Integrated Care – Care Appointments

Government ‘must rethink NHS waiting times targets to move care closer to home’

By Jane Kirby, Reporter28th March 2025News England

The Government must rethink NHS waiting times targets and the amount it spends on hospitals if it wants to move care closer to home, according to a new report. The

Coroner highlights pressure in hospitals linked to patients fit to be discharged

By Ella Pickover, Reporter10th February 2025News England

Health bosses have been urged to tackle bed blocking and long emergency department waits in hospitals by a coroner, who warned that there is a “risk of future deaths unless

Hospitals ‘close to full’ as many beds occupied by people fit to be discharged

By Ella Pickover and Ian Jones, Reporters6th February 2025News England

Hospitals in England are “close to full” as a significant number of beds are occupied by people who are medically fit to be discharged, health officials have said. It comes

NHS ordered to make improvements to patient care while cutting costs

By Ella Pickover, Reporter30th January 2025News England

The NHS has been ordered to drive improvements in hospital waiting times and cancer care while at the same time cutting costs. New planning guidance for the health service in

Patients not getting ‘right care in right place at right time’, says Swinney

By Craig Paton and Neil Pooran, Reporters27th January 2025News Scotland

Patients in Scotland are not getting “the right care in the right place at the right time”, John Swinney has said. The First Minister laid out a plan to improve

NHS Fife patient stuck in hospital for seven years awaiting discharge

By The Press Association27th January 2025News Scotland

A patient deemed fit enough by doctors to be discharged has been stuck in hospital for more than seven years, according to new figures. A series of freedom of information

Norovirus grips NHS as beds continue to be taken up by medically fit people

By Jane Kirby and Ian Jones, Reporters23rd January 2025News England

The number of hospital beds taken up by people who are fit to be discharged is at its highest level this winter, while the vomiting bug norovirus is also gripping

‘Devastating collapse in standards’ in NHS amid ‘corridor care crisis’ – report

By Craig Meighan, Reporter16th January 2025News Scotland

Scotland’s NHS has been hit with a “devastating collapse in care standards”, with patients “routinely coming to harm” and unable to access basic services, a report by the Royal College

Swinney vows to bring down number of Scots on NHS waiting lists

By Neil Pooran, Reporter6th January 2025News Scotland

John Swinney has vowed to fix problems faced by Scotland’s NHS, such as delayed discharge, saying he hopes to reduce the number of Scots on waiting lists by the end

We should think about National Care Service outside of ‘institutional architecture’ – Swinney

By Craig Paton, Reporter11th December 2024News Scotland

The proposed National Care Service (NCS) in Scotland should be thought of outside an “institutional architecture,” the country’s First Minister has said, as he urged focus on how it could

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Government ‘must rethink NHS waiting times targets to move care closer to home’

Coroner highlights pressure in hospitals linked to patients fit to be discharged

NHS ordered to make improvements to patient care while cutting costs

Patients not getting ‘right care in right place at right time’, says Swinney

NHS Fife patient stuck in hospital for seven years awaiting discharge

Norovirus grips NHS as beds continue to be taken up by medically fit people

‘Devastating collapse in standards’ in NHS amid ‘corridor care crisis’ – report

Swinney vows to bring down number of Scots on NHS waiting lists

New record high number of children in poverty branded ‘source of national shame’

Welfare reform will push 250,000 into poverty, Government’s own assessment says

Peers demand tax hike safeguards as Government accused of ‘absence of humanity’

Councils being pushed to ‘financial brink’ amid £8bn funding gap, report warns

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Tag: Integrated Care

Government ‘must rethink NHS waiting times targets to move care closer to home’

Coroner highlights pressure in hospitals linked to patients fit to be discharged

Hospitals ‘close to full’ as many beds occupied by people fit to be discharged

NHS ordered to make improvements to patient care while cutting costs

Patients not getting ‘right care in right place at right time’, says Swinney

NHS Fife patient stuck in hospital for seven years awaiting discharge

Norovirus grips NHS as beds continue to be taken up by medically fit people

‘Devastating collapse in standards’ in NHS amid ‘corridor care crisis’ – report

Swinney vows to bring down number of Scots on NHS waiting lists

We should think about National Care Service outside of ‘institutional architecture’ – Swinney