Is the £1.8 billion Boris is injecting into the NHS “new” money?
Boris Johnson wrote in the Sunday Times: “It is thanks to this country’s strong economic performance that we are now … Read more
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Brexit: Warning over cancer treatment supplies after no deal
Senior doctors have written a letter to the prime minster calling for ”urgent clarification” of plans to supply cancer treatments … Read more
Funding body for Cambridge IVFs told by health department cutting NHS IVF treatment is “not acceptable”
People have been campaigning against the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) following plans to cut NHS-funded IVF treatment. … Read more
King’s College hospital trust makes biggest overspend in NHS history
A leading London hospital trust is expected to record an annual deficit of between £180m and £191m – the biggest … Read more
Every patient to have ‘right’ to access new digital GP providers
The long-term plan, published on Monday, said that by 2022-23 all patients in England will have access to a “digital … Read more
NHS staffing crisis could harm plan to save half a million lives
NHS leaders are to outline a future in which genomics, cutting-edge surgery and artificial intelligence help save hundreds of thousands … Read more
Revealed: Vital STP projects face doubt after £1bn fund snub
An £84m urgent and emergency care transformation in Middlesbrough, system wide cancer reconfiguration in South Yorkshire, and a large elective … Read more
NHS long-term plan delayed until January
There is only an “outside chance” the overdue NHS long-term plan will be published this year, HSJ understands. The plan – commissioned by … Read more
Budget pledges on health and social care dismissed as ‘sticking plaster’
Full story in The Guardian, 30 October 2018 Health experts have said the chancellor’s £20.5bn boost for the NHS in … Read more
STPs to create new five year plans
The STP areas have been told to create new five-year plans by autumn 2019, which should set out how services … Read more