Strike action across England this week will see unprecedented disruption to NHS services, England’s top doctor has warned today. Professor Sir Stephen Powis said that it had been a challenged bank holiday weekend for hospitals in England and that the industrial action by junior doctors, starting at 7am tomorrow, would bring ‘immense pressure’ on services….
This article was taken from: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2021/06/nhs-roll-out-of-body-cams-in-boost-to-ambulance-crews-safety/ By NHS England Thousands of ambulance crews across the country will be provided with body cameras as part of an NHS crackdown to reduce attacks on staff. The introduction of the cameras comes alongside data that 3,569 ambulance staff were physically assaulted by the public last year –…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51046616 By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Huge pressures at hospitals across the NHS over the last month have led to long delays for patients seeking emergency care, figures suggest. The NHS England December data showed record delays in A&E with one in five patients waiting more than four hours. A…
This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/plans-to-ditch-nhs-four-hour-ae-target-11662093 By Paul Kelso, health correspondent Special changes will impact mental health patients, those seeking a cancer diagnosis and heart attack sufferers. The four-hour A&E waiting time target – used as a measure of hospital performance – could be abandoned in favour of a series of new standards under proposals that…
This article was taken from: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/record-number-of-ae-patients-given-beds-in-england-hospitals-a3984781.html By Ross Lydall A record number of A&E patients were so sick they had to be admitted to hospital last month, NHS England figures show today. A total of 547,000 people who came to A&E had to be found a bed on a ward — 6.6 per cent up on last October. It…