Cuts in services
NHS Hospital wards left with ‘dangerously low levels of nurses’
Hospitals are running wards with a dangerously low number of nurses and are using healthcare workers as “stand-ins”, according to a … Read more
Seventh practice in under two years set to close in English city
Yet another GP practice has closed in Brighton, bringing the total number of closures up to seven in less than … Read more
More than 7,000 nurses could face axe under secret NHS plans
More than 7,000 nurse posts could be axed from NHS hospitals across the country despite a mounting Accident & Emergency crisis, … Read more
A week after Theresa May’s speech on mental health, a women’s psychiatric ward is closing due to cuts
Despite overwhelming opposition expressed during a two-month public consultation, Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) decided on Tuesday to decommission the … Read more
Bury and Prestwich walk-in centre closures in care shake-up
Two walk-in centres will close as part of a shake-up of urgent care to reduce hospital attendance and admissions. The … Read more
Burton residents launch alternative fight in bid to see all three Staffordshire A&E units saved
Burton residents have launched a petition calling on Staffordshire politicians to take a stand against the Sustainability and Transformation Plan … Read more
Theresa May accused of ‘playing down’ NHS crisis and ‘scapegoating’ GPs
The BMA’s chairman, Dr Mark Porter, said the underfunding of the NHS and “salami slicing” has led to a situation … Read more
Will Bristol’s NHS survive £305M slash in budget? Councillors debate breaking point for service
Plans to cut £305 million from the Bristol area’s NHS funding will result in fewer hospital beds, closure of services … Read more
On mental health, the Tories need to put their money where their mouths are – Alastair Campbell
hat is it about the mental health debate that makes me go all Malcolm Tucker, effing and blinding at the … Read more
Major NHS plans made public as consultation on Oxfordshire changes starts
The first salvo of controversial plans to radically change NHS services in Oxfordshire are set to be published today. It … Read more
‘No change is not an option’: What next for the NHS in Hampshire?
NO CHANGE to the National Health Service in Hampshire is not an option, a public meeting heard. Health chiefs told … Read more
‘Positive’ talks over bid to save beds at Wigton cottage hospital
Hospital campaigners in Wigton are optimistic after talks about their alternative plan to save beds were said to be “positive”. … Read more
Impassioned plea to save Sidmouth’s inpatient beds on eve of consultation deadline
Chair of hospital’s comforts fund implores health bosses not to ‘kill off voluntary sector’ and disregard £5million of community contributions. … Read more
Private beds bought to cope with lack of mental health beds in Devon
Attempts to cope with a lack of mental health hospital beds in Devon, which include purchasing private beds, has been … Read more
MP: ‘Don’t close our walk-in centres – it will pile pressure on A&E’
Closing walk-in-centres in north Essex would pile on more pressure to an already stretched A&E department, according to Colchester MP … Read more
Protest to be held over planned Devon hospital closure
Residents who live around Ashburton and Buckfastleigh are gearing up to demonstrate against the proposed closure of their local community … Read more