Keir Starmer to announce radical NHS changes to cut waiting times Patients in England to get direct referrals for tests without seeing consultant, but critics say plan is ‘deluded’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025
London's NHS 'bed blocking' crisis revealed: Number of fit patients stuck in hospital up 14% in a year Experts warn that bed shortages could lead to ‘bottlenecks’ in hospitals Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2024
Labour would use part of NHS budget to buy beds in care homes Party says plan would free up thousands of England hospital beds occupied by patients whose discharge has been delayed The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024
‘One part of the solution’: how virtual NHS wards are now a reality Patients can get hospital-level care at home through the use of apps and wearable devices, freeing up hospital beds The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024
NHS England chiefs accused of undermining doctors’ strike action BMA says request to return to work is down to ‘political pressure’ rather than ‘patient safety’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2024
‘It’s going to be a terrible winter’: ambulance queues warn of early crisis for NHS Despite Sunak’s plan to prevent another season of misery, embattled hospital staff feel little has changed from previous years The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2023
‘Hospitals favouring younger emergency patients’ A new study found that elderly people attending Accident & Emergency departments are less likely to be seen within target times. The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023
400,000 wait more than a day in A&E – figures The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said that it should be a ‘matter of national shame’. The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2023
Some A&Es in ‘complete state of crisis’ amid pressure on NHS, medics warn Health chiefs warn situation ‘intolerable and unsustainable’ with strain greater than at the peak of the Covid pandemic Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2023
Health expert calls for 'four nation emergency strategy' to solve crisis in NHS The UK Government should declare a national NHS major incident to rescue the healthcare system from the current crisis, a senior health official has… The National (Scotland) · Jan 1, 2023
Government should 'declare national NHS major incident' as service under same strain as first wave of Covid One leading medic has called on the government to take a bold step Manchester Evening News · Jan 1, 2023
Government should declare national NHS major incident, warns health chief The last time such a declaration was made was in March 2020 as Covid-19 began sweeping through hospitals. The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023
NHS patient care increasingly compromised, senior medic warns Overcrowding in A&E is putting people at risk and this is being exacerbated by staff absence due to Covid, the Society for Acute Medicine chief said. The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2022