Budget deficits and emergency care pressures force cancellation of trust merger
The merger of two hospital trusts – which would have formed the second largest in the country – has been … Read more
STPs
Another STP admits to ‘serious reservations’ about process and plan
A sustainability and transformation plan (STP) footprint in the north of England has become the latest to publish its plan, … Read more
Latest STP published reveals hospital reconfiguration
Consolidating specialist hospital services on to two sites and creating a string of multispecialty community providers are key elements of … Read more
2,600 people to be given free weight-loss courses in a bid to stop soaring obesity rates
There are around 475,000 overweight or obese people in Norfolk, and weight-problems increases the risk of developing a number of … Read more
Councillors to quiz health chiefs about ‘secret’ plan for NHS in Brighton and Hove
Councillors are to question the health chiefs who are said to be drawing up a “secret” plan for the NHS … Read more
South West London STP includes plans to close acute hospital
One of the five acute hospitals in the South West London sustainability and transformation plan (STP) footprint is due to … Read more
Another ‘secretive’ mega shake-up of the NHS is being carried out by stealth, warns Unite
Another mega NHS shake-up, with a serious threat to patient services, is underway by stealth, Unite, the country’s largest union, … Read more
Third council publishes STP amid growing criticism of NHS England
A south London local authority has become the third council to release its full sustainability and transformation plan, and has … Read more
Acute services could merge under Midlands STP
Acute services at Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital Trust are to be merged as part of … Read more
Second ‘full’ STP published as council hits out at process
The second “full” sustainability and transformation plan has been published, by a London local authority which has criticised the STP process … Read more