Articles on the deficit

Shropshire councils refuse to endorse ‘insufficiently developed’ STP

By NHS Support Federation | 30th November 2016

Two Shropshire councils have refused to endorse the region’s 73-page draft STP, saying that it is insufficiently developed. Shropshire Council … Read more

No jam today, and no jam tomorrow either, by Anita Charlesworth and Richard Murray

By NHS Support Federation | 30th November 2016

Policy ambition and public funding don’t add up in either the short or long term – and the result spells … Read more

Citizens must get a say in NHS sustainability and transformation plans

By NHS Support Federation | 25th November 2016

The public has been locked out of the plans so far, but it’s not too late to increase engagement in … Read more

Labour pours scorn over autumn statement for ignoring sick and old

By NHS Support Federation | 24th November 2016

John McDonnell accused the chancellor of failing the sick and elderly after his autumn statement gave no additional money to … Read more

Cambridge cuts plan confirms Tory plot to destroy our NHS

By NHS Support Federation | 23rd November 2016

Shock plans for the sell-off of the NHS were uncovered yesterday when NHS bosses published a proposal to reduce reliance … Read more

NHS cost cutting plan: Leicestershire community hospitals to close with job losses possible

By NHS Support Federation | 23rd November 2016

Several community hospitals are to close along with a county birthing centre under radical plans to cut NHS costs across … Read more

NHS financial problems endemic and no longer sustainable, say auditors

By NHS Support Federation | 22nd November 2016

The financial problems of the NHS are now “endemic” and have worsened so significantly in the past year that the … Read more

STPs risk ‘starving services of resources’

By NHS Support Federation | 21st November 2016

Ministers have been urged to sort out the ‘mess’ of the NHS STPs (sustainability and transformation plans) after BMA analysis … Read more

Promised £8bn extra for NHS is not enough, says hospitals boss

By NHS Support Federation | 17th November 2016

Theresa May will have to rip up the government’s financial plans for the NHS and commit more than the promised … Read more

Revealed: Controversial NHS blueprint to overhaul Merseyside’s hospitals

By NHS Support Federation | 16th November 2016

NHS bosses today unveiled controversial plans for hospital mergers and A&E downgrades as a long-awaited report on the future of … Read more