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Government has ‘overseen years of decline in cancer and waiting times targets’

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has “overseen years of decline” in the performance of NHS cancer and waiting times targets, MPs have said. The cross-party Public Accounts Committee criticised the department and NHS England as it ...

16 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

A&E performances see slight improvement in latest weekly figures

Scotland’s A&E performances saw a slight improvement on the previous week, with 70.2% of patients being seen within four hours, according to the latest figures. Statistics from Public Health Scotland, covering the week up to April 24, show an ...

03 May 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

More than half of cancer test waits longer than six weeks

More than half of the people waiting to receive a key cancer test have not been seen within the six-week target, official figures show. Some 141,262 patients were still to receive an MRI scan, CT scan, colonoscopy, endoscopy or ultrasound as ...

22 Feb 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

Scottish Tories call for Humza Yousaf to act on ‘woeful’ A&E waiting times

Ministers are being urged to tackle the “woeful” waiting times figures for Scotland’s accident and emergency departments, as new figures show almost three out of 10 patients waited longer than the target time in the final week of February. ...

08 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Ambulance response times increase across England as waiting list hits 6.1m

The time people spend waiting for an ambulance has risen across England as the overall waiting list hits 6.1m, according to new figures. Data from NHS England shows that people with potentially life-threatening conditions are sometimes ...

10 Mar 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

Cancer waiting time performance falls further, latest figures show

Performance against a cancer waiting time standard fell further in the final three months of 2021, the latest statistics show. Ministers have set the target of having 95% of patients begin treatment within 62 days of being referred ...

29 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Scotland

Number of patients waiting more than 12 hours in A&E hits record figure

The number of people waiting at A&E for more than 12 hours has again reached the highest figure on record. Some 1,015 people waited more than half a day in the week ending March 20, according to official figures from Public Health ...

29 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

Patients should be told latest waiting times, say Lib Dems

Patients on waiting lists should be told the average and longest waiting times for their procedure, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have said. Party leader Alex Cole-Hamilton also called for the Scottish Government to appoint a ...

30 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Half a million patients faced A&E delays in last two years, Tories say

Half a million patients have experienced delays in emergency departments in the last two years, according to the Scottish Conservatives. The Scottish Government’s goal for 95% of patients attending A&E to be admitted, ...

12 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Health Secretary sets ‘ambitious’ targets to tackle long NHS waiting times

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced a set of “ambitious” targets in a bid to tackle NHS waiting times – including a pledge to end waits of two years or more for some patients within weeks. The Scottish ...

06 Jul 2022 at 14:41

Scotland

Second-highest level recorded for 12-hour waits in A&E, figures show

The number of people waiting more than 12 hours to be seen at Scotland’s A&Es hit the second-highest level on record, figures show. Public Health Scotland statistics for week ending July 24 indicate that of ...

02 Aug 2022 at 12:28

Scotland

Government urged to act over accident and emergency ‘crisis’

Ministers are being urged to address the “crisis” in Scotland’s accident and emergency departments as new figures showed that three out of 10 patients waited longer than the four-hour target time in the ...

21 Jun 2022 at 14:06

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