Cuts in services
HSJ Report 2016 – Mapped: The financial health of every STP area
At a time when the NHS is planning for 2016/17 and beyond, this briefing considers some of the key publications … Read more
We take strain off GPs – but cuts to NHS could see your local pharmacy close, warns chemist
CONCERNS over budget cuts to pharmacy services have been raised by a Christchurch company. Patients and staff at Wessex Pharmacies were … Read more
One third of practices considering handing back their contract in one area
General practice in Essex is on the brink of collapse, the LMC has warned, after finding that almost one third … Read more
Rescue bid for quality of care
The BMA has today published a report on privatisation in the NHS. It calls for Government to implement eight recommendations … Read more
NHS and public services will face billions in cuts if Britain votes to leave EU, George Osborne to warn
The NHS, schools and defence will face billions of pounds worth of cuts and householders will be £4,300 poorer a … Read more
Transplants axed and wards closed amid trust’s nurse shortage
Liver transplant operations at one of the country’s flagship teaching hospitals have been cancelled because of a shortage of critical … Read more
NHS cuts gone ‘too far’ says GP out-of-hours provider IC24
A GP out-of-hours service provider said NHS cuts had left it with less than the price of a pizza to … Read more
NHS is rationing caesarean births to save money, coroner warns
A coroner has warned the NHS is risking lives after claiming a baby died because his mother was forced to … Read more
Cutting physiotherapy services a false economy, says CSP
Proposals by CCGs covering Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country to restrict access to physiotherapy could drive up costs for … Read more
Patients die after surgery as the NHS cuts corners
Thousands of patients are dying because the NHS cuts corners on operations for the critically ill, the Royal College of … Read more
Mental health trust forced to cut services
A mental health trust in Manchester has cut seven frontline community-based services to save £1m, in one of the first major … Read more
Royal college criticises CCGs for rationing services
The Royal College of Surgeons has written to six CCGs to criticise proposals to restrict referrals for several surgical procedures. … Read more
Cutting physiotherapy services a false economy, says CSP
Proposals by CCGs covering Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country to restrict access to physiotherapy could drive up costs for … Read more
Public health gains in danger as councils cut GP funding
The Government promised that its £200m cuts to public health services will not affect frontline services – but a Pulse … Read more
More than 170 GP surgeries have closed in 3 years because of ‘financial pressures’
More than 170 GP surgeries have closed in three years with doctors citing the increasing financial pressures of running modern … Read more
Patients put at risk and staff ‘driven to the brink’ by cost-cutting Liverpool NHS trust
Failings at a Liverpool NHS trust were “ignored or watered down” by bosses who were hellbent on “aggressive” cost-cutting that … Read more