Government looks for 900 new beds to boost winter capacity
The Government will invest £250m to fund 900 new beds, to help boost capacity this winter in England, as part of the Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Plan. Health secretary Steve Barclay announced that new funding would be made available for NHS trusts to improve capacity and reduce wait times over the winter months. Across... Read moreThe post Government looks for 900 new beds to boost winter capacity appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - August 16, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news emergency care Waiting times Winter pressures Source Type: news
NHS: Is Wales worse than England for waiting lists?
Can waiting times be compared between Wales and England? (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vehicular traffic flow analysis and minimize the vehicle queue waiting time using signal distribution control algorithm - Solaiappan S, Kumar BR, Anbazhagan N, Song Y, Joshi GP, Cho W.
The real-time vehicular traffic system is an integral part of the urban vehicular traffic system, which provides effective traffic signal control for a large multifaceted traffic network and is a highly challenging distributed control problem. Coordinating... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
The NHS is set to receive £250 million to open 900 new hospital beds in a drive to cut waiting times
Thirty NHS organisations across England will benefit from the new capital investment, which will be used to develop urgent treatment centres and same-day services (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Many cancer waiting time targets set to be dropped in England
NHS England want to reduce nine targets to three in a bid to simplify "outdated" standards. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in June 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - August 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Two-thirds of cancer waiting time targets to be axed in England
NHS England want to reduce nine targets to three in a bid to simplify "outdated" standards. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ministers face backlash as cancer waiting time targets are set to be dropped
The health service says the changes will benefit patients - but campaigners warn that current performance against the indicators is 'shockingly bad'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Steve Barclay calls talks with Scotland and Wales on cutting NHS waiting lists
The health secretary says Scottish and Welsh patients could be treated in England to cut waiting times. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Private providers eye expanded role in NHS general practice
Private providers are eyeing an expanded role in delivering NHS general practice under government plans to tackle waiting times by ramping up independent sector provision. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - August 7, 2023 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
A&E experience is now the worst on record as damning study reveals a third of NHS patients wait over an hour just to speak to a doctor or nurse while nearly a fifth wait more than FOUR hours to be examined
Patients' experience of A&E is now the worst on record amid spiralling waiting times, a damning study of 36,000 patients by the hospital regulator has revealed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Netflix for health' care provider to offer British subscribers who wish to beat NHS delays appointments with consultants within 48 hours for £20 a month
The MyWay service, which has been set up by Circle Health Group, is a 'first of its kind solution' that is intended to help patients beat NHS waiting times and delays to appointments in the UK. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Improving Healthcare for All
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nazihah NoorKUALA LUMPUR and BERN, Jul 19 2023 (IPS) In 2015, almost all heads of government in the world committed to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including universal health coverage (UHC). This was consistent with the World Health Organization’s commitment to Health for All.
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed most countries’ under-investment in public healthcare provisioning and other weaknesses. Clearly, health system reforms and appropriate financing are needed to improve populations’ wellbeing.
Jomo Kwame SundaramInstead of helping, more profit-seeking inves...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nazihah Noor Tags: COVID-19 Development & Aid Economy & Trade Global Headlines Health Inequality Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in May 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - July 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NICE says GPs should use FIT tests in all patients with suspected colorectal cancer
GPs should use FIT tests for all patients with signs or symptoms of colorectal cancer to help reduce waiting times for colonoscopies, NICE has recommended in new draft guidance. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - July 5, 2023 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
