HISTORICAL FACTS: Nhs digital - Caught on Camera

The real picture behind an apparent decline in vasectomy uptake

Letter: Dr Gareth James of the Association of Surgeons in Primary Care says the commonly quoted decline in vasectomy numbers needs careful interpretation

The Guardian - UK · May 14

NHS: six key challenges facing the Labour government

In 1997, Tony Blair’s election “pledge card” included a promise to cut NHS waiting lists, then totalling 1.16 million. Keir Starmer’s “first steps for change” include a similar pledge to cut waiting times, but his task is on a different scale, with 7.5 million people currently awaiting treatment. How did…

The Conversation · Jul 8, 2024

Complaints about GPs and dentists in London double in a decade, figures suggest

Separate figures published by NHS Digital show that the number of full-time GPs working in London has fallen by 3 per cent in a year

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2023

23,000 people died last year because of long waits at A&E, say experts

The RCEM found that in 2022 some 1,656,206 patients in England waited 12 hours or more from their time of arrival in an emergency department until they were admitted, transferred or discharged

Wales Online · Feb 28, 2023

A&E delays linked to tens of thousands of patient deaths, top doctors claim

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said the scale was ‘deeply distressing’

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

College claims 23,000 excess deaths in 2022 were ‘linked to A&E waits’

A new briefing paper by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine examined long waits and excess deaths.

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

Health leaders urged to focus on retaining GPs after numbers drop year on year

The figures also show the proportion of GPs in England working full time at local surgeries is at its lowest level since current records began.

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

GP numbers continue to fall but the UK isn't unique in losing family doctors

The 2019 Conservative manifesto promised to increase the UK’s GP numbers by 6,000 by 2024. That target will clearly not be met. In fact, the proportion of GPs working full time in England has fallen compared with last year, according to the latest figures from NHS Digital.

The Conversation · Feb 3, 2023

Britain's biggest health concerns unveiled as NHS lists top 10 most searched diseases

The health service has published data on its most frequently-visited web pages for medical conditions, giving us a picture of what the public searches for most often

Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2023

Top health concerns of the nation revealed

NHS Digital has detailed the main reasons people sought medical advice from its website.

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023