Monday 16 July 2018

NHS performance figures show ‘the writing is on the wall’

NHS performance figures show ‘the writing is on the wall’ NHS Providers has warned that “the writing is on the wall” as the latest official NHS performance figures show no let-up in the growing demand for NHS services – and its performance slipping against cancer targets, a sharp rise in the number of people waiting more than a year for routine operations, and no year-on-year improvement in accident and emergency performance.

Following his appointment last week as health and social care secretary, Matthew Hancock promised doctors, nurses, NHS managers and leaders and other care workers: “I will work with you, I will back you and I will make sure you have the long-term plan you need.” But the NHS Confederation said the new figures are a “baptism of fire” for him, as he takes on ministerial responsibility for “a system under intolerable strain”. OnMedica

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