Obese patients denied surgery by NHS rationing
GP leaders slammed the ‘rationing’ of NHS services and warned that the restrictions on access to care appeared to breach … Read more
Rationing
NHS vasectomies rationed as health service forced to make cuts
Free vasectomies are being rationed in some parts of the country, as the NHS is forced to cut costs. One commissioning group … Read more
NHS to ‘extend rationing’ of healthcare in bid to balance books
The NHS plans to dramatically increase rationing of patients’ access to care and treatment in an effort to balance its books, a … Read more
NHS cash pressures causing bad rationing decisions
The NHS is starting to make unfair and inappropriate decisions on rationing healthcare in England due to growing financial pressures … Read more
Rationing in the NHS
This briefing sets out to highlight some of the key issues and dilemmas facing policy-makers and practitioners in the area … Read more
Cancer victims face postcode lottery for NHS care
Thousands of cancer patients are dying needlessly every year because of an “unacceptable” postcode lottery of care, MPs warn. A … Read more
Eight cancer drugs to be denied on NHS
Thousands of cancer patients will be denied NHS drugs following a decision to withdraw funding for at least eight life-extending … Read more
CCGs starting to ration hearing aids in order to cut costs
Campaigners are accusing the NHS of imposing “cruel” cuts on people who are going deaf by denying them the hearing … Read more
GPs face growing pressure on child mental health referrals as CCGs impose further cuts
CCGs are making cuts to the funding of child and adolescent mental health services, despite concerns from GPs that services … Read more