Without action, A&Es will be unsafe for patients.
Here A&E Nurse, Mark Boothroyd explains why it’s vital we make the Winter Crisis Day of Action a success: As winter takes hold, A&E staff around the country are bracing for the worst time of […]
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Hancock must apply the brakes – technology in the NHS needs careful consideration
Former Culture secretary Matt Hancock is fundamentally in the wrong job. This Health Secretary pays precious little mind to the real and fundamental issues of understaffing and underfunding, the positive resolution of which would solve […]
Years of campaigning bring Charing Cross and Ealing hospital wins
Huge victory for local campaigners as plans to close Charing Cross Hospital and further downgrade Ealing Hospital have been stopped. On Monday 26 March, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that the proposed plan, ‘Shaping a […]
Today’s figures from NHS England show the worst waiting times since records began
Figures from NHS England released today back up the concerns of staff on the frontline that conditions are deteriorating in emergency departments and trusts across the UK. The report shows that due to underfunding and […]
The winter crisis is one of this government’s own making
Is the winter crisis a new phenomenon? A winter crisis in the NHS may not be an entirely new phenomenon, but the severity of it is. 2012-13 saw the first reports of a winter crisis, […]
Ministers refuse to rule out more mass operation cancellations or ringfence the £240m funding for social care
The Department of Health and Social Care will not ringfence £240m social care funding, nor guarantee mass surgical cancellations will not happen again this winter. At a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts yesterday […]
Plan to end Huddersfield A&E gets green light – campaigners see red
This week it was announced that the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has approved £196.5 million of capital funding for reconfiguration plans of hospital and community services in Huddersfield. On the […]
A booking system for A&E? It’s called Accident and Emergency for a reason
Another winter crisis now seems inevitable and the 4-hour A&E target has already been scrapped by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt. The latest desperate (and yes madcap) idea from this government in place of proper […]
Newsletter – September 2018
National KONP and NHS News Decision to strike Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba from the medical register overturned On Monday 13 August, after a battle that has lasted nearly three years, the court of appeal ruled that […]
Longer times to Dorset A&E and Maternity create patient risk.
Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group was forced to admit that 396 people per year would be at clinical risk due to longer journey times at our Save Poole A&E and Maternity + NHS beds Judicial Review […]