Articles on a return to top-down control

The gap between funds and delivery is a chasm in the NHS: something has to give

By NHS Support Federation | 10th September 2016

Waiting lists are at their highest in eight years.  In the absence of extra money, we need an open and … Read more

‘Winter of discontent’ warnings over latest NHS performance figures

By NHS Support Federation | 8th September 2016

Key measures of NHS services in England have continued to decrease, prompting warnings that providers are increasingly struggling to deliver … Read more

STPs: Radical local modernisation plans or the end of the NHS as we know it?

By NHS Support Federation | 8th September 2016

To some, they are bold, painful, inevitably controversial but nevertheless necessary local blueprints designed to save the NHS in England, … Read more

A&Es and hospitals face closure in NHS funding crisis

By NHS Support Federation | 28th August 2016

The NHS is drawing up plans to close services including A&E departments and district hospitals amid a dire funding crisis. … Read more

Plan to ‘transform’ NHS could lead to downgrade of major London hospitals

By NHS Support Federation | 27th August 2016

Council leaders have refused to sign up to a plan to “transform” NHS services amid fears two major London hospitals, … Read more

Details emerge of plans to cut NHS services in England

By NHS Support Federation | 26th August 2016

Details have emerged of plans to cut NHS services as part of a major reorganisation of care across England. Proposals … Read more

NHS Plans closures and radical cuts to combat growing deficit in healthcare budget

By NHS Support Federation | 26th August 2016

Investigation by the Guardian and 38 Degrees reveals NHS faces £20bn funding shortfall by 2020-21 if no action is taken … Read more

The 38 Degrees crowdfunded investigation into secret NHS plans

By NHS Support Federation | 26th August 2016

Last month, 38 Degrees members chipped in to fund an investigation into a series of secret plans to change our … Read more

Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) explained

By NHS Support Federation | 24th August 2016

Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were announced in the NHS planning guidance published in December 2015. NHS organisations in different … Read more

The plans may still be fantasy: but NHS cuts are starting to get real

By NHS Support Federation | 12th August 2016

THERESA MAY’S government is stepping up George Osborne’s programme of relentless real-terms reductions to NHS spending to reverse Labour’s decade … Read more