NHS bosses have announced plans to amend current A&E targets, which require 95% of patients to be seen within 4 hours. It has been reported by the BBC that the plans for change also include waiting times for cancer, mental health and planned operations. NHS England have said that “the […]

Mehmooda Duke MBE DL of Moosa-Duke Solicitors, gave an inspirational speech at “the Women in Philanthropy” event on 13th March 2019, at Curve, Leicester. Women in Philanthropy is building a sustainable fund to support “unsing, unseen” local charities doing essential work to keep Leicestershire and Rutland healthy, safe and striving. […]

Following a Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inspection reported last month by the Leicester Mercury, it has been found that the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has been rated as “needing improvement”. Five services were inspected by the CQC in November and December 2018 with the following ratings: Acute wards for adults […]

Midwife-led birth centres are places where women can give birth in a calm atmosphere led by midwives rather than doctors. However, a decision by the NHS to close eight birth centres in England has caused controversy and has led to criticism that women are being denied the choice of where […]

As reported in the Leicester Mercury recently, patients are waiting longer for operations mainly due to bed shortages resulting in 1,615 operations being cancelled in 2017/2018 by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.  This represented a 6% increase on the previous year. However this figure is not necessarily a true […]

A report published in January 2019 by the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme, has called for Hospital Trusts to review spinal surgery practices in a bid to reduce situations where patients are left with long term disabilities. GIRFT is a national programme, developed by Professor Tom Brigg, Consultant […]

The NHS has reported that it is going to recruit 20,000 staff by 2024 in order to relieve the pressure on General Practitioners to deal with some of the 300 million bookings that are made each year. The announcement was made as part of a five year contract that has […]

As recently reported by the BBC, the deaths of up to 250 patients who died following heart surgery at St George’s Hospital in Tooting are to be reviewed. The surgeries in question took place between April 2013 and September 2018. The study is being commissioned by NHS Improvement and comes […]

The BBC has reported national statistics from Public Health England for the period 2012- 2016, which indicate that adults who are diagnosed with stage 1 cancers (skin, prostate or breast) have the same chance of survival a year later, as the general population. Sarah Caul, the head of cancer analysis […]

The maxillofacial surgery service at Leicester Royal Infirmary performed reconstructive surgery on patients who had suffered from head and neck cancer. The Royal College of Surgeons visited the service in November 2016, as safety concerns had been raised by dental trainees. The service was thereafter suspended. Leicester Royal Infirmary have […]