Long queues outside GP surgery as patients struggle to book online appointments

Just weeks after a damning survey revealed that less than a quarter of people are still satisfied with the NHS, a new poll has found that just more than a third think people should pay for

Almost one in 10 people who booked appointments with East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire GPs faced waits of more than three weeks in February. NHS stats showed 9.7% of people waited longer than 22 days to

Waiting lists have gone up by 330,000 since Rishi Sunak pledged to cut them in January last year. NHS targets missed include: Earlier this week, Liberal Democrats revealed that 100,000 patients waited over 24 hours to

An NHS trust has declared a critical incident after experiencing extreme pressure on services amid a high demand at two hospitals in Staffordshire. University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust announced the move on Thursday saying

One in five people in England are waiting for hospital care, a survey by the Office for National Statistics suggests – a much higher proportion than official NHS figures indicate. The ONS survey suggests there are 9.7 million

People are being urged to avoid under-pressure accident and emergency departments unless necessary. South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust said medical teams were under huge pressure already and issued the plea at the start of

With the Easter holiday weekend still days away, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust – which runs South Tyneside District Hospital – says it’s emergency teams are already extremely busy and people who turn up with ‘minor’ problems will

The Guardian has reported that one in ten of all planned NHS operations and patient treatments are now being performed by the independent sector. NHS Trusts facing staffing problems, industrial action and pressure to reduce long patient wait times, as well

Millions of Brits are waiting more than a month to see their GP, as shocking new data uncovers the scale of the nation’s health crisis.  The latest NHS statistics showed almost 15 million people across England booked in to

There is no doubt that primary care in the UK – the services that provide the first point of contact in the healthcare system, such as general practice – isn’t working. Patients report difficulties in making

Patients in parts of Somerset have seen a dramatic increase in four-week waits for GP appointments, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire saw a 43% increase in four-week

NHS waiting lists will take more than three years to be reduced to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new analysis. Despite recent reductions in the waiting list in England, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think

Somerset saw a 49% rise in four-week waits for GP appointments last year compared with 2022, House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. The NHS data measures the time between when

“…But the fact that the data suggests that the winter peak may now have passed does not mean that the pressure on services has lifted. Our members report that their A&Es have been incredibly busy, with