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
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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
Capacity to handle 999 calls at risk, warns London ambulance service
Britain’s busiest NHS ambulance service may no longer be able to answer all 999 calls quickly enough because its control … 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
Exclusive: Vanguards dent emergency admissions but not bed days
National new care model vanguard projects have not had a major impact on hospital bed days, official data obtained by HSJ suggests. … Read more
Satisfaction with GPs at lowest level for 30 years, survey finds
Public satisfaction with GP services has fallen to the lowest level in 30 years and dissatisfaction with the NHS overall … Read more
A ‘staggering increase’ in cancelled operations
Full story in The Independent, 25 February 2018 Patients are facing delays to life-saving treatment amid warnings over a “staggering increase” in cancellations 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
Demand 94% higher than expected causes ‘massive’ waits for 111 callers in Essex
Full Story in East Anglian Daily Times 30 January 2018 Unwell people in north-east Essex faced “massive” delays reaching the … Read more