NHS considers scrapping four-hour A&E waiting time targets
NHS leaders are preparing to risk a backlash by relaxing long-established key treatment waiting time targets, including hospitals’ duty to … Read more
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Ambulance handover delays down by almost a third last month
Mild weather likely helped local systems maintain better performance against several key winter metrics, including bed occupancy and patient length … Read more
Soaring numbers of patients sent home from hospital at night
Vulnerable patients – many elderly – are increasingly being sent home from hospital in the middle of the night, despite repeated … Read more
NHS pressures causing avoidable harm to 500 patients a year – report
Patients in England are being harmed because doctors and nurses are too busy to enforce directives designed to improve safety, … Read more
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
Plans to relocate stroke services could face judicial review
Controversial plans to halve the number of hospitals admitting stroke patients in Kent and Medway could face judicial review after … Read more
NHS had worst November on record, shows first winter pressures report
The number of A&E patients seen within the four-hour waiting target was the lowest on record last month, according to … Read more
NHS needs 10,000 extra hospital beds this winter to keep patients safe, BMA warns
The NHS has been warned it needs 10,000 additional hospital beds this winter in order to keep patients safe. The British Medical Association (BMA) … Read more
NHS chiefs look to scrap four-hour A&E maximum wait
NHS bosses are considering a shake-up of A&E care that could lead to patients with only minor ailments no longer … 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