Public Services
NHS in crisis: A&E waiting times in England hit record worst level
This is the worst three-month performance since the target was introduced in 2004
a&e waiting times
NHS in crisis: the worst A&E waiting times for a decade
Around 7 per cent of patients had to wait in A&E for more than four hours at the end of last year - the worst figures since records were first collected in 2004/05.
UKIP wants to charge NHS patients to skip waiting times
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has endorsed an article by the party's health spokesperson which calls for people to be allowed to pay to skip A&E waiting times.
Saving Lewisham hospital – saving the NHS
Last week I visited my GP surgery. After a much more protracted wait than any prior visit, I was given a homily about the state of the NHS, advised that it might be easier to seek a scan (already advised by another practitioner) through a private route.
Jeremy Hunt’s Catherine Wheel of spin
"That is the most extraordinary speech I have heard from a secretary of state for Health in all my years in this House - this is the first speech in which a secretary of state has claimed he is not responsible for anything."
A&E waiting times at 9-year high
The number of patients having to wait more than four hours in A&E has reached its highest level in nine years.