Sonus Diagnostics

28/06/2022

"NHS England is poised to “virtually eliminate” the list of those who have waited more than two years for treatment, its chief executive has said, as patients are given the option to be treated more quickly at hospitals in different parts of the country"

Numbers fall as patients given option of being treated more quickly at hospitals elsewhere in the country

16/05/2022

"Almost nine in 10 doctors say government plans to tackle the NHS backlog of long waits for elective care, investigations and procedures are unachievable with the existing workforce, a BMA poll shows"

https://www.gponline.com/nine-10-doctors-say-government-plan-tackle-nhs-backlog-unachievable/article/1753142"

Almost nine in 10 doctors say government plans to tackle the NHS backlog of long waits for elective care, investigations and procedures are unachievable with the existing workforce, a BMA poll shows.

15/12/2021

"Thousands of heart patients could die needlessly after being forced to wait up to TWO YEARS for life-saving scans - with 65,000 people delayed at least six weeks as Covid cripples NHS"

The enormous Covid backlog means 64,962 patients in England have been waiting longer than the six-week NHS target for heart ultrasounds, known as echocardiograms.

01/12/2021

"The already huge backlog for NHS care in England will keep growing for years and could hit anywhere between 7 million and 12 million by early 2025, the National Audit Office (NAO) warned today."

National Audit Office says NHS faces ‘daunting’ task in tackling record-high backlog for surgery and care

17/11/2021

"The most recent figures show that at the end of September, 64,962 people in England had waited more than six weeks for an echo, compared to 3,238 at the end of February 2020, BHF said.
The total waiting list is 149,050, with 44% waiting six weeks or more."

NHS Providers says some NHS trusts are "finding it impossible to recruit extra staff", while the British Heart Foundation says it is concerned about access to echocardiograms in England.

10/11/2021

"The NHS is sending an increasing number of patient scans for analysis by radiologists on the other side of the world as the taxpayer-funded health service seeks to overcome staff shortages and clear record-long post-pandemic waiting lists for hospital care."

Health service is outsourcing analysis of scans as far afield as Australia as waiting lists lengthen

01/07/2021

https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/blogs/staff-shortages-left-the-nhs-vulnerable-to-the-covid-19-storm

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24/06/2021

"Data from April showed there were 595,272 people on waiting lists in Wales - this has risen again on March and is up 29% on pre-pandemic levels."

Almost 600,000 people are on Welsh hospital waiting lists, almost 30% up on pre-pandemic levels.

17/06/2021

COVID-19: Record high hospital waiting list in England as 5.1 million need treatment

The number of people waiting a year to start treatment is 35 times higher than in 2020, NHS England data shows.

15/06/2021

A new concept of artificial heart to be soon debut...

10/06/2021

The way of working

08/06/2021

Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy