment last month as winter put … Read more
NHS England told to act on internal review to end ‘avoidable harm’
Spinal patients have been exposed to “avoidable harm” due to “wholly unacceptable” delays in their treatment, according to an unpublished … Read more
Scrapping the 4-hour target would lead to “endless hours of waiting in A&E departments”
In December, only 86.4% of patients were seen within the target. Scrapping the four-hour target would lead to “near catastrophic … Read more
No-deal Brexit could see ops cancelled, NHS trust says
NHS trusts could “quickly run out of vital medicine” in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the chief executive of … Read more
Doctors attack plan to scrap four-hour A&E target
NHS England plan could have ‘near catastrophic’ impact on patient safety, union says NHS bosses are facing a backlash against … Read more
NHS memo reveals two patients died after waiting for A&E care
Deaths in Redhill and Margate occurred after patients had to wait because A&E was too busy Two patients have died … Read more