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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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The RCN has signed a joint letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer warning of the impact of the decision to cut £200 million from this year’s public health grant to local health authorities.

The RCN has signed a joint letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer warning of the impact of the decision … Read more

Categories NHS spending, Quality of care, Rationing Tags nurses, Public Health, rationing, underfunding

NHS spending: squeezed as never before – by John Appleby

Next month the government will set out its plans for public service spending through to 2020. The indications are that … Read more

Categories Debt, NHS spending Tags deficit, Department of Health, Kings Fund, underfunding

Only support service for vulnerable people with HIV in Leeds to be axed by city council

Leeds’ only HIV support service faces closure, prompting fears it could leave hundreds of vulnerable people at risk. BHA Leeds … Read more

Categories Rationing Tags cuts to services, HIV, Public Health, underfunding

Staff shortages common theme across NHS, warns CQC

Staffing shortfalls have been identified as a key factor affecting patient safety in hospitals and care homes, according to a … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Staffing Tags CQC, doctors, hospitals, NHS staff, nurses, recruitment, understaffing

Maternity services overworked, understaffed and struggling to cope shows senior midwives survey

Maternity unit closures, budget and training cuts and reduced services are among the issues highlighted by a survey of UK … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Staffing Tags Academic reports, cuts to services, hospitals, maternity, recruitment, understaffing

NHS to begin denying people hearing aids for first time

The NHS will start denying people with hearing problems access to hearing aids for the first time from Thursday in a controversial … Read more

Categories Rationing Tags eligibility criteria, hearing aids, postcode lottery, rationing

NHS at risk from “explosion” in number of ageing patients with multiple illnesses

Rubbishing David Cameron’s plan for a seven-day health service, Britain’s top GP says primary care funding has fallen to dangerous … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags Elderly care, GPs, underfunding

Mental health contract could land CCGs with extra costs

Clinical commissioning groups in Birmingham have jointly tendered a service to integrate mental health services for children with those for … Read more

Categories NHS spending Tags CCGs, mental health, NHS England

More NHS services will be ‘rationed’ under ministers’ plans

Government plans for NHS ‘efficiency savings’ cannot be delivered without rationing of services, Labour’s new shadow health secretary has warned. … Read more

Categories NHS spending, Rationing Tags cuts to services, Public Health, rationing

Prepare for a catastrophic NHS winter meltdown

The NHS is on the brink of a major, messy failure. If nothing is done to address the underlying issues now, the … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags A&E, hospitals, 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