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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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waiting times

Terminally ill woman ‘forced to sleep on floor’ while waiting in A&E

The Mirror reports that a terminally ill woman was forced to sleep on the floor while waiting in A&E. Madeleine … Read more

Categories Emergency Care Tags A&E, emergency care, waiting times

Figures show one in 20 patients in England wait at least four weeks to see GP

NHS figures have show that one in 20 patients has to wait at least four weeks to see a GP … Read more

Categories GPs Tags GPs, primary care, waiting times

Grim warnings as NHS plunged into another under-funded winter

All last year ministers promised to ensure the NHS was better able to cope this winter than it was last … Read more

Categories Winter crisis Tags A&E, urgent care, waiting times, winter crisis

A chilling warning from Britain’s most senior A&E doctor: Tory winter plan could kill thousands

The Independent reports that the government plans to prepare the NHS for winter have been criticised by the UK’s most senior A&E doctor, … Read more

Categories Winter crisis, Hospitals, Staffing Tags A&E, bed shortage, emergency care, hospital beds, hospitals, safety, waiting times, winter crisis

A&E delays linked to tens of thousands of patient deaths

Royal College of Emergency Medicine has analysed and report that A&E delays may have led to more than 20,000 patient … Read more

Categories Emergency Care, Hospitals, Treatment delays Tags A&E, excess deaths, hospitals, treatment delays, waiting times

To get NHS out of this hole – stop digging

In ten years from 2000 a decade of sustained investment by a New Labour government managed to repair much of the damage … Read more

Categories NHS videos, Funding, Infrastructure problems, Long-term plan Tags A&E, capacity, NHS reform, waiting lists, waiting times

A 39% increase in child referrals for mental health care in England in a year

The number of children in England needing treatment for serious mental health problems has risen by 39% in a year, official data … Read more

Categories Mental Health, Treatment delays Tags children, children's mental health, mental health, waiting lists, waiting times

Wave of hospitals declare critical incidents as they struggle to cope

Nursing Notes reports that a triple hit of Influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus is causing a spike in demand, … Read more

Categories Hospitals, Treatment delays, Winter crisis Tags A&E, coronavirus, critical incidents, hospitals, treatment delays, waiting times, winter crisis

Ambulance crews urged to conserve oxygen

HSJ reports that ambulance staff are being urged to conserve oxygen supplies because of a national shortage of small cylinders … Read more

Categories Hospitals, Treatment delays, Winter crisis Tags A&E, ambulance, hospitals, treatment delays, waiting times

Delays to mental health treatment in England ‘putting more children in care’

Delays to NHS treatment have led to an increasing number of emotionally troubled children being taken into care because their … Read more

Categories Mental Health Tags children's services, cuts to services, mental health, social care, 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