Cuts in services

Camden Council’s Cabinet outline concerns about the North Central London Sustainability and Transformation Plan

21st December 2016

Following discussion by Camden Council’s Cabinet last week (Wednesday December 14), the Leader of the Council, Sarah Hayward, has written … Read more

NHS transformation plans: Cuts or change for better?

21st December 2016

The process has been bubbling along beneath the radar for months. The Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) across the NHS … Read more

Council unanimously passes motion against Lincolnshire STP hospital closures

21st December 2016

Plans to downgrade A&E and maternity services at Lincolnshire’s hospitals as part of the region’s sustainability and transformation plan (STP) … Read more

BMA demands healthcare plan detail

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

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to close Integrative Care beds

20th December 2016

Scotland’s largest health board has voted to close inpatient beds at a Glasgow site which previously operated as the Homeopathic … Read more

NHS buckling under mismatch of demand and funding, says report

20th December 2016

    The NHS in England is buckling under a mismatch between soaring demand for care and levels of funding, … Read more

Commissioners may make ‘controversial’ cuts to break even

20th December 2016

Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group is heading for a £15m deficit in 2016-17 unless it makes “controversial decisions” to cut … Read more

Hospital, CCG and GP consolidation mooted by Northamptonshire STP

20th December 2016

Service redesign under the Northamptonshire sustainability and transformation plan may go so far that it will “make little sense to … Read more

Controversial plans set to win approval

19th December 2016

Health bosses will this week discuss their plans for the year ahead – and are likely to approve plans to … Read more

The social care crisis is pulling NHS trusts further underwater

16th December 2016

The government’s refusal to find any new money for social care will inflict significant and lasting damage on the NHS … Read more

Future Fit: Fears for patients over Shropshire A&E decision delay

16th December 2016

Tracey Huffer, Shropshire councillor for Ludlow East and a practising nurse, has called for better leadership and communication to be … Read more

Future Fit: Telford MP Lucy Allan calls for Jeremy Hunt to intervene in Shropshire A&E crisis

16th December 2016

Telford MP Lucy Allan has called on the Government to intervene in Shropshire’s health crisis in a strongly-worded letter to … Read more

Opposition to ‘dangerous’ hospital bed cuts across East Devon is mounting

16th December 2016

The county council is calling for proposals to be halted while packed meeting in Sidmouth called for public to reject … Read more

Burton Hospital could lose its A&E department as part of changes to Staffordshire health care

15th December 2016

Burton could lose its accident and emergency department according to plans released by a county-wide review board looking into how … Read more

Staffordshire A&E unit could be downgraded in £542m savings plan

15th December 2016

One of three A&E departments in Staffordshire could be downgraded as part of plans to save £542m. More than 260 … Read more

Burton Hospital could lose its A&E department as part of health care changes

15th December 2016

Burton could lose its accident and emergency department in what would be a blow for the patients that use it … Read more