Cuts in services
Stroke reconfiguration plans cause concerns.
Full Story at HSJ 29 March 2018 Senior clinicians and local campaigners have raised safety concerns over plans for a … Read more
Plans have been scrapped to deny women IVF on the NHS in Trafford
Full Story in Manchester Evening News 27 March 2018 A plan to deny women IVF on the NHS in Trafford … Read more
Panel decision means IVF funding will be cut in CCG.
Full story at HSJ 26 March 2018 The Independent Reconfiguration Panel will not carry out a full review of a … Read more
Day centre services to be pulled as CCG agrees to closure of hospital site
Full story in the Beccles and Baungay Journal, 23 March 2018 The Rayner Green Resource Centre, in Halesworth, provides social … Read more
Services suspended for a month at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit
Full Story in Shropshire Star 23 March 2018 Inpatient services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit will be suspended for nearly … Read more
Top doctor warns NHS winter crisis will carry on until Easter
Full Story in The Essential Daily Briefing 20 March 2018 The NHS “winter crisis” will drag on until at least … Read more
80% of NHS workers warn patient safety hit by lack of staff
Full Story in The Guardian 18 March 2018 A huge majority of NHS workers say they are worried about staffing … Read more
Children treated across UK as there are no Derbyshire mental health beds for children
Full Story in Derbyshire Telegraph 18 March 2018 Children in Derbyshire who need an NHS mental health bed are being … Read more
Final figures show NHS winter crisis officially worst on record and patients still suffering
Full Story in The Independent 16 March 2018 “Heroic” NHS staff weathered the worst winter on record as official figures … Read more
Sheffield NHS bosses reveal decision date on possible plan to close Minor Injuries Unit and Walk-in Centre
Full story in the Sheffield Star, 16 March 2018 NHS bosses will not reveal their decision on plans to close … Read more
Capital squeeze ‘comes home to roost’ as fire and IT risks heighten
Full Story in HSJ 15 March 2018 NHS trusts have been forced to rein in plans for “essential” maintenance and … Read more
‘Urgently investigate 10,000 additional deaths’ in the first weeks of 2018, government told
Full Story in The Independent 15 March 2018 Experts have called on the Government to explain why there were more than 10,000 … Read more
Judicial review into A&E closure given the green light.
Full story at HSJ 15 March 2018 A High Court judge has granted a judicial review for campaigners opposing the … Read more
Horton review ‘will only add more bureaucracy’ say campaigners
Full story in The Oxford Mail, 14 March 2018 Campaigners have criticised an independent review into the decision to downgrade … Read more
CQC report finds Leicester hospital services ‘need to improve’
Full Story in Leicester Mercury 14 March 2018 Leicester’s Hospitals have been told they need to improve services in the … Read more
Labour says NHS hospitals ran out of children’s intensive care beds more than a thousand times this winter
Full Story in The Independent 13 March 2018 The equivalent of ten children’s intensive care units a day are unable … Read more