‘Closure’ of Grantham A&E and maternity services overhaul revealed in leaked report
A leaked health report suggests A&E service at Grantham hospital could potentially end and maternity services could be centralised across … Read more
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Jeremy Hunt has not grasped the scale of workforce issues
Hunt needs to understand that nurses join the profession to nurse, not because they failed to become doctors Health secretary … Read more
Trusts with dangerous staffing levels face NHS Improvement intervention
Health economies and NHS providers’ plans for major workforce changes will be subject to NHS Improvement checks on safety, its … Read more
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
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
Mayor Anderson comes out fighting against controversial NHS cuts plan
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson has spoken out against a multi-million pound NHS overhaul that could lead to hospital mergers and … Read more
Shock plans to close A&E, maternity and children’s care at Nuneaton’s hospital
Shock secret plans to close Accident and Emergency, maternity and the children’s unit at the George Eliot Hospital have emerged. They … Read more
STPs chosen to lead major £350m back office savings drive
The Greater Manchester, Kent and Medway, mid and south Essex, and north west London STPs have been selected to be … Read more
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) explained – The King’s Fund
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were announced in NHS planning guidance published in December 2015. NHS organisations and local authorities in … Read more
New plans could ‘slash, trash and privatise’ Coventry’s NHS, says city MP and GPs
NEW plans to shake-up the NHS have been branded ‘a serious threat to patient services’ by a Coventry MP. Geoffrey … Read more