CCGs face ‘impossible’ choices to deliver higher savings targets
Local commissioners must deliver efficiency savings of almost 4 per cent to meet their financial targets this year, despite failing … Read more
Theresa May to oversee £85m in cuts to public health budgets this year, analysis reveals
Theresa May has been accused of taking her “eye off the ball” over public health as it was revealed budgets … Read more
Trusts need millions in extra funding for Mid Staffs dissolution
Trust leaders in the Midlands are seeking millions of pounds in extra financial support linked to the dissolution of Mid … Read more
Secret NHS cost-cutting plans sound ‘death knell’ for British healthcare, warn campaigners
Extended waiting times, ward and service closures, and withdrawal of public funding for some treatments among proposals in new national savings … Read more
HSJ Exclusive: New national savings drive will ‘challenge the values’ of NHS leaders
Closing wards and services, blocking choice of private providers, systematically extending waiting times, and stopping some treatments are all being … Read more
Thousands of children’s operations cancelled each year, NHS figures show
Paediatricians’ leader says figures obtained by Labour are further evidence NHS is being pushed to the brink. Thousands of operations … Read more
Trusts left ‘drowning in debt’ by Treasury-driven scheme
The way that sustainability funding has been distributed risks creating huge imbalances where some NHS trusts become “cash rich” and … Read more
In short supply: pay policy and nurse numbers Workforce profile and trends in the English NHS
In April 2017, the House of Lords Select Committee on the long-term sustainability of the NHS concluded that the biggest … Read more
Government accused of ‘cover up’ over ‘delay’ in publishing NHS trust deficit figures
‘It’s a cover up to deny public true picture of the NHS,’ said Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth. ‘We demand full transparency … Read more