STPs chosen to lead major £350m back office savings drive
The Greater Manchester, Kent and Medway, mid and south Essex, and north west London STPs have been selected to be … Read more
deficit
Hull Royal Infirmary faces £50m black hole in finances
Hospitals in Hull and East Yorkshire are being forced to find £21m of cuts while facing a £29m gap in … Read more
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) explained – The King’s Fund
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were announced in NHS planning guidance published in December 2015. NHS organisations and local authorities in … Read more
NHS Trust Leaders Warn Staff Shortages now Outweigh Fears Over Funding
The largest ever survey of NHS trust chairs and chief executives has revealed rising concern over the growing NHS “workforce … Read more
Further attack on Shropshire NHS masterplan
A blueprint for the future of health services in Shropshire has been dismissed as being a “cuts programme” including “all … Read more
Shropshire councils refuse to endorse ‘insufficiently developed’ STP
Two Shropshire councils have refused to endorse the region’s 73-page draft STP, saying that it is insufficiently developed. Shropshire Council … Read more
No jam today, and no jam tomorrow either, by Anita Charlesworth and Richard Murray
Policy ambition and public funding don’t add up in either the short or long term – and the result spells … Read more
North Central London STP: Plan to save Camden, Barnet and Haringey NHS finances ‘not yet found’
The man overseeing a radical plan to ward off a funding crisis in Camden, Haringey and Barnet’s health services has … Read more
‘Secret’ plans in place to axe £305 million from NHS services in Bristol area – unions claim
Union bosses are claiming that a plan is in place to cut £305 million from NHS services in the Bristol … Read more
Fresh protest at Darlington Memorial Hospital over potential cuts to services
A Fresh protest over potential cuts to hospital services is to be held on Wednesday amid claims the “direction of travel … Read more