Higher consulting spending makes NHS trusts less efficient, study suggests
National Health Service (NHS) trusts which hire management consultants in order to reduce expenditure do not end up saving money, … Read more
Cutbacks loom for county’s health services
Full story in The Yorkshire Post, 19 February 2018 A forecast deficit of £40m across four main clinical groups (CCG) … Read more
£45m black hole highlighted by Swindon CCG
Full Story at Swindon Advertiser 30 January 2018 HEALTH chiefs in the region warned of a possible £45 million black … Read more
Underfunding of health services – NHS trust boss resigns in protest
Full story in the Guardian, 10 December 2017 The boss of one of the NHS’s biggest trusts has resigned in … Read more
In a bid to gain extra funding, NHS plans to ration care access
NHS bosses are to meet to discuss plans to ration and delay patients’ access to care, which could set them … Read more
Budget 2017: NHS trusts given extra £350m for entire winter
Full story in The Independent, 23 November 2017 The NHS has been given £350m to see it through the winter in the … Read more
Hammond’s £1.6bn cash for the NHS is less than half of £4bn needed
Full story in The Guardian, 23 November 2017 Philip Hammond has bowed to intense pressure to give the NHS more money … Read more
NHS chief’s call for £4bn emergency cash injection dismissed by Philip Hammond
Full story in The Guardian, 19 November 2017 Philip Hammond has dismissed calls from the head of the NHS for an … Read more
Chancellor told to make NHS the ‘top priority’ in Budget
Full story in The Independent, 19 November 2017 Two-thirds of the British public say the Chancellor must make the NHS … Read more
Lincolnshire hospitals to postpone non-urgent operations due to squeeze on funding
Full story The Guardian, 16 November 2017 The NHS is under fire for forcing patients who need surgery to wait at least … Read more