Deer Park Medical Centre: Campaigners to fight on after closure
Campaigners have said they will fight to reopen an Oxfordshire doctor’s surgery forced to close. Witney’s Deer Park practice will … Read more
Quality of care
Mission Impossible? The task for NHS Providers in 2017/2018
The 2017 Budget on 8 March confirmed that, while there was extra money for social care and a small amount … Read more
‘This feels totally wrong’: Poole Hospital governors response to controversial health plans
“This feels totally wrong.” Those are the words of governors from Poole Hospital who have filed a damning response to health … Read more
NHS services face ‘impossible’ budget crisis, health trusts warn
Frontline NHS services face “mission impossible” in meeting next year’s targets, health trusts have said. Longer waiting lists for operations … Read more
Suicide prevention services stalling due to lack of funding, parliamentary inquiry warns
Government funding shortfalls for suicide prevention services could mean people are dying unnecessarily, an influential cross-party committee of MPs has … Read more
Warning over ‘neglected’ elderly mental health services
The president elect of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned mental health services for older people are being “neglected” … Read more
Where mental health spending misses national target
Four sustainability and transformation plan regions have failed to raise mental health spending as mandated by national leaders, HSJ can reveal. Data … Read more
Number of patients missing two-month cancer treatment target window doubles amid warnings A&E crisis is sucking away resources
The number of NHS cancer patients waiting longer than the crucial two-month target window has nearly doubled in the last … Read more
NHS staff ask ‘least bad’ patients to sleep in corridors amid hospital demand crisis
Patients are being asked to volunteer to sleep in corridors in order to free up spaces on overrun NHS wards, … Read more
Hospitals could join prisons in cycle of ‘crisis, cash, repeat’, says report
Better financial planning and reforms needed to avoid ‘disastrous combination of failing public services and breached spending controls’ Hospitals could … Read more