Articles on a return to top-down control

BMA’s appeal for boost in NHS funding rejected by David Cameron

By NHS Support Federation | 3rd July 2016

David Cameron has rejected an appeal to give the NHS more money based on the leave campaign’s pledge to put … Read more

Exclusive: Paybills and planned care targeted in huge savings drive

By NHS Support Federation | 29th June 2016

NHS trusts have been given a month to produce plans for merging back-office and pathology services with their neighbours, as … Read more

Government cuts are brewing a sexual health crisis

By NHS Support Federation | 27th June 2016

Sex has got a lot to answer for. The UK is facing a rising demand for sexual health and contraceptive … Read more

‘This isn’t acceptable’: outcry at state of NHS mental health care funding

By NHS Support Federation | 13th June 2016

A cross-party inquiry by MPs into the funding of mental health services has received more than 95,000 personal submissions in … Read more

Sustainability and Transformation Plans: another NHS reorganisation?

By NHS Support Federation | 3rd June 2016

Earlier this year, new structures were announced to oversee health care in 44 areas of England. On 19 May, the … Read more

NHS figures are bad, but the true underlying deficit may be even worse

By NHS Support Federation | 23rd May 2016

NHS providers have reported colossal deficits. The scale of the cash crunch is unprecedented in the history of the health … Read more

The junior doctors’ dispute is over – but the battle against the government to save the NHS is just beginning

By NHS Support Federation | 21st May 2016

The endgame is here. The NHS five year plan consists of massive cuts, devolution, asset and land sell-offs and closures: this is … Read more

NHS crisis: After junior doctors, now GPs vote for ballot on taking strike action

By NHS Support Federation | 20th May 2016

GPs have voted overwhelmingly to be balloted on their willingness to take strike action, as family doctors warned that the … Read more

The NHS cannot escape its financial crisis without more money – Richard Vize

By NHS Support Federation | 13th May 2016

Two documents released in the last few days reveal both the severity of the NHS’s financial crisis and why it … Read more

How does this year’s NHS budget compare historically? – John Appleby

By NHS Support Federation | 12th May 2016

Jeremy Hunt has claimed recently that in 2016/17 the NHS will receive the sixth biggest funding increase in its history. … Read more