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  • 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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treatment delays

Ambulances waiting for hours outside Merseyside A&E

Full Story in Liverpool Echo 8 January 2018 Ambulances were left queuing for more than an hour outside Merseyside A&Es … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags A&E, ambulance service, cuts to services, safety, STP 8, treatment delays, waiting times, winter crisis

Thousands of operations are being cancelled as NHS Issue advice to patients

Full story at DevonLive 5 January 2018 The NHS in Devon has issued advice to patients after the Government cancelled … Read more

Categories STPs, Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags hospitals, STP 37, treatment delays

‘Extreme pressure’ leads ambulance trust to turn to private services

Full story in the NHE, 4 January 2018 The East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) has revealed it was forced to … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Staffing Tags A&E, ambulance service, hospitals, Privatisation, safety, treatment delays, underfunding, waiting times, winter crisis

‘Angry’ patients forced to wait for treatment due to backlog at Broomfield Hospital

Full story in Essex Live 2 January 2018 Around 12 to 13 ambulances from the East of England Ambulance Service … Read more

Categories Treatment delays, Quality of care Tags A&E, ambulance service, cuts to services, hospitals, stp 26, treatment delays, waiting lists, waiting times, winter crisis

One in seven appointments cancelled in Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals last year, doubling the national average

Full story at GetSurrey 7 December 2017 Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals (ASPH) cancelled one in seven appointments last year, … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags hospitals, STP 35, treatment delays

Care UK gives GPs operation price list

Full story in The Guardian, 5 December 2017 A private healthcare company has sent letters to hundreds of GPs setting … Read more

Categories Rationing Tags cuts to services, GPs, Privatisation, treatment delays, waiting lists, waiting times

One in seven appointments cancelled at Southend Hospital last year

Full story in Essex Live 4 December 2017 New data has revealed that a hospital in Essex cancelled one in … Read more

Categories Treatment delays, Quality of care, Staffing Tags cuts to services, hospitals, staff shortage, stp 26, treatment delays, waiting times

Report warns that NHS austerity is impacting mortality rates and life expectancy

Full story in Pulse, 29 November 2017 Policy makers need to ‘take heed of early warning signs’ and end health … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags Academic reports, treatment delays, underfunding

Plan to move seriously ill patients by Essex hospitals

Full story on BBC News 15 November 2017 Seriously ill patients face being transferred between three Essex hospitals under plans … Read more

Categories Quality of care, STPs Tags A&E, ambulance service, CCGs, cuts to services, hospitals, safety, stp 26, treatment delays

MPs urge action on lengthy wait for autism diagnosis

Parents of children with suspected autism are having to wait at least 44 months for diagnoses, prompting a cross-party group … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags children's health, treatment delays, underfunding, waiting times
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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