GPs face increasing restrictions as NHS rations care to save money
GPs face increasingly tighter restrictions on their ability to refer for specialist care, reveals an investigation by Pulse into plans … Read more
Doubts linger over Jeremy Hunt’s pledge for 5,000 new GPs
Health secretary seemed hesitant to fully commit to Conservative’s pre-election promise in two recent speeches Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has … Read more
Slashed budgets and STIs: The painful truth about birth control services in Britain today
‘Very worrying for sexual health, as well as other services: Government announces £200m cuts to public health budget.’ So tweeted … Read more
£200m cuts to public health: the situation is getting serious
The Treasury’s announcement of a £200m cut to “non-NHS” funding has raised alarm bells amongst professional organisations from the Faculty of … Read more
Eating disorder patients’ lives at risk due to long waits for NHS treatment
The lives of people seriously ill with eating disorders are being put at risk because they have to wait up … Read more
Government announces £200m cuts to public health budget
Public health budgets are set to be slashed by £200m this year under a raft of measures to ‘bring down … Read more
£8million cut from Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust budget since 2011
Almost £8 million has been cut from mental health services in Kent in the past four years. The figures can … Read more
Obese patients denied surgery by NHS rationing
GP leaders slammed the ‘rationing’ of NHS services and warned that the restrictions on access to care appeared to breach … Read more
Thousands of patients forced to hunt for a new GP as staffing shortages accelerate practice closures
Thousands of patients have had to find a new GP because their local practice has closed, as staffing shortages and … Read more
NHS vasectomies rationed as health service forced to make cuts
Free vasectomies are being rationed in some parts of the country, as the NHS is forced to cut costs. One commissioning group … Read more