Ambulance 999 call centre at risk of closure
A 999 emergency call centre run by East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) is at risk of closure, the trust has ...
Wales' creaking NHS hits grim milestone as troubles grow
The number of people waiting for an appointment with a hospital consultant in Wales has hit nearly 800,000 as the waiting ...
Bedford T&C1d
Bedford ambulance 999 call centre at risk of closure - but Trust says no decisions have been made
The future of an ambulance call centre in Bedford is under threat as the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) ...
Death of Surrey man who waited more than three hours for ambulance triggers coroner's concerns
Surrey’s assistant coroner Susan Ridge ruled that Mr Ross died of multiple organ failure after his accidental fall. Ms Ridge ...
Inefficiencies, politicisation and ‘lack of compassion’: the NHS problems that money cannot fix
From newborns dying from “a catalogue of errors” to fighting allegations of “ lack of compassion and clinical curiosity ” ...
Waiting eight hours in an ambulance in hospital car park
"The new normal" - eight hour wait times in ambulances outside A&E. BBC journalist Colette Hume waited eight hours with her ...
BBC reporter's 8-hour wait outside A&E in ambulance
Figures from a recent Freedom of Information request to BBC Wales revealed more than 2,000 ambulances spent more than four hours outside A&Es in Wales waiting to hand over patients in May. There have ...
Uber to take NHS patients to hospital to curb no-shows
Uber drivers will take NHS patients to hospital in an attempt to reduce the number of appointments missed, The Telegraph can ...
Blackpool Gazette on MSN1d
Figures show a rise in seriously ill patients needing an emergency ambulance in Blackpool and the Fylde coast
New figures show there is more pressure on ambulance crews on the Fylde coast as the number of calls to attend the most ...
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I used the NHS and private healthcare this summer – this is the real difference
Over the last decade, there’ve been growing murmurs about “privatisation by stealth” – from increased outsourcing of NHS ...
Scottish NHS to be pushed to ‘edge of collapse’ this winter, say doctors
The Scottish NHS faces being pushed to the “edge of collapse” this winter, doctors have warned, after extra cash to help ...
Woman had eight-hour wait in the back of an ambulance for hospital bed in Cornwall
A woman from Bude spent more than eight hours waiting in the back of an ambulance to be seen at Royal Cornwall Hospital due ...