Ambulance targets – BBC
The government is set to scrap a target requiring ambulances to attend less urgent 999 calls within 19 minutes.
Ambulance response time for less urgent calls faces axe
Flu warning – The Daily Telegraph
Pregnant women and people with chronic illnesses have been urged to get the seasonal flu jab as figures showed cases doubled last week.
Pregnant women urged to have flu jab as disease linked to 17 deaths.
Read the GP story here.
Snow – The Independent
The NHS is preparing for one of its toughest winters in recent memory with pressure on beds from winter viruses, staff cuts and icy weather as it prepares to make unprecedented efficiency savings.
Big freeze could stretch struggling NHS to limits
Hospital productivity – The Guardian
Despite billions of pounds spent on improving NHS hospitals, productivity has fallen by 14% over the past decade, a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.
NHS productivity 'has fallen every year since 2000'
The government is set to scrap a target requiring ambulances to attend less urgent 999 calls within 19 minutes.
Ambulance response time for less urgent calls faces axe
Flu warning – The Daily Telegraph
Pregnant women and people with chronic illnesses have been urged to get the seasonal flu jab as figures showed cases doubled last week.
Pregnant women urged to have flu jab as disease linked to 17 deaths.
Read the GP story here.
Snow – The Independent
The NHS is preparing for one of its toughest winters in recent memory with pressure on beds from winter viruses, staff cuts and icy weather as it prepares to make unprecedented efficiency savings.
Big freeze could stretch struggling NHS to limits
Hospital productivity – The Guardian
Despite billions of pounds spent on improving NHS hospitals, productivity has fallen by 14% over the past decade, a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.
NHS productivity 'has fallen every year since 2000'
