A&Es and hospitals face closure in NHS funding crisis
The NHS is drawing up plans to close services including A&E departments and district hospitals amid a dire funding crisis. … Read more
Plan to ‘transform’ NHS could lead to downgrade of major London hospitals
Council leaders have refused to sign up to a plan to “transform” NHS services amid fears two major London hospitals, … Read more
NHS Plans closures and radical cuts to combat growing deficit in healthcare budget
Investigation by the Guardian and 38 Degrees reveals NHS faces £20bn funding shortfall by 2020-21 if no action is taken … Read more
The 38 Degrees crowdfunded investigation into secret NHS plans
Last month, 38 Degrees members chipped in to fund an investigation into a series of secret plans to change our … Read more
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) explained
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were announced in the NHS planning guidance published in December 2015. NHS organisations in different … Read more
The plans may still be fantasy: but NHS cuts are starting to get real
THERESA MAY’S government is stepping up George Osborne’s programme of relentless real-terms reductions to NHS spending to reverse Labour’s decade … Read more
Feeling the Crunch: NHS finances to 2020, a report by The Nuffield Trust
The NHS faces a £22 billion funding shortfall four-and-a-half years from now. That is no longer an abstract number designed … Read more
Unrealistic NHS savings targets to result in rationing, report warns
NHS England ‘will struggle’ to save £22bn by 2020 and is likely to be left with at least a £6n … Read more
NHS reform: Why sustainability transformation plans could be dangerous
Across England, 44 ‘footprint’ areas are drawing up sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) for the NHS in their region. But … Read more
Cash-strapped council plans funding cuts to joint NHS discharge project
A county council struggling to make £60m of savings in 2016-17 is planning to scrap funding for a joint discharge … Read more