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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
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quality of care

Performance Watch: Stevens in firing line as A&E debate heats up

Simon Stevens’ comments about the four-hour target this week provoked a furious reaction from senior emergency medics, who have demanded … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags A&E, patient safety, quality of care

Trusts ‘limiting access’ to psychosis services

Struggling community teams have resorted to “limiting access” to services for seriously ill patients as investment fails to reach the … Read more

Categories Social Care Tags mental health, quality of care, treatment delays, underfunding

Half of NHS workers say they are too short staffed to deliver safe, dignified and compassionate care

Almost half of NHS workers on the front line say there are not enough staff on their shift to ensure … Read more

Categories Staffing, Quality of care Tags cuts to services, NHS staff, nursing, quality of care, safety, staff shortage, understaffing

Patients wait twice as long for ambulances when they become seriously ill at the GP, investigation finds

‘We had an hour’s delay for a lady with sepsis and respiratory failure, she subsequently died’ Patients whose GP spots symptoms … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags accountability, ambulance service, quality of care, safety

No commitment on waiting time targets in long-term plan

The NHS long-term plan has set no commitment on when the service will get back to meeting its core statutory … Read more

Categories NHS spending, Quality of care Tags hospitals, long-term plan, NHS reform, quality of care, secondary care, waiting lists, waiting times

Massive survey of doctors finds the majority fear for patient safety

Full story on ITV News, 20 September 2018 Staffing levels in the NHS are “inadequate” for patients to be receiving … Read more

Categories Staffing Tags doctors, hospitals, quality of care, safety, staff shortage, underfunding, understaffing

NHS summer crisis ‘worst on record’ as health service fails to meet cancer referral target

Full story in The Independent, 13 September 2018 The NHS has had its worst summer crisis on record, experts have warned, as the … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags A&E, cancer care, hospitals, patient safety, quality of care, treatment delays, waiting lists

NHS cancels 14% of operations at last minute, research finds

Full story in The Guardian, 7 September 2018. One in seven NHS hospital operations are being cancelled just before they … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags hospitals, quality of care, safety, staff shortage, treatment delays, underfunding, understaffing, waiting times

GPs urge £2.5bn extra cash injection from NHS England

Full story in The Guardian, 7 August 2018 Family doctors are demanding an emergency cash injection of £2.5bn to help … Read more

Categories NHS spending Tags GPs, quality of care, treatment delays, underfunding, waiting times

Nursing degree applications fall by a further 12%

Full story on Nursing Notes, 12 July 2018. The University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) has revealed today that the number … Read more

Categories Staffing Tags hospitals, nurses, quality of care, recruitment, staff shortage
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE