This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/07/nhs-falling-apart-theresa-may-evasions-crisis By Zoe Williams The prime minister’s evasions and blandness used to work. But the winter crisis has left her floundering, and with no plan to end the misery It was like watching an anxiety dream: you’ve been made prime minister, but you don’t know why. Andrew Marr is interviewing you on the…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/04/nhs-qa-why-is-nhs-under-most-intense-pressure-in-decades By Phillip Inman and Denis Campbell We look at the key crises facing the NHS – and the government’s proposed solutions to the increased strains on staff, beds and budgets The NHS is facing the most intense strain on resources in decades as a result of flu, bad weather and an increase in patients…
This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-frontline-doctor-reveals-reality-of-overstretched-hospitals-11194127 By Sky News The NHS has reached breaking point, with up to 55,000 non-urgent operations cancelled as doctors attempt to treat patients. A London doctor tells Sky News what it is like to work in an overstretched NHS hospital where he says medics are desperately trying to treat hundreds of…
This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-england-figures-set-to-lay-bare-unprecedented-pressure-on-health-service-11194776 By Jason Farrell, Senior Political Correspondent NHS England’s weekly stats should explain what has led to thousands of routine operations being postponed Figures due to be published on Thursday are expected to confirm anecdotal evidence that the NHS is more stretched than ever before. NHS England’s weekly operational statistics will show…
This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/02/dont-waste-time-nhs-pleads-17-million-needless-visits/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Health officials are urging the public not to heap pressures on Accident & Emergency units, as they reveal up to 17 million hospital visits a year may be needless. Jane Cummings, NHS chief nursing officer, urged people to turn to pharmacists and 111 whenever possible, as she…