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…affected, with acute hospitals, general practice, mental health and community services all under pressure. In December 2016, NHS Improvement forecast that NHS trusts would end 2016/17 with a potential deficit…
…affected, with acute hospitals, general practice, mental health and community services all under pressure. In December 2016, NHS Improvement forecast that NHS trusts would end 2016/17 with a potential deficit…
…in the health and care system. For example, we have estimated that in England, poor mental health drives up the annual cost of long-term physical health conditions by between £8…
…Health NHS Trust failed to investigate properly. The trust runs more than 65 community health services, including district nursing and walk-in centres. It also used to provide medical care at…
One of three A&E departments in Staffordshire could be downgraded as part of plans to save £542m. More than 260 hospital and community hospital beds could close, along with bigger…
The introduction of integrated care systems (ICSs) this summer, triggering a major overhaul of commissioning responsibilities, could have a negative impact on the delivery of specialised services – which range…
…the major changes involved moving services from the QMC, City Hospital and King’s Mill Hospital into the community to free space and close beds. Full Article on Notts TV 21st…
…“clinicians and NHS leaders” to present government with a “provisional list” of requests for changes to legislation. These include: Freeing commissioners from procurement rules introduced in the 2012 Act;…
…and community and social care teams). Like other areas this STP aims to transfer services out of hospital and into the community. The concern is that cuts in hospital care…
…of needing to find funding to deal with the government’s Living with Covid plans and the cost of the public health policy around Test and Trace”. HSJ reported in February…
…referrals from GPs being the only way to access a specialist, there are some notable exceptions, we self-refer for hearing tests and eyesight tests. Full article in The Lowdown, 19…