Civitas – This briefing identifies 11 factors potentially contributing to emergency departments’ current poor performance. The author also explores the differences between England and...
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A&E waits worsen slightly in England
Waiting times in A&E units in England have worsened slightly, latest figures shows.
Radical NHS changes ‘disastrous’ says King’s Fund
Huge changes to the way the NHS in England works have been "disastrous" and distracted from patient care, a damning report by a think...
Ebola nurse infection ‘down to visor’
The UK nurse Pauline Cafferkey probably caught Ebola by wearing a visor instead of goggles while treating patients, an investigation has concluded.
111 line ‘increasing pressure on NHS’
There has been a big increase in the number of people referred to GP surgeries and A&E, analysis of the NHS 111 urgent care...
‘Radical change’ needed for NHS, say MPs
MPs say radical change is needed to make the NHS in England financially sustainable.
Ebola: Call for more sharing of science
Why isn't more data on Ebola being made public?
NHS staff: ‘Offer patients a name’
More than 90 NHS organisations back a terminally ill doctor's campaign to encourage healthcare staff to introduce themselves to patients.
Ebola: Second UK worker monitored
A second UK military healthcare worker has been flown to England following "likely exposure" to the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone.
VIDEO: How will Ebola vaccine trial work?
Liberian scientist Dr Stephen Kennedy explains how a large scale vaccine trial against Ebola will work.
UK health worker monitored for Ebola
A British healthcare worker is flown back to the UK for Ebola monitoring after suffering a needle-stick injury in Sierra Leone.
Labour peer backs private role in NHS
Former Labour health minister Lord Darzi tells BBC's Newsnight it is irrelevant whether NHS care is delivered by the private or the public sector.