Election briefing: Quality of care in the English NHS In the balance

This is second of three Health Foundation briefings ahead of the June 2017 General Election, and focuses on the quality of care in the English NHS.

It finds that waiting times for many NHS urgent and emergency services in England were at their worst in 2016/17 for the last five years, but there is so far little evidence that the quality of care for some of the big killers – like heart attack, stroke and cancer – is deteriorating.