CCGs to join up for STP-wide commissioning
All the clinical commissioning groups across a sustainability and transformation plan footprint have signed up to form a commissioning committee … Read more
STPs
‘Louth and Skegness hospital services could be merged’
Hospital services in Louth and Skegness could be merged into one building, according to worried campaigners. Concerns have been raised … Read more
“These are children’s lives they’re playing with” – protesters fight Glenfield heart unit closure
Protesters have gathered to oppose to the proposed closure of the children’s heart unit at Glenfield Hospital. Campaigners gathered at … Read more
STP funding plans fail to materialise
The vast majority of agreed STP (sustainability and transformation plan) proposals should be implemented by 2021, NHS leaders have said, … Read more
Conflicting views on responding to draft NHS plan in Ross-on-Wye
A heated debate broke out about the draft plan for healthcare in the county and the future of Ross-on-Wye community hospital. … Read more
Doncaster to deploy shared care record this summer
Doncaster will deploy an integrated digital care record this summer, initially drawing on patient data from four organisations across health … Read more
Health expert says new NHS plan could ‘put patients at risk’
A health policy expert from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) believes a five-year plan by the NHS to save money … Read more
Dismay at proposed cuts to NHS-funded IVF treatment in Cambridgeshire
Proposals to cut NHS funded IVF-treatment in Cambridgeshire have been labelled “devastating”, as a major public survey on the plan … Read more
Frimley assures no major services are facing the axe
FRIMLEY Health NHS Foundation Trust has given its reassurance that major services do not face the axe, after BBC analysis … Read more
Red-letter day for health services: What happened?
Yesterday marked a red-letter day for Cumbria’s health services, with NHS chiefs voting on what they believed to be the … Read more