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NHS’s mounting failures and political neglect laid bare in sobering report
Affection and support for the NHS are as high as ever, but staff shortages and years of underfunding mean waiting-time targets are increasingly being missed. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA
NHS’s mounting failures and political neglect laid bare in sobering report
Scottish cancer waiting times performance at record low
Almost a quarter of people being referred with urgent suspicion of cancer are waiting longer than the 62-day target for their first treatment.
Scottish cancer waiting times performance at record low
Ambulance waiting times in parts of England ‘off the scale’
The number of hours ambulances spent waiting to offload patients in parts of England is “off the scale”, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine says.
Ambulance waiting times in parts of England ‘off the scale’
Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2020 Report
Canada’s health-care wait times hit 22.6 weeks in 2020—longest ever recorded.
Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2020 Report
Industry Voices—Canada’s cautionary tale on ‘Medicare for All’
Progressives will no doubt continue to tout Canada’s single-payer system as an ideal model for us in the U.S. But, Sally Pipes argues, the reality is far different. (Shutterstock)
Industry Voices—Canada’s cautionary tale on ‘Medicare for All’
More than 20,000 cancer patients miss out on radiotherapy every year because the NHS doesn’t refer them for it, report claims
A report by MPs on the ‘secret scandal’ of radiotherapy said cancer patients were being denied the treatment because it was seen as an expensive option for the NHS (stock image)
More than 20,000 cancer patients miss out on radiotherapy every year because the NHS doesn’t refer them for it, report claims
Doctors forced to ‘ration’ ICU care due to lack of beds and staff
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Doctors forced to ‘ration’ ICU care due to lack of beds and staff
Survey reveals Canadian health-care concerns
Canada has one of the most expensive universal health-care systems in the world.
Survey reveals Canadian health-care concerns
Patients take flight: Albertans look elsewhere to avoid surgery wait times
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Patients take flight: Albertans look elsewhere to avoid surgery wait times
WAIT TIMES PUSH MORE CANADIANS ABROAD FOR TREATMENT
WAIT TIMES PUSH MORE CANADIANS ABROAD FOR TREATMENT
Cuba, the Healthcare Darling of the International Left, Is Running Out of Medicine
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Cuba, the Healthcare Darling of the International Left, Is Running Out of Medicine
‘Medicare for All’ proponents should heed Canada’s health-care woes
‘Medicare for All’ proponents should heed Canada’s health-care woes
Hong Kong hospital crisis: overcapacity, overworked doctors — and peak flu season will make it worse
Patients wait to be sent to a ward at Queen Elizabeth Hospital amid overcrowded conditions. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong hospital crisis: overcapacity, overworked doctors — and peak flu season will make it worse
Hospital shortages a death sentence for Venezuelan children
Gilberto Altuve (C), father of 11-year-old boy Erick Altuve, who died of cancer while waiting for a bone marrow transplant in Venezuela, mourns during his funeral
Hospital shortages a death sentence for Venezuelan children
Dying Infants and No Medicine: Inside Venezuela’s Failing Hospitals
Broken incubators on the maternity floor of Luis Razetti Hospital, where seven newborns died one recent day.
Dying Infants and No Medicine: Inside Venezuela’s Failing Hospitals
Canada’s health-care wait times hit new record high, again
Long wait times have become the defining characteristic of Canadian health care
Canada’s health-care wait times hit new record high, again
N.H.S. Overwhelmed in Britain, Leaving Patients to Wait
The emergency ward at King’s College hospital in London. Over the past week, hospitals have increasingly declared “black alerts,” an admission that they are unable to cope with demand.
N.H.S. Overwhelmed in Britain, Leaving Patients to Wait
Half of Italy ‘rationing’ health care due to economic crisis
More than half, or 53%, of Italians report that they are rationing their health care due to financial difficulties, with the highest numbers in southern Italy, at 59%, according to a report released on Friday by the Unisalute division of Unipol Group, Italy’s second-largest insurance company.
Half of Italy ‘rationing’ health care due to economic crisis
Finnish Government Collapses Due to Rising Cost of Universal Health Care
Resigned Finnish Prime Minister and leader of the Center Party Juha Sipila / Getty Images
Finnish Government Collapses Due to Rising Cost of Universal Health Care
Rationing care is a fact of life for the NHS
Some CCGs are making explicit rationing decisions, such as refusing to carry out a caesarean section simply because the woman has requested it. Photograph: HO/EPA
Rationing care is a fact of life for the NHS
Socialized Healthcare Cruelty: UK Government Rations Eye Surgeries, Leaving ‘Thousands’ to Go Blind
Source: AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File
Socialized Healthcare Cruelty: UK Government Rations Eye Surgeries, Leaving ‘Thousands’ to Go Blind
Lines before dawn, violence and ‘no trust’: China’s health care crisis
Patients wait at dawn for the outpatient ward to open at Peking Union Hospital in Beijing. China is trying to relieve its overwhelmed health care system by introducing more family doctors, but in a country where people rush to hospitals for a fever, change won’t be easy. Source: The New York Times
Lines before dawn, violence and ‘no trust’: China’s health care crisis
China’s Health Care Crisis: Lines Before Dawn, Violence and ‘No Trust’
Dr. Ye Minghao, a family practitioner in Shanghai, sees up to 80 patients a day. He enjoys his work, he said, but is unhappy about the lack of respect for his field. Credit: Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times
China’s Health Care Crisis: Lines Before Dawn, Violence and ‘No Trust’
Canadians Are One In A Million — While Waiting For Medical Treatment
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Canadians Are One In A Million — While Waiting For Medical Treatment
If American Healthcare Kills, European Healthcare Kills More
The justification for moving to a socialized healthcare system like those in Europe is preventable deaths, but the numbers don’t bear that out.
If American Healthcare Kills, European Healthcare Kills More
Russia’s Bad Health Care System Is Getting Worse
A patient walks with a relative at the Palliative care center of the Moscow Healthcare Department. VALERY SHARIFULIN/TASS/GETTY
Russia’s Bad Health Care System Is Getting Worse
Thousands more patients made to ‘beg for treatment’ as NHS rations hip operations, investigation finds
Patients recommended for surgery by GP increasingly rejected by cash-strapped NHS groups ( Rex )
Thousands more patients made to ‘beg for treatment’ as NHS rations hip operations, investigation finds
‘Patients who should live are dying’: Greece’s public health meltdown
A nurse in an Athens hospital. Many doctors and nurses in Greece work overtime to keep the system afloat. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
‘Patients who should live are dying’: Greece’s public health meltdown
Hyderabad Debates Health Insurance Model As Public Hospitals Decay
A person, injured in the bomb blast, at a hospital in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, on Feb. 21. Credit Mahesh Kumar A/Associated Press
Hyderabad Debates Health Insurance Model As Public Hospitals Decay
Socialized medicine update: Britain cancels 50,000 surgeries as NHS hospitals face winter crisis
The British government-run National Health Service has abruptly canceled 50,000 nonemergency surgeries due to overcrowding at hospitals this winter. (AP Photo)
Socialized medicine update: Britain cancels 50,000 surgeries as NHS hospitals face winter crisis
PATIENTS FACE LONG DELAYS FOR ROUTINE OPERATIONS BECAUSE OF NHS ‘RATIONING’
Once routine operations like cataract removal now need to go through an extra layer of red tape ( Rex )
PATIENTS FACE LONG DELAYS FOR ROUTINE OPERATIONS BECAUSE OF NHS ‘RATIONING’
