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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
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NHS needs 10,000 extra hospital beds this winter to keep patients safe, BMA warns

The NHS has been warned it needs 10,000 additional hospital beds this winter in order to keep patients safe. The British Medical Association (BMA) … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags A&E, hospitals, NHS staff, safety, underfunding, winter crisis

Too many baby deaths avoidable, report into NHS finds

Full story The Guardian, 13 November 2018 Seven out of 10 stillbirths, neonatal deaths and babies brain damaged at birth … Read more

Categories Staffing, NHS spending Tags cuts to services, maternity, midwives, safety, staff shortage

Eye patients harmed after acute trust’s waiting list spirals

Full story in The HSJ, 31 October 2018 Nearly 40 eye patients have suffered a worsening of their condition because … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Rationing Tags cuts to services, hospitals, ophthalmology, safety, STP 42, waiting times

Trusts using HCAs in place of nurses

Full story in HSJ, 18 October 2018 NHS trusts recruited a higher percentage of healthcare assistants than nurses over a … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Staffing Tags hospitals, NHS staff, nurses, recruitment, safety, understaffing

NHS watchdog warns good healthcare is becoming more of a postcode lottery

Full story in The Guardian, 11 October 2018 Patients in England are increasingly being subjected to “care injustice” in which … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags community health, CQC, GPs, hospitals, safety

Body parts scandal: firm stripped of NHS contracts

Full story in The Guardian, 9 October 2018 Healthcare Environment Services (HES) has been stripped of NHS contracts after hundreds … Read more

Categories NATIONAL Tags hospitals, Privatisation, safety

Delays in NHS mental health treatment ‘ruining lives’

Full story in The Guardian, 9 October 2018 People with mental health problems are waiting so long for NHS care … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags mental health, safety, treatment delays, waiting lists

NHS hospitals ‘unsafe’ for diabetics as quarter of a million experienced potentially life threatening errors last year, charity warns

Full story in The Independent, 7 October 2018 Diabetic patients in NHS hospitals are being put at risk of serious … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags emergency care, hospitals, patient safety, safety

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

Ambulance trust to send occupied vehicles to new emergency calls

Full story in The Guardian, 16 September 2018 A struggling ambulance trust hopes to improve response times by sending ambulances … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags A&E, ambulance service, cuts to services, safety, staff shortage, treatment delays
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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