Patients suffering as direct result of NHS wait-time failures

Patients suffering as direct result of NHS wait-time failures

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/08/patients-suffering-direct-result-nhs-wait-time-failures By Denis Campbelland Pamela Duncan Doctors speak out as figures show NHS England has recorded its worst ever performance Patients are suffering as a direct result of the NHS’s inability to meet key waiting-time targets, doctors have warned. Doctors’ leaders spoke out after figures showed that the NHS in England recorded its worst ever performance last…

With the NHS, reality has finally caught up with Theresa May

With the NHS, reality has finally caught up with Theresa May

ByMatthew Betteridge

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…

Ex-NHS chief backs doctors’ warning over ID checks on patients

Ex-NHS chief backs doctors’ warning over ID checks on patients

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/11/ex-nhs-chief-backs-doctors-warning-id-checks-patients By:Damien Gayle Critics say rules to tackle health tourism could deter sick people from seeking treatment and lead to racial profiling A former chief executive of the NHS is among 1,000 signatories to a letter to the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, warning of the risks posed by imposing identification checks…

May’s uncaring snub on pay is an insult to us NHS nurses who give our all

May’s uncaring snub on pay is an insult to us NHS nurses who give our all

ByMatthew Betteridge

After 20 years in the profession things have never been this bad – no wonder the NHS is haemorrhaging staff How would you feel if you went to work, and your first task was to sit with a dying patient and make sure that their death was dignified? Then you laid them out and comforted…

NHS waiting times ‘driving people to turn to private treatment’

NHS waiting times ‘driving people to turn to private treatment’

ByMatthew Betteridge

Report says private providers have seen 15 to 25% annual rise in ‘self-payers’ as patients resort to using savings or loans Growing numbers of patients are paying for private treatment to beat rationing and delays for treatment imposed by the cash-strapped NHS. People who do not have health insurance are increasingly paying up to £14,880 for…