Ambulance staff to access patient mental health crisis plans
The system aims to help paramedics on the ground to make the right clinical decisions instead of taking the patient to A&E.
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Survey reveals ‘workforce crisis’ in NHS
Performance statistics throughout the last year have shown “strain on an already stretched system.”
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Health leaders call on PM to ‘end crisis in care’
Swingeing cuts in social care that have left around 1.4 million older people in England unable to access the care and support they need.
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Nursing degree applications at ‘crisis point’
Applications in England have fallen 29% since the bursary was removed in 2016.
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NHS has lost more than 6,000 beds in four years, says BMA
The NHS has lost more than 6,000 beds across the country over the last four years, according to new figures published by the British Medical Association (BMA).
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Performance on A&E target slips further
NHS hospital performance against the four-hour A&E target stood at just 74.96 percent, well under the 95 percent target, for the week ending March 11th, show the most recent data from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s Winter Flow Project.
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NHS hospitals advised to delay non-urgent care
NHS England is advising hospitals to defer non-urgent, elective operations and procedures until next month to help the health service deal with high pressures over the winter period.
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Doctors warn prime minister of threat to patient care
Members of the Council of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) have written to prime minister Theresa May to voice serious concerns over capacity and resources issues hitting the NHS.
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British Red Cross describes ‘humanitarian crisis’ in the NHS
The British Red Cross is now working in 20 A&E departments in the UK amid what the charity describes as a ‘humanitarian crisis’ in the National Health Service.
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