Stop Smoking Services at threat as funding comes under pressure
Around forty per cent of local authorities in England are cutting budgets to stop smoking services according to a new … Read more
How public health cuts could leave Stop Smoking Services under threat
As part of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, money for Stop Smoking Services – and responsibility for running … Read more
North London council plans reveal 60% public health cuts by 2018
A north London council has laid out proposals to cut public health services including health visiting, drug and alcohol, and … Read more
Annual public health funding cut of 4% branded ‘short-sighted’
Public health spending will be cut by 4% a year in real terms, as part of the government’s spending review. … Read more
George Osborne’s short-term relief for the NHS falls short of a cure
The chancellor’s promise of more cash for the NHS masks substantial cuts outside the core funding, while the increase fails … Read more
Cuts to local authority public health budgets threaten vital services and the sustainability of the NHS
The Department of Health have announced plans to go ahead with their proposed cut to the public health budget in … Read more
NHS spending: squeezed as never before – by John Appleby
Next month the government will set out its plans for public service spending through to 2020. The indications are that … Read more
More NHS services will be ‘rationed’ under ministers’ plans
Government plans for NHS ‘efficiency savings’ cannot be delivered without rationing of services, Labour’s new shadow health secretary has warned. … Read more
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS trust told ‘no mental health beds available
An NHS trust was told there were no mental health beds available across England, its medical director has said. Dr … Read more
UK Faculty of Public Health response to the Department of Health consultation on Local authority public health allocations 2015-2016
FPH welcomes the Prime Minister‘s commitment to increase NHS spending in real terms every year in this Parliament, rising to … Read more