Cuts in services
CCGs consider sweeping restrictions to plug £25m hole
A group of clinical commissioning groups in the Midlands have outlined proposals for wide ranging restrictions to NHS services in … Read more
Budget 2016: George Osborne cuts £1.1bn from NHS repairs fund
The NHS repairs budget has been slashed by £1.1bn, in an unpublicised cut included in George Osborne’s 2016 Budget. The … Read more
Budget includes £650 million in ‘secret cuts’ to the NHS, analysis shows
George Osborne made hundreds of millions of pounds in “secret cuts” to the NHS in his Budget, according to the … Read more
Councils cut hundreds of thousands of pounds from stop smoking services
Councils are cutting their smoking cessation budgets by hundreds of thousands of pounds – a move that experts warn will … Read more
‘No convincing plan’ for NHS to save £22bn, say scathing report
An influential committee of MPs has made sweeping criticisms of the Department of Health and NHS England over their handling … Read more
One in three GPs predict closure by 2020 unless seven-day plans are scrapped
A third of GPs believe that their practice will stop providing services to patients by 2020, according to new research. … Read more
Liverpool NHS jobs face the axe because of community health funding cuts
Up to 30 NHS staff in Liverpool could lose their jobs as services including exercise classes for dementia patients and … Read more
One in five London practices could close, warn LMCs
Almost one million people in London could lose their GP in the next three years, an LMC survey of GP … Read more
How councils are cutting GP sexual health services
A number of local authorities are changing the way sexual health services are provided, which is likely to lead to … Read more
The King’s fund 2016 : What the planning guidance means for the NHS
At a time when the NHS is planning for 2016/17 and beyond, this briefing considers some of the key publications … Read more
East Sussex budget cuts and 3.99% tax rise backed
Spending plans that will see about £20m of cuts and a 3.99% increase in council tax have been approved. Conservative-run … Read more
200,000 patients displaced after rapid rise in GP surgery closures last year
The number of patients being displaced by surgery closures has risen by 50% in a year, with 200,000 patients in … Read more
LMC sounds alarm over council’s £8m cut to public health
GP practices will ‘struggle to cope’ as Government policy is forcing public health budget cuts of several millions in some … Read more
Public health—the frontline cuts begin
In 2014 we stated that a pressing imperative was to stop the raids on public health budgets and that a … Read more
Stop Smoking Services at threat as funding comes under pressure
Around forty per cent of local authorities in England are cutting budgets to stop smoking services according to a new … Read more