Child mental health services ‘not fit for purpose’, says top psychiatrist
Full story in Pulse, 24 September 2018 Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) services across England are so overstretched … Read more
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Mental health patients sent 300 miles from home due to lack of beds
Full story in The Guardian, 17 September 2018 Patients with serious mental health problems are being sent more than 300 … Read more
Ambulance trust to send occupied vehicles to new emergency calls
Full story in The Guardian, 16 September 2018 A struggling ambulance trust hopes to improve response times by sending ambulances … Read more
NHS mental health crisis worsens as 2,000 staff quit per month
Full story in The Guardian, 15 September 2018 Thousands of nurses, therapists and psychiatrists are quitting NHS mental health services, … Read more
NHS summer crisis ‘worst on record’ as health service fails to meet cancer referral target
Full story in The Independent, 13 September 2018 The NHS has had its worst summer crisis on record, experts have warned, as the … Read more
NHS cancels 14% of operations at last minute, research finds
Full story in The Guardian, 7 September 2018. One in seven NHS hospital operations are being cancelled just before they … Read more
GPs urge £2.5bn extra cash injection from NHS England
Full story in The Guardian, 7 August 2018 Family doctors are demanding an emergency cash injection of £2.5bn to help … Read more
Autistic people wait years for diagnosis in some parts of England
Full story in The Guardian, 18 July 2018. People with suspected autism are being forced to wait more than two … Read more
NHS rationing putting hernia patients’ lives at risk, say surgeons
Patients with hernia problems are being left in pain and at risk of needing emergency surgery, and even of death, … Read more
NHS operation waiting lists reach 10-year high at 4.3m patients
Full story in The Guardian, 13 July 2018. The number of patients waiting for an operation on the NHS has … Read more