Cuts in services
Camden Council’s Cabinet outline concerns about the North Central London Sustainability and Transformation Plan
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Health bosses will this week discuss their plans for the year ahead – and are likely to approve plans to … Read more
Future Fit: Fears for patients over Shropshire A&E decision delay
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
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
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
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
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
Burton could lose its accident and emergency department in what would be a blow for the patients that use it … Read more