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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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Grantham A&E closure decision is referred to health secretary Jeremy Hunt

Full story in Grantham Journal, 17 January 2018 Members of a Lincolnshire committee have unanimously voted to refer the decision … Read more

Categories STPs, Staffing Tags A&E, cuts to services, hospitals, Jeremy Hunt, STP 13

Save our hospitals: Campaigners take the fight to reopen community beds to downing street

Full story in stoke sentinel 17 January 2018  Campaigners, nurses, care workers and politicians are descending on London next month … Read more

Categories STPs Tags cuts to services, hospitals, stp 10, underfunding

Fears over future of Yorkshire GP services after closures and mergers

Full story in The Yorkshire Post, 12 January 2018 Fears have been raised for the future of GP services after … Read more

Categories STPs Tags cuts to services, doctors, GPs, STP 5, STP 9, waiting times

The demolition of Heatherwood Hospital has been approved with redevelopment to go ahead

Full story at InYourArea 11 January 2018 After years of uncertainty councillors have agreed to demolish Heatherwood Hospital. First used … Read more

Categories Quality of care, NHS spending, STPs Tags hospitals, Public Health, STP 34

Swindon CCG applies for 20 GPs from overseas

Full Story at Swindon Advertiser 11 January 2018 A GP shortfall could be partly plugged by recruits from abroad. Swindon … Read more

Categories Staffing, STPs Tags deficit, GPs, NHS staff, staff shortage, STP 40

Dudley ACO contract set back

Full story in the HSJ, 5 January 2018 The procurement to establish a pioneering “accountable care organisation” model in the … Read more

Categories STPs, Integrated care Tags Accountable Care Organisation, ACO, community health, hospitals, integrated care, NHS reform, STP 16

Thousands of operations are being cancelled as NHS Issue advice to patients

Full story at DevonLive 5 January 2018 The NHS in Devon has issued advice to patients after the Government cancelled … Read more

Categories STPs, Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags hospitals, STP 37, treatment delays

Cornwall’s main hospital on ‘black alert’ with five hour waits and shortage of doctors or beds

Full Story at CornwallLive 30 December 2017 Cornwall’s main hospital at Treliske will remain on black alert for days to … Read more

Categories Quality of care, STPs, Treatment delays Tags A&E, hospitals, STP 36, understaffing, waiting times, winter crisis

Shropshire rural maternity units will reopen for births – but for how long?

Full story in The Shropshire Star, 29 December 2017 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs Telford’s … Read more

Categories STPs Tags cuts to services, maternity, NHS staff, STP 11

Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital fails four-hour A&E waiting target on Boxing Day

Full Story at DevonLive  29 December 2017 A Devon hospital fell significantly short of the four-hour A&E wait target on … Read more

Categories Quality of care, STPs Tags A&E, ambulance service, hospitals, STP 37, STPs, waiting times, winter crisis
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE