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NHS targets are performance measures used by NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the Health and Social Care service in Northern Ireland.These vary by country but assess the performance of each health service against measures such as 4 hour waiting times in Accident and Emergency departments, weeks to receive an appointment and/or treatment, and performance in specific departments such as ...
In September 2015, GIDS overshot its 18-week waiting time target for the first time. The same year, an external report by Femi Nzegwu stated that GIDS was "facing a crisis of capacity" and recommended capping referrals. [19] By 2016 average wait times rose to nine months. [7]
Alice Litman was a transgender woman from Brighton, England, who took her own life in May 2022, aged 20, after spending 1,023 days waiting for her first appointment with the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS). Her case received criticism due to the duration of her wait to receive gender-affirming care and insufficient mental healthcare.
The health secretary’s NHS targets are expected to include reducing emergency department delays, cutting wait list times, improving access to GPs and dentists, and improving cancer care targets ...
Children are being ‘let down’ amid huge waiting lists health chiefs have warned
The NHS e-Referral Service (ERS) is an electronic referral system developed for the Health and Social Care Information Centre by IT consultancy BJSS. It is used by NHS England and it replaced the Choose and Book service on 15 June 2015. [ 1 ]
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home, founded by King Charles II in 1682 as a retreat for veterans.. Healthcare in England is mainly provided by the National Health Service (NHS), a public body that provides healthcare to all permanent residents in England, that is free at the point of use.
A 14 October 2008 article in The Daily Telegraph stated: "An NHS trust has spent more than £12,000 on private treatment for hospital staff because its waiting times are too long." [144] The NHS has been criticized in the past for funding homeopathic medicines, which are not supported by scientific research. £4 million of funding was given in ...