More patients waiting too long in A&E despite it being NHS priority
The NHS is taking longer to treat patients attending accident and emergency departments despite ministers and health officials making A&E … Read more
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Exclusive: NHS needs 5,000 more beds, warn leading A&E doctors
The NHS needs at least 5,000 more beds to achieve safe bed occupancy levels and hit the four hour waiting time … Read more
NHS bosses warn of mental health crisis with long waits for treatment
Mental health services are so overwhelmed by soaring demand that patients are facing long delays to access care, a powerful … Read more
More patients waiting longer than a week for GP appointments
Growing numbers of patient are waiting a week or more to see their GP or are unable to get an … Read more
Hundreds wait over an hour for transfer from ambulance to Doncaster hospital A&E
Under official Government guidelines, no patients are supposed to have to wait an hour while they are transferred from the … Read more
Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust is rated as inadequate by CQC inpsectors
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has been rated as inadequate by government inspectors. Concerns were raised over leadership, patients being … Read more
Delays to care after oral surgery clinic shut down at West Suffolk Hospital
Hundreds of patients have been left without the oral surgery clinic at West Suffolk Hospital, after the service was shut … Read more
HSJ Exclusive: New national savings drive will ‘challenge the values’ of NHS leaders
Closing wards and services, blocking choice of private providers, systematically extending waiting times, and stopping some treatments are all being … Read more
Thousands of children’s operations cancelled each year, NHS figures show
Paediatricians’ leader says figures obtained by Labour are further evidence NHS is being pushed to the brink. Thousands of operations … Read more
Long waits for surgery ‘have tripled in four years’
The number of patients waiting six months or more for surgery has tripled over the past four years in England, … Read more