Wales offer elderly digital appointments Elderly patients could be offered online consultations with hospital doctors to prevent them having to travel long distances for appointments. The pilot scheme in rural north Wales will see patients be able to go to their local GP surgery and have an internet video link appointment with their hospital consultant. The … [Read more…]
650,000 patients found it difficult to get an appointment with their doctor The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Wales claim that patients struggling to get GP appointments could be getting sicker and need more expensive treatments as they delay visiting overworked GP’s. With an estimated 650,000 people in Wales finding it difficult to nab … [Read more…]
Welsh ambulances fail to reach patients within eight minutes Latest figures have shown that Welsh ambulances have missed their target of reaching 65% of life-threatening incidents in eight minutes. The number of situations attended to in eight minutes for June was 53%, which is a drop from 54.1% seen in May and the 62.6% which … [Read more…]
More patients being discharged after 11pm Research by the Liberal Democrats in Wales has revealed that 19,702 patients are being discharged from hospital between 11.00pm and 6.00am. The figures relate to inpatients admitted for treatments as opposed to A&E patients, with ministers concerned that they are being discharged overnight for no good reason. Local health … [Read more…]
Wales set to trial new methods of measuring cancer patient waiting times The way cancer waiting times are measured are due to be overhauled across the seven health boards in Wales. Doctors have requested a ‘single cancer pathway’ as opposed to the current NHS system that divides cases into urgent or non-urgent. Details of the … [Read more…]