Cuts in services
Trusts with dangerous staffing levels face NHS Improvement intervention
Health economies and NHS providers’ plans for major workforce changes will be subject to NHS Improvement checks on safety, its … Read more
Why the big secret over plans to transform NHS services?
Proposed consolidation of neonatal services could be the reason sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were drawn up without GPs like … Read more
New report details £267 million of cuts to Coventry and Warwickshire NHS
Healthcare in Coventry and Warwickshire is set to be overhauled in a bid to save £267 million in the next … Read more
Sick children moved as NHS intensive care units run out of beds
Seriously sick children are having to be transported long distances to receive intensive care this weekend because of a lack … Read more
13 GP practices to close in single county
Plans are underway to close 13 of the 18 GP practices in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, leaving patients having to travel … Read more
This jargon-filled NHS report masks £276m of brutal cuts that will hit us all
Plans to axe £267m from the local NHS budget by 2020 were today slammed as “opaque,” “incomprehensible” and “secretive” as … Read more
Warning drive to get people out of NHS hospitals will collapse Birmingham social services
A Birmingham City Council report into the new Sustainability and Transformation Plans for health services warns that the NHS risks … Read more
Talks begin on cutting NHS IVF funding in parts of Nottinghamshire
Health bosses are meeting the public today to discuss plans which could see NHS funding for IVF treatment scrapped in … Read more
Mayor Anderson comes out fighting against controversial NHS cuts plan
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson has spoken out against a multi-million pound NHS overhaul that could lead to hospital mergers and … Read more
Shock plans to close A&E, maternity and children’s care at Nuneaton’s hospital
Shock secret plans to close Accident and Emergency, maternity and the children’s unit at the George Eliot Hospital have emerged. They … Read more
STPs chosen to lead major £350m back office savings drive
The Greater Manchester, Kent and Medway, mid and south Essex, and north west London STPs have been selected to be … Read more
Hull Royal Infirmary faces £50m black hole in finances
Hospitals in Hull and East Yorkshire are being forced to find £21m of cuts while facing a £29m gap in … Read more
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) explained – The King’s Fund
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were announced in NHS planning guidance published in December 2015. NHS organisations and local authorities in … Read more
NHS shake up: Here’s what’s planned for community hospitals
AS many as six community hospitals could be replaced with ‘community hubs’ in the shake-up of health services across Dorset. … Read more
NHS Shake-up: Here’s how cancer services would run under new plans
A single Dorset cancer service would be created to serve all three major hospitals in a bid to streamline care. … Read more
GPs shut out of plan for NHS cuts in Coventry and Warwickshire
GPs were shut out of the controversial NHS shake-up in Coventry and Warwickshire and a city MP says the plans … Read more