Cuts in services

20,000 sign petition to halt Poole Hospital A&E and maternity closure plans

13th January 2017

A petition to save A&E and the maternity unit at Poole Hospital has gathered more than 20,000 signatures. Poole resident … Read more

New plan to safeguard Honiton hospital beds suggested

13th January 2017

New proposals to save Honiton Hospital’s inpatient beds have been put forward by its Friends group. Removing them is the … Read more

Letter: How can our health services be expected to cut more?

12th January 2017

As part of a countrywide reorganisation by NHS England, local health chiefs have recently published a plan which is apparently … Read more

How the ‘humanitarian’ crisis in the NHS is paving the way for private healthcare

12th January 2017

It has been a calamitous winter inside the NHS.  Last week, three people tragically died at Worcestershire Royal hospital with … Read more

Public meeting over the future of Hinckley’s NHS

12th January 2017

Health leaders are encouraging people to attend a public meeting on the future shape of NHS services in Hinckley The … Read more

GPs asked to come into hospital to discharge patients and take on care

12th January 2017

NHS managers in the Midlands have put out an urgent call for GPs to go in to their local hospital … Read more

Social care failings now account for a third of hospital discharge delays

12th January 2017

Social care should undergo an ‘urgent’ review before the Spring budget and local authority leaders should play a central part, … Read more

NHS bed-blocking rises 42% in a year, new figures show

12th January 2017

Bed-blocking has risen more than 40 per cent in a year as hospitals continue to be overwhelmed with people needing care, … Read more

Patients’ beds taken DURING operations at Royal London hospital

12th January 2017

Patients at the biggest hospital in Europe are returning from operations to find their bed already taken by another person, … Read more

Whipps Cross Hospital cancelled 28 operations in November during winter ‘crisis’

12th January 2017

An A&E serving thousands of people across Wanstead and Woodford has been hit hard by what one charity executive dubbed … Read more

No assurances from Health Secretary on PRH future

11th January 2017

The leaders of Telford & Wrekin Council and Shropshire Council have met Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP in London to … Read more

What does 2017 hold in store for Norfolk’s NHS?

10th January 2017

A new year has dawned on an NHS which is rarely out of the headlines. But what are the key … Read more

Council leaders to tackle Health Secretary on local NHS

10th January 2017

The leaders of Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire councils are to meet the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt later to express … Read more

Speak up to save hospital services, campaigners urge the public

9th January 2017

Campaigners are urging people to speak up and oppose draft plans which could change the future health care in South … Read more

‘The worst conditions in memory’: NHS doctors describe a week in A&E

9th January 2017

The Guardian asked a number of doctors working in A&E departments across the country to explain how their departments have … Read more

Doctors accuse Theresa May of being ‘in denial’ over NHS hospital crisis

8th January 2017

Healthcare unions have disputed the pertinence of Theresa May’s claim that NHS funding is at record levels, saying she is … Read more