Lewisham cuts to affect social care and raise council tax
Lewisham council has announced its spending plans for the next year, including a rise in council tax and a charge … Read more
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Nurses will not support Bedford Hospital restructure if it ‘compromises patient safety’
NURSES have raised concerns a review into the future of Bedford Hospital is being ‘rushed through without proper engagement with … Read more
NHS Improvement rejects Leicester’s multi-million pound EPR bid
A Midlands trust has reined in its paperless ambitions after NHS Improvement declined to fund its multi-million pound electronic patient … Read more
Health bosses say hospital beds are not the answer to NHS’s problems in Staffordshire
NHS bosses say the health service in Staffordshire needs to move away from bed-based care to ensure it is sustainable … Read more
Hospitals could join prisons in cycle of ‘crisis, cash, repeat’, says report
Better financial planning and reforms needed to avoid ‘disastrous combination of failing public services and breached spending controls’ Hospitals could … Read more
‘Key tests must be met’ before Hackney Council’s health chief endorses £587m cost-cutting NEL STP plans
Hackney Council’s health boss has refused to sign up to NHS England’s “secretive” Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) until he … Read more
Weston-super-Mare’s ‘underfunded’ hospital at risk due to new cuts
Weston and North Somerset Trades Council has called for a stop to ‘bewildering’ cuts to the NHS as concern for … Read more
Have your say on future of the district’s stroke service
HEALTH watchdogs are urging people district wide to have their say over possible cuts to emergency stroke services. Under massive … Read more
More funding is needed for shake-up to A&E services in mid Essex, claims medical union
A SHAKE-UP to A&E services in mid Essex will be “unachievable” without more funding, a leading medical union has said. … Read more
NHS in Crisis? North Herts health and social care providers must meet challenge of huge funding gap but are well placed to begin transformation
As the national media reported extensively this week, there is a huge hole in funding for health care which needs … Read more