Unless quick action is taken on staffing NHS risks more cancelled procedures in 2018
Full Story in National Health Executive 12 March 2018 The NHS is being “pushed to its limit,” according the Royal … Read more
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Patients urged to write to MPs over NHS as A&E perfomance hits all-time low
Full Story in the Eastern Daily Press 9 March 2018 The county’s busiest hospital recorded the worst A&E performance in … Read more
Patients’ panel says Leicester operations postponements ‘alarming’
Full Story in Leicester Mercury 8 March 2018 A patients’ panel has expressed alarm at the scale of cancelled hospital … Read more
Computer crisis hits Addenbrooke’s again forcing it to cancel operations
Full Story in Cambridge News 6 March 2018 Patients faced another day of misery after Addenbrooke’s Hospital was hit by … Read more
Protest to mark eight months of no 24/7 A&E
The Protect Our NHS North Somerset group meets monthly atWeston General Hospital to mark the ward’s temporary overnight closure, which … Read more
NHS spending £350m a year to send mental health patients miles from home
The NHS is reliant on private mental health services to treat seriously ill patients, often miles away from loved ones, … Read more
Birmingham trusts plan new partnership to fix CAMHS
Article from HSJ, 28 February 2018 Child mental health services in Birmingham and Solihull are set to be redesigned for … Read more
Medway: Some non-urgent ops cancelled
The NHS Medway Foundation Trust has cancelled some non-urgent planned operations and outpatient appointments. Bosses say they’re getting in touch … Read more
Ambulances stuck at A&E ‘unable to respond quickly to 999 calls’
Full story in The Guardian, 18 February 2018 Patients who have a stroke or heart attack are at risk of … 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