NHS straining at the seams year before 70th birthday, finds regulator
The NHS is in danger of a sharp decline in its services around its 70th birthday next year, with the risk of … Read more
winter crisis
Strained NHS faces ‘winter of woe’, warn top doctors
A lack of hospital beds means the NHS is facing a “winter of woe”, senior doctors have warned, as new … Read more
NHS warns of ‘dangerous’ beds shortage this winter
Patients could die this winter because the NHS is alarmingly unprepared to deal with the surge of people who fall ill during … Read more
The NHS needs more money now or the country will face another winter of discontent – Chris Hopson
Last winter was widely regarded as the toughest for the NHS in recent times. There’s always concern at winter time about … Read more
‘Serious concerns’ over new bed occupancy target ahead of winter
Leading clinicians have raised serious patient safety and efficiency concerns about a new 92 per cent bed occupancy benchmark for … Read more
£1bn bedblocking fund not being spent properly, say 40% of hospitals
More than 40% of British hospitals say they cannot guarantee patients will receive safe care next winter because a sum … Read more
Unprecedented winter bed pressure revealed in new stats
Acute bed occupancy hit a record high in the final quarter of 2016-17, while a long-term reduction in the number … Read more
NHS staff ask ‘least bad’ patients to sleep in corridors amid hospital demand crisis
Patients are being asked to volunteer to sleep in corridors in order to free up spaces on overrun NHS wards, … Read more
Our entire country is in denial about the NHS, including Philip Hammond
Imagine a large barrel that we pull apart, reconstruct and expand (at considerable expense) every year. Imagine we need to … Read more
Every London NHS trust misses A&E waiting target as winter crisis bites
The full extent of the NHS winter crisis was revealed today as figures showed that every health trust in London … Read more