Cuts in services
Leaked STP document reveals A&E downgrade plans
The sustainability and transformation plan for Cheshire and Mersey includes the downgrade of at least one accident and emergency department, … Read more
Controversial Bedford hospital review has ‘no solutions’
The Mayor of Bedford has published a draft version of a controversial review on Bedford Hospital’s future – against NHS … Read more
Another STP admits to ‘serious reservations’ about process and plan
A sustainability and transformation plan (STP) footprint in the north of England has become the latest to publish its plan, … Read more
Latest STP published reveals hospital reconfiguration
Consolidating specialist hospital services on to two sites and creating a string of multispecialty community providers are key elements of … Read more
Councillors to quiz health chiefs about ‘secret’ plan for NHS in Brighton and Hove
Councillors are to question the health chiefs who are said to be drawing up a “secret” plan for the NHS … Read more
South West London STP includes plans to close acute hospital
One of the five acute hospitals in the South West London sustainability and transformation plan (STP) footprint is due to … Read more
Another ‘secretive’ mega shake-up of the NHS is being carried out by stealth, warns Unite
Another mega NHS shake-up, with a serious threat to patient services, is underway by stealth, Unite, the country’s largest union, … Read more
Acute services could merge under Midlands STP
Acute services at Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital Trust are to be merged as part of … Read more
City becomes the first to publish its full STP
Birmingham and Solihull’s sustainability and transformation plan, which has been published today despite NHS England asking for the release of … Read more
Leader of region’s new health plan quashes fears over hospital closures as local chiefs submit document to NHS bosses for approval
In an exclusive interview with this newspaper Dr Wendy Thomson, managing director of Norfolk County Council, also dispelled fears about … Read more
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary: A&E move a step closer
A proposal to close Huddersfield’s A&E department has moved a step closer after health groups voted unanimously in favour of … Read more
Meeting reveals big NHS cuts planned across Derbyshire
An Amber Valley borough councillor has voiced concerns over ‘secret’ plans for £240m worth of cuts to the NHS in … Read more
NHS high-risk maintenance backlog increases by 70%
NHS trusts are increasingly struggling to address serious maintenance concerns with their estate, new figures from NHS Digital show. The … Read more
Lack of mental health crisis beds a ‘national scandal’ – HSJ Exclusive
Mental health chiefs have branded a shortage of acute beds for crisis care a “national scandal”, and said extra cash … Read more
Social care cuts take English service to tipping point, regulator warns
A&E units are struggling to cope because social care services that help elderly people have been cut so much that … Read more
STPs are making plans ‘they do not believe can be delivered’
Health economy leaders are being forced to draw up sustainability plans which they do not believe can be delivered, according … Read more