Sustained falls in emergency admissions in certain areas
Full Story at HSJ 20 November 2017 Containing and reducing emergency hospital admissions is often seen as the holy grail … Read more
Quality of care
Non-partisan debate on future of NHS requested by cross-party MPs
Full story in The Guardian, 18 November 2017 Ninety MPs including several senior Tories have urged Theresa May to launch … Read more
NHS target to manage winter crisis “totally unrealistic”
Full story in The Guardian, 18 November 2017 Health service chiefs have been declared “barking mad” for ordering hospitals to … Read more
Watchdog warns that NHS faces even worse winter crisis than last year
Full story in The Guardian, 16 November 2017 The NHS is in an “extremely challenging” position with winter approaching because hospitals have … Read more
Mental health services and detox unit at St Peter’s Hospital to be moved if 470 green belt land homes are approved
Full story at GetSurrey 17 November 2017 The NHS trusts said if the development does not go ahead, it will … Read more
Tory austerity linked to 120,000 deaths – Landmark study
Full story in The Independent, 16 November 2017 The Conservatives have been accused of “economic murder” for austerity policies which … Read more
Plan to move seriously ill patients by Essex hospitals
Full story on BBC News 15 November 2017 Seriously ill patients face being transferred between three Essex hospitals under plans … Read more
May and Hammond’s miserliness pointed out by NHS Chief
Full story in The Guardian, 9 November 2017 Simon Stevens’s warning to Theresa May and Philip Hammond of the risks they are … Read more
After four years, teaching trust to exit special measures
Full story in The HSJ 2 November 2017 An NHS hospital trust in special measures for the last four years … Read more
Emergency GP service in Somerset ‘unacceptable’
Out-of-hours GP services in Somerset are “unacceptable”, the county’s clinical commissioning group has said. Its chief officer said bosses had … Read more