Why the big secret over plans to transform NHS services?
Proposed consolidation of neonatal services could be the reason sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were drawn up without GPs like … Read more
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New report details £267 million of cuts to Coventry and Warwickshire NHS
Healthcare in Coventry and Warwickshire is set to be overhauled in a bid to save £267 million in the next … Read more
NHS Trust Leaders Warn Staff Shortages now Outweigh Fears Over Funding
The largest ever survey of NHS trust chairs and chief executives has revealed rising concern over the growing NHS “workforce … Read more
No jam today, and no jam tomorrow either, by Anita Charlesworth and Richard Murray
Policy ambition and public funding don’t add up in either the short or long term – and the result spells … Read more
Citizens must get a say in NHS sustainability and transformation plans
The public has been locked out of the plans so far, but it’s not too late to increase engagement in … Read more
Labour pours scorn over autumn statement for ignoring sick and old
John McDonnell accused the chancellor of failing the sick and elderly after his autumn statement gave no additional money to … Read more
NHS financial problems endemic and no longer sustainable, say auditors
The financial problems of the NHS are now “endemic” and have worsened so significantly in the past year that the … Read more
Promised £8bn extra for NHS is not enough, says hospitals boss
Theresa May will have to rip up the government’s financial plans for the NHS and commit more than the promised … Read more
STPs ‘far from perfect’ but NHS has no plan B, warns think tank
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) have failed to involve frontline clinicians or patients and have been mired in confusion, a … Read more
NHS trusts on course to overshoot budgets by £850m, figures suggest
NHS hospital trusts are on course to overshoot their budgets by £850m this year, more than three times the deficit … Read more