Signs of strain are becoming apparent, as waiting times continue to rise. Problems are hard tocontain. Shortages of staff in social care means more work for GPS, which makes it harder toget an appointment, which means...
Getting a referral to a private hospital as an NHS England patient can be a great option for those in need of specialised medical care or shorter waiting times for specific treatments. Discover how to access your treatment at one of our hospitals below.Why...
Reducing waiting times in the NHS: is lack of capacity the problem? Clin. Manag., 12 (3) (2004), pp. 105-111 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar Sitzia and Wood, 1997 J. Sitzia, N. Wood Patient satisfaction: a review of issues and concepts Soc. Sci. Med., 45 (12) (1997), pp. 1829...
WAITING TIMESThis paper evaluates the causes of excessive queuing in the NHS, which results in patient backlogs and long waiting times.There has been a general call to increase the overall design capacity of many local health systems in the belief that there is insufficient capacity to meet ...
The NHS was rebuilt. A four-hour limit was set on A&E waiting times. Spending was raised to the EU average. Treatment waiting lists steadily shortened. I had started a family and my fear that the health service might, some day, cease to be there for us fell away. ...
Brian Gerrish: The other caller raised the issue that patients were not being fully informed, and the Patient Information Leaflets were not being given, so people didn’t really getanythingwhen they got their vaccination. Possibly, they got somethingafterthey were vaccinated, but they weren’t ...
Dentists largely welcome the scheme, which has been running for two-and-a-half years, because it focuses on preventing problems as well as treating them. But the initial check-ups take up to half an hour per patient rather than 15 minutes, meaning that waiting times for an appointment have...
Last month’s proposed NHS budget from the Finance Ministry included a $8.1 million boost to help resolve patient waiting lists and modernize technology. The ‘boomerang’ of cases from the pandemic lingers on. The increase represents $3.2 billion for testing services, $2.9 billion to improve tec...
Covid-19: Waiting times in England reach record highs More than 83000 patients in England waited more than a year for NHS treatment in July, the highest number since October 2008 and an 81-fold increase from 1032 in July last year, latest figures have shown.1 The number of people who ha...
Full Fact Finderhistory,nhs,operations,personal health,public health,social care,staffing,waiting times There was laughter in the room whenJohn Listerironically described the new NHS structure as “streamlined” and shared aGuardian graphicof the new bureaucracy. It set the tone for the NUJ’sReport...