NHS Plans closures and radical cuts to combat growing deficit in healthcare budget
Investigation by the Guardian and 38 Degrees reveals NHS faces £20bn funding shortfall by 2020-21 if no action is taken … Read more
Infrastructure problems
Five big issues for health and social care after the Brexit vote
Helen McKenna of the Kings Fund writes : Health is not an area of significant EU competence; its role is … 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
NHS managers are being forced to lie to the public – Carol Ackroyd
This latest “Transformation” will kill the NHS if we let it. Local managers are being forced to slash NHS budgets … Read more
Sustainability and Transformation Plans – kill or cure for the NHS? – Colin Leys
Local NHS areas have til June to try and submit convincing plans to dramatically improve healthcare whilst saving large sums … Read more
Rise in urgent operations being cancelled
Two trusts cancelled urgent operations at least twice for more than 20 patients, official statistics show. HSJ analysis of NHS … Read more
Revealed: The capital projects deferred in ‘undignified scramble’
HSJ has obtained details of dozens of NHS capital schemes that were deferred from 2015-16, as part of a bid … Read more
Sussex CCG Must Act Now
Sussex CCG Must Act Now As Staff Continue To Leave Over Coperforma Patient Transport Service Failings The CCGs are ultimately … Read more
Teaching trust loses second chief executive in two weeks
EXCLUSIVE: A major London teaching hospital has been forced to suspend its acting chief executive amid serious financial allegations less … Read more
HSJ Report 2016 – Mapped: The financial health of every STP area
At a time when the NHS is planning for 2016/17 and beyond, this briefing considers some of the key publications … Read more