STPs will be published by Christmas, MPs told
MPs have been assured that all 44 STPs (sustainability and transformation plans), will be published by Christmas, according to health … Read more
Quality of care
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
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
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
David Oliver: Seven day services and soundbites
“Our plans for seven day services are simple,” the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, clarified in his party’s conference speech in … Read more
Can Simon Stevens’ Sustainability and Transformation Plans save the NHS? – The Centre for Health and Public Interest
Predictions that the NHS is facing disaster have been issued so often that people no longer pay much attention. This … Read more
King George Hospital A&E closure nears as hospitals reveal possible date for overnight closure
Documents obtained by the Recorder suggest that Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust (BHRUT) now has a date for … Read more