GP workforce shrunk over the past year in major blow to 5,000 target
The number of GPs working in the NHS in England has dropped in the past year, striking a blow to … Read more
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NHS Hospital wards left with ‘dangerously low levels of nurses’
Hospitals are running wards with a dangerously low number of nurses and are using healthcare workers as “stand-ins”, according to a … Read more
Hospitals across UK cancelling ‘urgent’ cancer operations as NHS winter crisis worsens
Hospitals across the UK are cancelling “urgent” cancer operations as the NHS winter crisis worsens. Some patients have reportedly been … Read more
Crisis, what NHS crisis? Theresa May must stop this denial – Jan Filochowski
A few months into my first job in the NHS, some 38 years ago, I watched Prime Minister Jim Callaghan … Read more
Private beds bought to cope with lack of mental health beds in Devon
Attempts to cope with a lack of mental health hospital beds in Devon, which include purchasing private beds, has been … Read more
How the ‘humanitarian’ crisis in the NHS is paving the way for private healthcare
It has been a calamitous winter inside the NHS. Last week, three people tragically died at Worcestershire Royal hospital with … Read more
More than 20 NHS hospitals on ‘black alert’ amid reports of patients left in ambulances
Overcrowding in NHS hospitals has become so severe that last week more than 20 trusts issued ‘black alerts’, meaning they … Read more
Struggling hospitals brace for further spike in demand during cold snap
Freezing temperatures across the UK risk plunging struggling hospitals into a deeper crisis as the NHS enters its busiest three … Read more
Patients’ beds taken DURING operations at Royal London hospital
Patients at the biggest hospital in Europe are returning from operations to find their bed already taken by another person, … Read more
Hospitals put adults on children’s wards to ease NHS crisis
Two hospitals in London have used children’s wards for adults patients to try and ease the current NHS crisis. Croydon … Read more