Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images NHS bosses have been dealing with the competing priorities of taming costs while trying to reduce backlogs Access to hospital treatments is being restricted in many areas of England as the NHS struggles to balance its books, the BBC has learnt. Regional health boards have ordered some hospitals to cut … Read more
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images The number of patients in hospital in England with influenza has risen by more than 50% in the past week, with NHS bosses warning there is no sign of “super flu” peaking yet. In the week up to Sunday there were 2,660 flu cases a day on average in hospital … Read more
Staff, patients and visitors are being asked to wear face masks at three hospital sites as flu cases rise. The measure has been brought in at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot, Berkshire and Frimley Park Hospital near Camberley, Surrey. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the sites, said the number … Read more
The number of flu patients in hospital has hit a record high in England for this time of year with NHS leaders warning the county is facing an unprecedented flu season. NHS figures show there were an average of 1,700 patients in hospital with flu last week – that is more than 50% higher than … Read more
Michael Buchanan,Social affairs correspondent and Adam Eley,BBC News Family handout Greg Marshall’s Medtronic heart pump malfunctioned and he died three years later aged 26 Dozens of patients were put at risk after two of the UK’s leading transplant centres continued fitting a heart device – despite knowing of concerns it had a higher mortality rate than … Read more
Chloe Hayward, Nick Triggle & Daniel WainwrightBBC News BBC Just three trusts out of 121 in England are treating cancer patients quickly enough Almost every hospital trust in England is failing to meet the key NHS waiting time target for cancer care, BBC analysis shows. Just three trusts out of 121 in England are treating … Read more
The Karnataka government has entrusted the Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust (SAST) with the authority to register hospitals under the ‘Karnataka Arogya Sanjeevini Yojane’, a scheme aimed at providing cashless medical treatment to State government employees and their dependent family members. According to a government order, 186 government hospitals and 70 private hospitals have already been … Read more
Andy GiddingsShropshire and Victoria ScheerLeeds Getty Images The “rapid review” is now focusing on 12 English NHS trusts, with a report due by December Two NHS trusts have been removed from a review of maternity failings across England. Trusts in Shropshire and Leeds have been dropped from the government’s rapid reviews of “failures in the … Read more
Jessica LawrenceBBC News NI BBC Elaine Agnew has had her operation cancelled which she has been waiting nearly a year for “Significant” IT issues at services across the Southern Health Trust will continue into Thursday with the majority of planned surgery and out-patient hospital appointments being cancelled. A major incident is still ongoing at sites, … Read more
Getty Images Doctors say the NHS is struggling to meet demand in England as new data shows the waiting list for routine treatment increasing for the second month in a row. An estimated 7.4m planned procedures were waiting to be carried out in July, up 34,000 on the previous month and the highest level since … Read more