The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says figures show a continued trend of longer life expectancy for men and women. … Read More “UK men and women can expect to live longer”
The overall backlog has dropped again from 7.48 million to 7.46 million, while the estimated number of patients waiting is … Read More “Waiting list falls”
Core Competency #38 – Social services Establishes effective relationships between the practice and social care agencies to secure channels of … Read More “My Competencies”
Inspection reports for 14 GP practices have been delayed by months due to IT failures, the CQC has confirmed, following … Read More “CQC IT failure significantly delayed inspection”
Data published today by the NHS shows that 961 patients a day were in hospital with norovirus last week, up … Read More “Busiest week for hospitals this winter”
Thirty-five-year-old Jessie spent 550 days in Northampton General Hospital. For nearly all that time, she was medically fit to leave … Read More “Woman stuck for 18 months on an NHS ward”
The NHS has taken the decision to publish the report in full in line with the wishes of the families … Read More “Independent mental health homicide report”
Core Competency #37 – Community nursing Establishes effective relationships between junior staff and community nurses to secure channels of communication. … Read More “My Competencies”
The NHS has set out a new national ambition for 65% of patients to receive elective treatment within 18 weeks … Read More “Hundreds of thousands of patients to get faster access to NHS care”
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is being threatened with legal action if he does not ban the private sale of cross-sex … Read More “Campaigner launches bid to ban cross-sex hormones”