‘High’ risk to patients due to regional bed shortage, CQC warns
The risk of a patient taking their life is “high” in West Midlands’ mental health trusts due to a shortage … Read more
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Every London NHS trust misses A&E waiting target as winter crisis bites
The full extent of the NHS winter crisis was revealed today as figures showed that every health trust in London … Read more
A&E in England had worst delays ever in January, leak suggests
A&E patients in England experienced the worst month of delays in January since a four-hour target was introduced 13 years … Read more
NHS doctors call on prime minister to increase spending
About 2,000 senior NHS doctors have written to Prime Minister Theresa May to urge her to increase spending on health … Read more
NHS Health Check: Nine in 10 hospitals ‘overcrowded’ this winter
The number of patients on hospital wards in England has been at unsafe levels at nine out of 10 NHS … Read more
One in ten areas left without GP out-of-hours cover
Out-of-hours GP services are on a knife edge, with providers covering some four million patients admitting they have had overnight … Read more
Councils may cut social care provision due to underfunding, LGA says
Older and vulnerable people could stop receiving vital help to get out of bed, washed and dressed, because the underfunding … Read more
CCG cuts to smoking services will only exacerbate soaring care costs, says APPG
Smoking is costing local authorities and individuals an enormous £1.4bn in social care costs to cover the growing needs of … Read more
Paramedics spend 500,000 hours outside busy A&Es, say auditors
Paramedics last year spent 500,000 hours outside hospitals with a patient in the back of their ambulance because A&E staff … Read more
Ambulance services ‘not coping’ as demand rises
Ambulance crews are finding it “increasingly difficult to cope”, an audit of the service in England says. The warning by … Read more