NHS bosses urge hospitals to send patients to private firms
Full story in The Guardian, 31 August 2018 NHS bosses have urged hospitals to send patients to be treated by … Read more
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NHS rationing putting hernia patients’ lives at risk, say surgeons
Patients with hernia problems are being left in pain and at risk of needing emergency surgery, and even of death, … Read more
Smokers forced to quit on their own after funding cuts
Full story in The Guardian, 15 July 2018. Thousands of smokers are being left without the support they need to … Read more
The NHS saves my life every day – we must do everything we can to protect it
Full story in The Independent, 2 July 2018 Free at the point of need. That for me, as we debate … Read more
‘Cuts leave scars’: thousands join protest over NHS funding
Full story in The Guardian, 30 June 2018 Tens of thousands of people have marched through London to mark the … Read more
Revealed: ‘Ludicrous’ CCG variation for care at home
Full story in the HSJ, 5 March 2018 There is dramatic variation across England in the rate of people with serious … Read more
Postcode lottery of care for breast cancer patients revealed
Women face “unacceptable differences” in breast cancer care across England, a new report has concluded. The All Party Parliamentary Group … Read more
GPs offered cash to refer fewer people to hospital
GPs are being offered cash payments not to refer patients to hospital, in a move which leading family doctors have … Read more
Protests over move to cut number of free treatments to be blocked
Full story in The Camden New Journal, 9 February 2018 Health bosses have drawn up a blacklist of treatments which … Read more
In a bid to gain extra funding, NHS plans to ration care access
NHS bosses are to meet to discuss plans to ration and delay patients’ access to care, which could set them … Read more