NHS close to meltdown, according to Brighton A&E consultant
Full article at Brighton and Hove News 25 December 2017 The NHS is close to meltdown, according to Brighton accident … Read more
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A&E four hour performance figures well under NHS England’s standard
Full story in Pulse, 5 December 2017 Only 82.45% of A&E departments are currently meeting the target of seeing patients … Read more
Budget 2017: NHS trusts given extra £350m for entire winter
Full story in The Independent, 23 November 2017 The NHS has been given £350m to see it through the winter in the … Read more
Hammond’s £1.6bn cash for the NHS is less than half of £4bn needed
Full story in The Guardian, 23 November 2017 Philip Hammond has bowed to intense pressure to give the NHS more money … Read more
Non-partisan debate on future of NHS requested by cross-party MPs
Full story in The Guardian, 18 November 2017 Ninety MPs including several senior Tories have urged Theresa May to launch … Read more
NHS target to manage winter crisis “totally unrealistic”
Full story in The Guardian, 18 November 2017 Health service chiefs have been declared “barking mad” for ordering hospitals to … Read more
Watchdog warns that NHS faces even worse winter crisis than last year
Full story in The Guardian, 16 November 2017 The NHS is in an “extremely challenging” position with winter approaching because hospitals have … Read more
The NHS needs £24bn more by 2022
Full story The Guardian, 8 November 2017 The NHS will need up to £24bn more by 2022 than Theresa May plans to give … 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
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