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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • The truth behind Boris Johnson’s money for the NHS
    • New NHS funding – is it enough?
      • Expert’s consensus on NHS Long-term Plan
    • Will the longterm plan end waves of crisis in the NHS?
    • STPs: a radical shake up we should all know about
      • LATEST NEWS – national and local
      • Find your STP
    • 9 effects of underfunding
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • The views of NHS staff
    • Q&A: Integrated Care Organisations
    • New models of NHS Care
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Budget November 2018
    • Cuts to public health services
    • Staff shortages
    • Reductions in training
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Closing the NHS blackhole
    • 5 reasons why the NHS is affordable
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Sign the call for more funding
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Lobby your MP
    • Donate
    • Take the poll
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      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Sustainability and Transformation Plans
    • STPs – national media
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
    • How are patients affected – articles
    • info graphics
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children’s health

Four-year-old boy forced to sleep on hospital floor due to lack of beds

A four-year-old boy was forced to sleep on a hospital floor as he waited for more than eight hours in … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags A&E, children's health, hospitals, treatment delays, winter crisis

Teenager dies after CAMHS rejection of GP mental health referral

A coroner has requested a change to mental health services in the Milton Keynes area, following the suicide of a … Read more

Categories Funding, Mental Health, Quality of care Tags CAMHS, children's health, cuts to services, GPs, mental health, underfunding

An ‘alarming’ shortage of psychiatrists hits mental health services

A workforce survey by the Royal College of Psychiatrists has claimed that a UK-wide shortage of psychiatrists that is forcing … Read more

Categories Mental Health, Quality of care, Staffing, Treatment delays Tags CAMHS, children's health, mental health, psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatrists, understaffing, waiting lists, waiting times

‘I feel like my hands are tied’ – Health visitor lifts lid on struggling profession as workforce dwindles

Health visiting is understaffed and struggling to cope with demand due to massive funding cuts and dwindling staff numbers, according … Read more

Categories Cuts to services, Quality of care, Staffing Tags children's health, community health, cuts to services, health visitors, Public Health

The government is tinkering around the edges of the mental health crisis facing young people – Barbara Keeley

More children are developing mental health problems as the problem with funding children’s mental health services rises. As it stands, … Read more

Categories Deficit, Mental Health, NHS spending, Underfunded Tags children's health, cuts to services, deficit, mental health, NHS England, NHS spending, rationing, underfunding

Children’s hospice forced to close as NHS funding falls

Grace’s Place, a children’s hospice in Bury, has been forced to close as the NHS funding was only covering a … Read more

Categories Cuts to services, NHS spending, Underfunded Tags children's health, children's hospice, cuts to services, NHS England, NHS Funding, NHS spending, underfunding

54 per cent rise in young people with mental health problems

Politicians and council leaders push government to increase funding for children’s services following a 54% rise in children with mental … Read more

Categories Cuts to services, Mental Health Tags children's health, children's services, cuts to services, mental health, underfunding

Sure Start programme saved the NHS millions of pounds, study finds

Sure Start children’s centres delivered major health benefits for youngsters in the most deprived areas, reducing the number of people … Read more

Categories Cuts to services Tags children's health, Councils, cuts to services, Sure Start, underfunding

UK government letting down young people by failing to tackle health inequalities, report warns

UK youth more likely to contract fatal long-term conditions than other western nations due to NHS underfunding, study claims Young … Read more

Categories NHS spending Tags children's health, cuts to services, treatment delays, underfunding

Mum calls for mental health improvements after death of Afrika Yearwood, 18, in Leeds

The mum of a teenager who took her own life is urging NHS bosses to make sure young people in … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags children's health, mental health, NHS England, social care
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • The truth behind Boris Johnson’s money for the NHS
    • New NHS funding – is it enough?
      • Expert’s consensus on NHS Long-term Plan
    • Will the longterm plan end waves of crisis in the NHS?
    • STPs: a radical shake up we should all know about
      • LATEST NEWS – national and local
      • Find your STP
    • 9 effects of underfunding
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • The views of NHS staff
    • Q&A: Integrated Care Organisations
    • New models of NHS Care
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Budget November 2018
    • Cuts to public health services
    • Staff shortages
    • Reductions in training
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Closing the NHS blackhole
    • 5 reasons why the NHS is affordable
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Sign the call for more funding
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Lobby your MP
    • Donate
    • Take the poll
  • ARTICLES
    • Services
      • NHS VIDEOS
      • GP services
      • A&E waiting times
      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Sustainability and Transformation Plans
    • STPs – national media
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
    • How are patients affected – articles
    • info graphics
  • DONATE
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