Patient safety fears prompt no confidence vote at trust
Staff at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust have passed a ‘no confidence vote’ in its senior management because of patient safety … Read more
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Revealed: 10 worst A&Es for waits
Full Story in BBC 12 April 2018 A&E waiting times have reached their highest levels in England – as a … Read more
Three month minimum waiting time bought in by NHS despite warning patients will suffer
Full Story in The Telegraph 18 February 2018 Patients will be forced to endure pain, disability and could even see … Read more
‘Lincoln walk-in centre closure will put even more pressure on A&E’
Full story in Lincolnshire Live, 25 January 2018 Lincoln MP Karen Lee is calling for Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to … Read more
The areas struggling most with cancer targets
Full Story in HSJ 24 January 2018 Cancer patients in three counties are at greater risk of death than elsewhere … Read more
Grantham A&E closure decision is referred to health secretary Jeremy Hunt
Full story in Grantham Journal, 17 January 2018 Members of a Lincolnshire committee have unanimously voted to refer the decision … Read more
Lincolnshire hospitals to postpone non-urgent operations due to squeeze on funding
Full story The Guardian, 16 November 2017 The NHS is under fire for forcing patients who need surgery to wait at least … Read more
Exclusive: Third trust reveals large neurology backlog
A trust in the East of England has become the latest to reveal it has hundreds of neurology patients overdue … Read more
Grantham A&E unit’s night closure policy to remain
A decision to close a hospital accident and emergency unit overnight has been backed by the government. United Lincolnshire Hospitals … Read more
Councillors to discuss closure of NHS walk in centre at public meeting
Discussions are taking place about the future of two NHS services in Lincolnshire. Councillors are considering their response to proposals … Read more