BMA calls on Wes Streeting to be equally positive and says 11th-hour talks before five-day stoppage came too late but were encouraging Resident doctors have said they will approach talks with Wes Streeting with a “can-do spirit” to avoid further strikes in the new year, as their five-day action ended on Monday morning. The British … Read more
Impossible to judge safety or effectiveness as adult clinics not systematically recording outcomes, Dr David Levy finds Doctors treating vulnerable patients with gender dysphoria have no way of assessing whether the NHS treatment provided has worked because outcomes are not systematically recorded, a damning official inquiry into the clinics has found. Waiting times for a … Read more
In today’s newsletter: The government’s clash with resident doctors has hardened into one of the most bitter public-sector disputes since austerity began Good morning. The “moment of crisis” for the NHS that led Keir Starmer to warn resident doctors not to strike this week is already upon us as a winter flu epidemic sweeps the … Read more
Health secretary announces investigation into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust that has seen young patients take their own lives A public inquiry will be held into the failures of a north-east NHS foundation after the deaths of several patients, Wes Streeting has confirmed. The health secretary made the announcement in Darlington, speaking to the … Read more
Valerie Amos’s investigation finds women let down and slow progress on reforms, with ‘devastating consequences’ Victims of NHS maternity failings received “unacceptable care”, leading to “tragic consequences”, the head of an investigation into maternity care in England has said. Changes within services have been too slow despite being necessary and urgent, according to a report … Read more
Average of 1,717 flu patients in beds last week, up 56% on a year ago, after ‘unusually early’ start to season The NHS is facing an “unprecedented flu wave”, a senior healthcare leader said, as the number of people with the illness in hospitals across England hit a record high. The statistics, published by NHS … Read more
Clinicians in deprived areas are overwhelmed by generational ill health and poverty Leaked report shows culture of bullying at NHS hospital The findings of the report into Blackpool Victoria hospital are as shocking as they are damning: a culture of bullying, racial discrimination and harassment that has contributed to a staff exodus with a direct … Read more
Soaring demand has led to ‘shocking’ rise in untreated patients leaving NHS emergency departments in England, data shows The number of people in England walking out of A&E without treatment has tripled in the past six years, new figures show. Analysis of NHS data by the Royal College of Nursing shows soaring demand for urgent … Read more
Re:State thinktank says role hospitals play needs ‘fundamental reinvention’ to deliver better care for patients Hospitals need to become smaller, with fewer beds, to help save the NHS from its “permacrisis”, a thinktank has said. The role hospitals play needs to undergo “a fundamental reinvention” to help them escape the overcrowding that has become widespread … Read more
Shortage of specialist doctors means service is in crisis, says chair of Royal College of Pathologists committee Bereaved parents are enduring “harrowing” delays of more than a year to find out why their child died because the NHS has too few specialist doctors to perform postmortems. The shortage of paediatric and perinatal pathologists is revealed … Read more