Maternity units across England facing the axe under plans to transform NHS care
Eleven maternity and neonatal units across England are reportedly facing either being axed or merged under plans to transform obstetrics … Read more
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Nurse shortage puts children’s mental health plan ‘at risk’
A government mental health strategy is at risk because most children and young people’s mental health trusts have nurse recruitment … Read more
The plans may still be fantasy: but NHS cuts are starting to get real
THERESA MAY’S government is stepping up George Osborne’s programme of relentless real-terms reductions to NHS spending to reverse Labour’s decade … Read more
Teaching hospital pleas for any junior doctors to help staff A&E
One of the country’s largest teaching hospitals appealed to all its junior doctors regardless of experience or specialty to help … Read more
Exclusive: Paybills and planned care targeted in huge savings drive
NHS trusts have been given a month to produce plans for merging back-office and pathology services with their neighbours, as … Read more
Troubled CCGs spent hundreds of thousands on interim directors
Several clinical commissioning groups which are subject to NHS England legal directions spent hundreds of thousands of pounds each on … Read more
Patients ‘at risk’ as the anaesthetists shortage is predicted to increase
The NHS faces a critical shortage of anaesthetists that could force operations to be delayed and even threaten patient safety, … Read more
Save the NHS bursary
The government’s plans to scrap NHS bursaries will leave student nurses, midwives and allied health professionals with over £52,000 worth … Read more
Trust blames ‘bad behaviour’ of neighbouring providers for staff shortage
A financially stricken foundation trust has blamed “bad behaviour” of neighbouring trusts breaking agency spending caps for its staff shortages. … Read more
Pushing the call button on unsafe staffing: who will come to our aid?
The April 2016 report on UNISON’s staff survey which was carried on a normal day in February, showed once again … Read more