…the spotlight. The latest performance figures show the NHS is struggling to cope with winter demand for emergency admissions and to maintain elective services with 95% of beds occupied even…
…saves lives? Importance of waiting times Some complex statistical comparisons produce evidence that larger mortality reductions flow from the reduced waiting times: there is no relationship between numbers of admissions…
…nCoV across 24 countries (latest) – 259 people have died and that number is expected to rise. Two cases have so far been confirmed in the UK, although a planeload…
New research in the USA has exposed the lack of evidence that; costly and complex data-led attempts to target the small number of patients with complex medical and social needs…
…2017 two patients died on trolleys in Worcester’s A&E. The CQC’s latest report now also points to patients being treated in corridors “as standard” – a problem they noted back…
…scans on NHS patients performed by the company is already taking place. The company had provided sonography services across much of Greater Manchester, including in Rochdale, Wigan and Oldham, over…
…health chiefs to offer a five-year patient transport contract to South Central Ambulance Service. The failure of Medi 1 is the latest in a long line of failed companies involved…
The Royal College of Midwives’ latest survey of the state of midwifery departments paints a difficult picture of staff shortages, a lack of funding and low morale. Midwife vacancies have…
…And it seems clear that the reduction in the latest figures comes despite and not because of the government, which has failed to deliver the promised financial or practical support,…