STPs risk ‘starving services of resources’
Ministers have been urged to sort out the ‘mess’ of the NHS STPs (sustainability and transformation plans) after BMA analysis … Read more
NHS spending
Promised £8bn extra for NHS is not enough, says hospitals boss
Theresa May will have to rip up the government’s financial plans for the NHS and commit more than the promised … Read more
Revealed: Controversial NHS blueprint to overhaul Merseyside’s hospitals
NHS bosses today unveiled controversial plans for hospital mergers and A&E downgrades as a long-awaited report on the future of … Read more
Sustainability and transformation plans in the NHS – The King’s Fund
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) have been developed by NHS and local government leaders in 44 parts of England. The … Read more
Investment and support for general practice must be the focus of local STPs
The RCGP has responded to the King’s Fund report on Sustainability and Transformation Plans, published today. Professor Maureen Baker, RCGP … Read more
MP demands health bosses reveal details of ‘secret’ NHS cuts plan
Shadow Health Minister Barbara Keeley raised concerns after an investigation found NHS England chiefs had told local leaders to keep … Read more
STPs ‘far from perfect’ but NHS has no plan B, warns think tank
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) have failed to involve frontline clinicians or patients and have been mired in confusion, a … Read more
Patients and staff shut out of NHS transformation plans, says thinktank
NHS plans that could lead to hospital and A&E closures have been kept secret from the public and barely involved … Read more
NHS bosses ‘trying to keep cuts secret’
NHS chiefs are trying to keep plans to cut hospital services in England secret, an investigation has found. Full details … Read more
Somerset STP plots ‘accountable care system’
Somerset’s sustainability and transformation plan sets the goal of implementing an “accountable care system” by April 2019. The plan, which … Read more