Hospital doctors ‘miss signs of illness’ because of chronic staff shortages
“Dangerous” medical understaffing in hospitals is so rife that signs of illness are being missed, blood tests delayed and newly … Read more
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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
Feeling the Crunch: NHS finances to 2020, a report by The Nuffield Trust
The NHS faces a £22 billion funding shortfall four-and-a-half years from now. That is no longer an abstract number designed … Read more
GPs face complete halt on all non-urgent referrals under CCG plans to cut costs
A north-west CCG is proposing to completely suspend all non-urgent GP referrals to local hospitals for up to fourth months … Read more
Unrealistic NHS savings targets to result in rationing, report warns
NHS England ‘will struggle’ to save £22bn by 2020 and is likely to be left with at least a £6n … Read more
NHS reform: Why sustainability transformation plans could be dangerous
Across England, 44 ‘footprint’ areas are drawing up sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) for the NHS in their region. But … Read more
Cash-strapped council plans funding cuts to joint NHS discharge project
A county council struggling to make £60m of savings in 2016-17 is planning to scrap funding for a joint discharge … Read more
Stockport hospital to make 350 voluntary redundancies to tackle deficit
Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport is to cut the equivalent of 350 full-time jobs in order to cope with financial … Read more
NHS England forecasting first ever overspend
The overall NHS England budget is forecast to be overspent for the first time in 2016-17, and 45 clinical commissioning … Read more
NHS bosses launch ‘reset’ plan to tackle £2.45bn deficit
NHS bosses have launched a plan to “reset” the health service’s broken finances that will see overspending hospitals taken into … Read more