CCGs face ‘impossible’ choices to deliver higher savings targets
Local commissioners must deliver efficiency savings of almost 4 per cent to meet their financial targets this year, despite failing … Read more
NHS spending
Cuts a huge step back for public health
Doctors have warned of a ‘huge step back’ in public health after research revealed big cuts to sexual health, quit-smoking … Read more
Midwives call for ‘urgent’ funding for mental health care for new mothers after postnatal depression death
There is an “urgent need” for more funding for mental health care for expectant and new mothers, leading midwives have … Read more
Rise in life expectancy has stalled since 2010, research shows
A century-long rise in life expectancy has stalled since 2010 when austerity brought about deep cuts in NHS and social … Read more
More patients waiting too long in A&E despite it being NHS priority
The NHS is taking longer to treat patients attending accident and emergency departments despite ministers and health officials making A&E … Read more
Theresa May to oversee £85m in cuts to public health budgets this year, analysis reveals
Theresa May has been accused of taking her “eye off the ball” over public health as it was revealed budgets … Read more
Chickens coming home to roost: local government public health budgets for 2017/18
The Department for Communities and Local Government has released new data on local authorities’ planned budgets for public health in … Read more
Stress levels rising for mental health services
We have had repeated commitments from the very top of government to address the injustices faced by people with mental … Read more
NHS under pressure: What is happening to A&E services?
As a fourth hospital in England closes its casualty ward overnight, and with more downgrades likely to follow, are the … Read more
BMA chief: NHS is ‘running on fumes’
Dr Mark Porter hit out at the government at the start of the union’s annual conference. He accused ministers of … Read more