The NHS published its “worst ever” performance against the four-hour A&E target, as the general election campaign continued, and winter arrived with snow falling on flood-hit parts of the north of England. The Labour Party promised to spend more on the NHS than the Conservatives if it was elected; although not significantly more.
Aspects of the NHS reform agenda stalled, with the head of DevoManc standing down and local NHS Long Term Plan implementation plans mothballed. Google found itself under investigation for slurping patient data in the US. But Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust officially opened its ground-breaking command centre.
