Articles on the deficit

NHS spending per person will be cut next year, ministers confirm

By NHS Support Federation | 27th January 2017

The Government will cut the National Health Service’s budget per person in real terms next year, ministers have admitted in … Read more

Hospitals cancelled record number of urgent operations last year

By NHS Support Federation | 27th January 2017

Hospitals cancelled a record number of urgent operations last year as bed shortages left them struggling to cope with the … Read more

STP saving claims unrealistic, finds BMA

By NHS Support Federation | 27th January 2017

Doubts have been raised about the credibility of the blueprints for NHS reform with which ministers expect to stave off … Read more

Paramedics spend 500,000 hours outside busy A&Es, say auditors

By NHS Support Federation | 26th January 2017

Paramedics last year spent 500,000 hours outside hospitals with a patient in the back of their ambulance because A&E staff … Read more

Public health nursing roles ‘must be preserved’ to improve UK children’s health

By NHS Support Federation | 26th January 2017

Health visiting and school nursing services “must be preserved” if the UK is to make strides in improving children’s health, … Read more

Is the NHS in crisis?

By NHS Support Federation | 24th January 2017

The chairman of the Leeds Health Scrutiny Board certainly thinks so. In a letter to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Coun … Read more

Combined health and social care organisation poses ‘financial risk’ to local authority

By NHS Support Federation | 19th January 2017

A pioneering NHS service that promised to save millions of pounds by creating and testing the first combined health and … Read more

How the ‘humanitarian’ crisis in the NHS is paving the way for private healthcare

By NHS Support Federation | 12th January 2017

It has been a calamitous winter inside the NHS.  Last week, three people tragically died at Worcestershire Royal hospital with … Read more

Theresa May ignores NHS warnings at her peril After years of restraint, it is now imperative to spend more on health – The FT View

By NHS Support Federation | 12th January 2017

Another winter freeze hits Britain, another winter crisis looms in the National Health Service. Hospitals are cancelling outpatient appointments and … Read more

BMA demands healthcare plan detail

By NHS Support Federation | 20th December 2016

The Government must show leadership and spell out the detail of how health and social care reform will be achieved, … Read more