NHS spending £350m a year to send mental health patients miles from home
The NHS is reliant on private mental health services to treat seriously ill patients, often miles away from loved ones, … Read more
NHS spending
The shocking figures that reveal the crisis in Birmingham’s health service
Full story in Birmingham Mail, 1 March 2018 Shocking new figures reveal that waiting lists are soaring across Birmingham’s NHS, … Read more
Exclusive: Vanguards dent emergency admissions but not bed days
National new care model vanguard projects have not had a major impact on hospital bed days, official data obtained by HSJ suggests. … Read more
Higher consulting spending makes NHS trusts less efficient, study suggests
National Health Service (NHS) trusts which hire management consultants in order to reduce expenditure do not end up saving money, … Read more
IVF clinics ‘should pay NHS if their treatments cause complications’
A leading British fertility expert is calling for IVF clinics to foot the bill when assisted reproductive treatments result in … Read more
Cutbacks loom for county’s health services
Full story in The Yorkshire Post, 19 February 2018 A forecast deficit of £40m across four main clinical groups (CCG) … Read more
NHS funding overhaul called for by former minister
Full Story in East Anglian Daily Times 2 February 2018 A former health minister has called for an overhaul of … Read more
£45m black hole highlighted by Swindon CCG
Full Story at Swindon Advertiser 30 January 2018 HEALTH chiefs in the region warned of a possible £45 million black … Read more
Suffolk and Essex among lowest funded as government defends public health grants
Full Story in East Anglian Daily Times 29 January 2018 The Government has defended its decision to reduce public health … Read more
The demolition of Heatherwood Hospital has been approved with redevelopment to go ahead
Full story at InYourArea 11 January 2018 After years of uncertainty councillors have agreed to demolish Heatherwood Hospital. First used … Read more