NHS cuts gone ‘too far’ says GP out-of-hours provider IC24
A GP out-of-hours service provider said NHS cuts had left it with less than the price of a pizza to … Read more
NHS spending
Patients die after surgery as the NHS cuts corners
Thousands of patients are dying because the NHS cuts corners on operations for the critically ill, the Royal College of … Read more
Six ways in which NHS financial pressures can affect patient care
NHS finances are almost at breaking point. Since 2010, the unprecedented slowdown in funding growth and rising demand have made … Read more
NHS spend on general practice drops to 7.2%
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will fail to deliver this year on his promise to increase the proportion of funding going … Read more
Cuts to PIP ‘extremely damaging’ says College of Occupational Therapists
The College of Occupational Therapists has expressed concern following the Government’s announcement to cut Personal Independence Payments (PIP). Under new … Read more
Budget 2016: George Osborne cuts £1.1bn from NHS repairs fund
The NHS repairs budget has been slashed by £1.1bn, in an unpublicised cut included in George Osborne’s 2016 Budget. The … Read more
Budget includes £650 million in ‘secret cuts’ to the NHS, analysis shows
George Osborne made hundreds of millions of pounds in “secret cuts” to the NHS in his Budget, according to the … Read more
‘No convincing plan’ for NHS to save £22bn, say scathing report
An influential committee of MPs has made sweeping criticisms of the Department of Health and NHS England over their handling … Read more
NHS child mental health money ‘missing’ despite investment
Some mental health trusts in England have seen “no significant investment” in psychiatric services for children despite government plans to … Read more
A perfect storm: an impossible climate for NHS providers’ finances?
The NHS in England is currently halfway through the most austere decade in its history. In the 2015 comprehensive spending … Read more