Cuts in services
Hospital A&E wards ‘in crisis over shortage of emergency doctors’
Hospital accident and emergency wards are in crisis as the supply of doctors fails to keep pace with demand for … Read more
Crisis-hit hospital trust may close Grantham A&E at night
Hospital bosses could shut an accident and emergency department at night in order to combat a staffing crisis. United Lincolnshire … Read more
Feeling the Crunch: NHS finances to 2020, a report by The Nuffield Trust
The NHS faces a £22 billion funding shortfall four-and-a-half years from now. That is no longer an abstract number designed … Read more
GPs face complete halt on all non-urgent referrals under CCG plans to cut costs
A north-west CCG is proposing to completely suspend all non-urgent GP referrals to local hospitals for up to fourth months … Read more
Unrealistic NHS savings targets to result in rationing, report warns
NHS England ‘will struggle’ to save £22bn by 2020 and is likely to be left with at least a £6n … Read more
More than one in twenty GP contracts terminated in three years as closures accelerate
More than one in 20 GP practice contracts in England have been terminated since 2013, official data obtained by GPonline … Read more
NHS reform: Why sustainability transformation plans could be dangerous
Across England, 44 ‘footprint’ areas are drawing up sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) for the NHS in their region. But … Read more
Cash-strapped council plans funding cuts to joint NHS discharge project
A county council struggling to make £60m of savings in 2016-17 is planning to scrap funding for a joint discharge … Read more
Stockport hospital to make 350 voluntary redundancies to tackle deficit
Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport is to cut the equivalent of 350 full-time jobs in order to cope with financial … Read more
Jeremy Hunt has broken NHS funding pledges, report finds
The government has broken its pledges on NHS funding and is misleading the public about how much extra money it … Read more
Seven-day general practice will have to be funded by other NHS cuts, MPs warn
The House of Commons health committee has questioned how the Government intends to pay for seven-day routine GP services. The … Read more
Physiotherapy provision is overstretched
A new Muscular Dystrophy UK report has revealed that thousands of people with muscular dystrophy are going without access to … Read more
A national disgrace: NHS fails to treat child mental health
A whole generation of children is being failed by mental health services, say GPs who struggle to access specialist help … Read more
Children’s services hardest hit by public health cuts
Services aimed at children and young people are bearing the brunt of cuts to public health spending by local authorities, … Read more
NHS child mental health services are failing the next generation, say GPs
Up to four in five children with mental health problems are being denied access to treatment they urgently need in … Read more