‘Angry’ patients forced to wait for treatment due to backlog at Broomfield Hospital
Full story in Essex Live 2 January 2018 Around 12 to 13 ambulances from the East of England Ambulance Service … Read more
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Cornwall’s main hospital on ‘black alert’ with five hour waits and shortage of doctors or beds
Full Story at CornwallLive 30 December 2017 Cornwall’s main hospital at Treliske will remain on black alert for days to … 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
Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital fails four-hour A&E waiting target on Boxing Day
Full Story at DevonLive 29 December 2017 A Devon hospital fell significantly short of the four-hour A&E wait target on … Read more
Experts blast NHS for lack of consultation over hospital bed closures
Full story in The Sentinel, 27 December 2018 Government advisors have blasted NHS bosses for their ‘reactive, incomplete and ill-focused’ approach to … Read more
Lack of beds cause mental health patients to be sent hundreds of miles away from Devon
Full story at DevonLive 20 December 2017 Mental health patients in Devon are still being inappropriately sent hundreds of miles … Read more
NHS Trust board votes for St Helier closure, despite public opposition
Full story in Inside Croydon , 14 December 2017 The Tory Government is pushing ahead with plans to close the … Read more
One in seven appointments cancelled in Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals last year, doubling the national average
Full story at GetSurrey 7 December 2017 Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals (ASPH) cancelled one in seven appointments last year, … Read more
A&E four hour performance figures well under NHS England’s standard
Full story in Pulse, 5 December 2017 Only 82.45% of A&E departments are currently meeting the target of seeing patients … Read more
One in seven appointments cancelled at Southend Hospital last year
Full story in Essex Live 4 December 2017 New data has revealed that a hospital in Essex cancelled one in … Read more