STP plans to cut GP numbers by a fifth and merge practices
GP numbers will fall by 18% by 2021 under STP plans published for Somerset. Under proposals drawn up by local … Read more
MP demands health bosses reveal details of ‘secret’ NHS cuts plan
Shadow Health Minister Barbara Keeley raised concerns after an investigation found NHS England chiefs had told local leaders to keep … Read more
STPs ‘far from perfect’ but NHS has no plan B, warns think tank
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) have failed to involve frontline clinicians or patients and have been mired in confusion, a … Read more
Patients and staff shut out of NHS transformation plans, says thinktank
NHS plans that could lead to hospital and A&E closures have been kept secret from the public and barely involved … Read more
NHS bosses ‘trying to keep cuts secret’
NHS chiefs are trying to keep plans to cut hospital services in England secret, an investigation has found. Full details … Read more
Plan to transform NHS in Norfolk and Waveney to save £160m ‘in realms of fantasy’
A project to radically alter the NHS in Norfolk and Waveney was today described as being “in the realms of … Read more
Lancashire and South Cumbria healthcare plan aims to plug £575m funding gap
Health services in Lancashire and South Cumbria will face a projected £575m funding gap by 2021 unless extensive changes are … Read more
Ultimatum: Council warns NHS bosses ‘Publish major health plans or we will’
A senior councillor says he will publish a confidential plan for the future of healthcare in Leicestershire himself if NHS … Read more
Somerset STP plots ‘accountable care system’
Somerset’s sustainability and transformation plan sets the goal of implementing an “accountable care system” by April 2019. The plan, which … Read more
David Oliver: Seven day services and soundbites
“Our plans for seven day services are simple,” the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, clarified in his party’s conference speech in … Read more