Full £800m NHS ‘priorities’ fund to offset trust deficits
About £800m of funding that was intended for mental health, community and primary care will instead be used to ensure … Read more
Money earmarked for mental health diverted to balance NHS books
Ministers have been accused of breaking their promises on mental health after £800m earmarked to improve services was diverted to … Read more
Suicide prevention services stalling due to lack of funding, parliamentary inquiry warns
Government funding shortfalls for suicide prevention services could mean people are dying unnecessarily, an influential cross-party committee of MPs has … Read more
UCLH to go live with EHR system in 2019
[London, UK] University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has now approved a business case to deploy a full … Read more
Three-way merger to create largest CCG in England
Three clinical commissioning groups in Merseyside have announced plans to merge, after NHS England “paved the way” for discussions to … Read more
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
‘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
‘Army-style’ training proposal will not redress recruitment crisis, says BMA
Proposals to train more doctors – and tie them to the NHS for more than four years after graduation – … Read more