Articles on a return to top-down control

Underfunding of health services – NHS trust boss resigns in protest

By NHS Support Federation | 11th December 2017

Full story in the Guardian, 10 December 2017 The boss of one of the NHS’s biggest trusts has resigned in … Read more

In a bid to gain extra funding, NHS plans to ration care access

By NHS Support Federation | 30th November 2017

NHS bosses are to meet to discuss plans to ration and delay patients’ access to care, which could set them … Read more

Budget 2017: NHS trusts given extra £350m for entire winter

By NHS Support Federation | 23rd November 2017

Full story in The Independent, 23 November 2017 The NHS has been given £350m to see it through the winter in the … Read more

Hammond’s £1.6bn cash for the NHS is less than half of £4bn needed

By NHS Support Federation | 23rd November 2017

Full story in The Guardian, 23 November 2017 Philip Hammond has bowed to intense pressure to give the NHS more money … Read more

NHS chief’s call for £4bn emergency cash injection dismissed by Philip Hammond

By NHS Support Federation | 20th November 2017

Full story in The Guardian, 19 November 2017 Philip Hammond has dismissed calls from the head of the NHS for an … Read more

Chancellor told to make NHS the ‘top priority’ in Budget

By NHS Support Federation | 20th November 2017

Full story in The Independent, 19 November 2017 Two-thirds of the British public say the Chancellor must make the NHS … Read more

Stroke unit will close in a year

By NHS Support Federation | 17th November 2017

Full story in The Barnsley Chronicle, 17 November 2017 The hyper acute stroke unit at Barnsley Hospital will close by … Read more

Lincolnshire hospitals to postpone non-urgent operations due to squeeze on funding

By NHS Support Federation | 17th November 2017

Full story The Guardian, 16 November 2017 The NHS is under fire for forcing patients who need surgery to wait at least … Read more

Tory austerity linked to 120,000 deaths – Landmark study

By NHS Support Federation | 16th November 2017

Full story in The Independent, 16 November 2017 The Conservatives have been accused of “economic murder” for austerity policies which … Read more

NHS cease funding for Nascot Lawn respite centre

By NHS Support Federation | 16th November 2017

Full story in The Herts Advertiser, 16 November 2017 Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group (HVCCG) will stop funding the Watford … Read more