DIY dentistry on the rise as 90% of NHS practices not seeing new patients
The director of the Healthwatch England watchdog has warned that incidents of DIY dentistry, including people using superglue to stick … Read more
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‘Outrageous’ long A&E waits for mental health patients increase 150pc
Research by the HSJ, has found that mental health patients who arrive at emergency departments in crisis are increasingly facing … Read more
More than 150 critical care products removed from normal order channels
The HSJ reports that hospitals can no longer order around 150 of critical care products through normal channels because of … Read more
Restriction of specialist referrals under new NHS ‘rationing’ plan for London
A controversial programme of NHS “rationing” is to be introduced in London, including GPs being urged not to refer patients … Read more
Postcode lottery forcing patients to register with out-of-area practices to ‘get around it’
Minister Jackie Doyle reported that patients are registering at out-of-area surgeries in order to access IVF services. There has been … Read more
The government is tinkering around the edges of the mental health crisis facing young people – Barbara Keeley
More children are developing mental health problems as the problem with funding children’s mental health services rises. As it stands, … Read more
NHS IVF treatment to be cut permanently in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire
In 2017 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group ended funding for IVF treatment for all patients with the exception of … 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
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
Hundreds turn out in protest at plans to remove stroke unit from Margate’s QEQM Hospital
Fully story in The Isle of Thanet News, 6 October 2018 Hundreds of campaigners turned out today (October 6) to … Read more