Furnivall et al, in the British Medical Journal, found that there was a 9.75 per cent increase in deaths in A&E units (31 more deaths) in strike weeks compared to …
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With ambulance response times now stretching further and further into hours and hours, each day seems to bring another horror story. At the end of December, A 93-year-old woman with …
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Outlandish horror stories have become common. Here are some I heard personally over the holiday period about our No Hope Service. A charming GP from Kent, whom I met at …
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The unions are well aware that the run up to Christmas is a time of prayer and ala in an average year, but this happens when the health service is …
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Failures in the NHS mean I still don’t know if I’m clear of cancer
by Ozva Adminby Ozva AdminIf Labor wins the next election, and Streeting is confident of victory, while taking pains to say the party is not “cocky” about it, few believe the health secretary will …
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Bed-blocking is a deadly crisis for patients and the NHS – so what’s the cure?
by Ozva Adminby Ozva AdminThere is pressure, for example, to create “virtual wards” of remotely monitored patients at home rather than languishing on the wards. NHS England wants to free up an additional 7,000 …