From Wednesday 17 to Monday 22 December, resident doctors (formerly known as junior doctors) will be taking strike action. During this time, our services will be under increased pressure.
Getting the right care
Please help us make sure emergency care is available for those who need it most:
Appointments and planned care
We’re delighted our work to improve our A&Es and reduce waiting times has been endorsed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) who have raised the ratings for urgent and emergency care at Queen’s Hospital and King George Hospital (KGH) from inadequate to requires improvement.
Read " Our Emergency Departments are improving…"
Junior doctors are on strike from 7am on Wednesday 20 December to 7am on Saturday 23 December.
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Patients with suspected bladder cancer are now able to have biopsies taken and tumours removed much quicker as an outpatient – reducing the need for them to come back in for surgery.
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Throughout this year our teams have been working hard to reduce waits our patient face in our A&Es. Their efforts are paying off as national statistics released on Thursday 14 December by NHS England show our Trust has improved its emergency care performance most in England.
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