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
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Lincolnshire hospitals to postpone non-urgent operations due to squeeze on funding
Full story The Guardian, 16 November 2017 The NHS is under fire for forcing patients who need surgery to wait at least … Read more
A&E wait times of more than four hours to affect a million more people
A million more patients could face waits of more than four hours in NHS A&E wards in England by 2019-20 … Read more
NHS waiting times: hospital bosses fear ‘a return to 1999’
Hospital bosses have taken the unusual step of publicly drawing attention to the NHS’s declining ability to treat patients quickly … Read more
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
Revealed: NHS’s plans to bar patients from attending A&E without a referral
NHS England is considering pilots to stop walk-in patients attending A&E departments, requiring them to be referred by a GP … Read more
NHS patients going blind and missing cancer treatments due to hospital failings, report finds
Patients in Cornwall died after waiting too long for heart treatment, while others were left to go blind, according to a damning … Read more
Analysis: Highest number of patients waiting a year for treatment since 2008
The number of patients waiting more than a year to be treated on an elective pathway has more than doubled … Read more
Falling number of NHS child psychiatrists provokes ‘deep concern’
The number of NHS psychiatrists helping troubled children and young people in England is falling despite the growing demand for care, new … Read more
Exposed: ‘secretive’ NHS cost-cutting plans include children’s care
diagnostics and treatment for children with complex needs are among services earmarked for cost-cutting plans considered by the NHS to … Read more