Paramedics spend 500,000 hours outside busy A&Es, say auditors
Paramedics last year spent 500,000 hours outside hospitals with a patient in the back of their ambulance because A&E staff … Read more
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Ambulance services ‘not coping’ as demand rises
Ambulance crews are finding it “increasingly difficult to cope”, an audit of the service in England says. The warning by … Read more
Public health nursing roles ‘must be preserved’ to improve UK children’s health
Health visiting and school nursing services “must be preserved” if the UK is to make strides in improving children’s health, … Read more
Cutting hospital beds would be “lunacy,” warns senior emergency doctor
Plans to reduce bed capacity in some NHS hospitals are “lunacy” against the current backdrop of rising demand and high … Read more
Charges proposed for out-of-hours GP appointments in England
Patients could face paying their family doctors for out-of-hours appointments and minor procedures that fall outside the surgery’s contracted NHS … Read more
Is the NHS in crisis?
The chairman of the Leeds Health Scrutiny Board certainly thinks so. In a letter to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Coun … Read more
Thousands of patients could be forced into care homes due to CCG cuts
Thousands of patients could be forced into residential care as a result of clinical commissioning groups restricting funding for care … Read more
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
A week after Theresa May’s speech on mental health, a women’s psychiatric ward is closing due to cuts
Despite overwhelming opposition expressed during a two-month public consultation, Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) decided on Tuesday to decommission the … Read more
Will Bristol’s NHS survive £305M slash in budget? Councillors debate breaking point for service
Plans to cut £305 million from the Bristol area’s NHS funding will result in fewer hospital beds, closure of services … Read more