Senior NHS managers yesterday told MPs the growing pressure on A&E departments was pushing the NHS "closer and closer to the cliff edge". The warning, given by NHS Confederation Chief Mike Farrar to the Health Select Committee, was closely followed by the announcement that NHS chief Sir David Nicholson would stand down f...
Sir David Nicholson is to stand down as NHS England chief executive next March, he an...
The increasing demand on A&E services is "unsustainable", Jeremy Hunt has warned, as ...
There has been a dramatic fall in NHS hospital beds under the Coalition government, w...
Private health companies such as BUPA are being granted access to NHS records of 'sen...
GMB press release Lack of A&E capacity at London hospitals diverts ambulances putting lives at risk says GMB. GMB has identified a large number of occasions whe...
IFS and Nuffield Trust press release Over the first decade of the 2000s, rapid growth in public health spending was matched by a slowdown in the growth of priva...
Dr Claire Gerada refuted the blame placed on GPs and their out-of-hours contracts for the current A&E crisis. “Isn’t it a shame that yet again, we’re scape-g...
Stephen Dorrell warned the problems with accident and emergency care in the UK were “getting worse”. “Crisis is a word that is best avoided, certainly for practic...
Charlotte Leslie criticised the fact that Sir David Nicholson was still in his job as CEO of NHS England and would remain so until his retirement next year. “It’s...
22/05/2013
21/05/2013 on PM, Radio 4
