NHS letting down stroke patients with a ‘postcode lottery rehabilitation’
Patients are failing to recover from a stroke or a heart attack after being discharged from hospitals as the NHS … Read more
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Report on mental health from Children’s Commissioner shows huge disparity across the country in treatment
On 30 January 2020, Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, published her third annual children’s mental health briefing, ‘The … Read more
‘Unacceptable’ cancer and elective waiting times are ‘risking patients’ lives’
Only one in three trusts are meeting cancer waiting time targets. Patients are facing “unacceptable” and “agonising” delays for both … Read more
Sexual health clinics are on the austerity front line – and now STIs are surging
Just hours after the news broke that sexually transmitted infections have reached a 40-year high, another three clinics were shut down, this time … Read more
Diabetes patients denied new device in ‘postcode lottery’ rollout
Tens of thousands of people living with type 1 diabetes in England are being refused access to devices that could … Read more
People in mental health crisis neglected by NHS, MPs warn
Full story in The Guardian, 16 October 2018 Growing numbers of people who experience a mental health crisis are having … Read more
Child mental health services ‘not fit for purpose’, says top psychiatrist
Full story in Pulse, 24 September 2018 Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) services across England are so overstretched … Read more
Millions of patients denied use of a wheelchair
Full story in The Guardian, 27 July 2018. More than 4 million people a year have been denied the use … Read more
Autistic people wait years for diagnosis in some parts of England
Full story in The Guardian, 18 July 2018. People with suspected autism are being forced to wait more than two … Read more
Some women no longer have access to IVF in Bath and Somerset
Full story at Somerset Live 3 April 2018 Health chiefs say limiting access to fertility treatments in Bath and North … Read more