Government must solve NHS cash crisis, says UNISON
Commenting on the publication today (Tuesday) of the Health Select Committee report on the government’s spending review, UNISON head of health … Read more
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NHS finances outside the EU: Health Foundation analysis of the impact on NHS finances of the UK leaving the European Union
This briefing explores what the UK leaving the EU might mean for funding of the NHS in England. It then … Read more
Deficits in the NHS 2016: A King’s Fund Report
Unaudited figures indicate that NHS commissioners (clinical commissioning groups and NHS England) and providers in aggregate ended 2015/16 in deficit … Read more
Exclusive: Paybills and planned care targeted in huge savings drive
NHS trusts have been given a month to produce plans for merging back-office and pathology services with their neighbours, as … Read more
NHS boss says promise of £8bn in extra funding may be far from enough
The boss of the NHS has told Jeremy Hunt that the health service may need closer to £21bn extra over the next … Read more
Sustainability and Transformation Plans: another NHS reorganisation?
Earlier this year, new structures were announced to oversee health care in 44 areas of England. On 19 May, the … Read more
Practice ‘loses £55,000’ as CCG cuts £1m enhanced service without warning
A CCG has cut more than £1m in practice funding after decommissioning an enhanced service designed to improve care for … Read more
Mackey abandons plan for NHS providers to balance this year
The regulator of the NHS provider sector has admitted it will not be brought into the black this year, in … Read more
NHS figures are bad, but the true underlying deficit may be even worse
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
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