Maternity services overworked, understaffed and struggling to cope shows senior midwives survey
Maternity unit closures, budget and training cuts and reduced services are among the issues highlighted by a survey of UK … Read more
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More NHS services will be ‘rationed’ under ministers’ plans
Government plans for NHS ‘efficiency savings’ cannot be delivered without rationing of services, Labour’s new shadow health secretary has warned. … Read more
GP funding withdrawn as direct result of Government public health cuts, says local council
Public health commissioners were forced to cap funding of GP-run NHS Health Checks as a direct result of the Government’s … Read more
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS trust told ‘no mental health beds available
An NHS trust was told there were no mental health beds available across England, its medical director has said. Dr … Read more
UK Faculty of Public Health response to the Department of Health consultation on Local authority public health allocations 2015-2016
FPH welcomes the Prime Minister‘s commitment to increase NHS spending in real terms every year in this Parliament, rising to … Read more
Slashed budgets and STIs: The painful truth about birth control services in Britain today
‘Very worrying for sexual health, as well as other services: Government announces £200m cuts to public health budget.’ So tweeted … Read more
£200m cuts to public health: the situation is getting serious
The Treasury’s announcement of a £200m cut to “non-NHS” funding has raised alarm bells amongst professional organisations from the Faculty of … Read more
Government announces £200m cuts to public health budget
Public health budgets are set to be slashed by £200m this year under a raft of measures to ‘bring down … Read more
£8million cut from Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust budget since 2011
Almost £8 million has been cut from mental health services in Kent in the past four years. The figures can … Read more
Stealth cuts to hospitals push the NHS into the red
Cuts to tariffs – the prices paid to hospitals for different medical procedures – are starving health trusts of income … Read more