STPs risk ‘starving services of resources’
Ministers have been urged to sort out the ‘mess’ of the NHS STPs (sustainability and transformation plans) after BMA analysis … Read more
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HSJ Analysis: The magical thinking of Hunt’s medical training move
Jeremy Hunt’s commitment of around £100m to increase annual medical training numbers by 25 per cent is a keenly political … Read more
Judicial Review : Latest News
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL 19th & 20th September 2016 Junior doctors and their supporters will rally … Read more
Junior doctors suspend planned five-day strike in September
Junior doctors have called off the first of their planned series of five-day strikes after growing alarm from senior doctors … Read more
A&Es and hospitals face closure in NHS funding crisis
The NHS is drawing up plans to close services including A&E departments and district hospitals amid a dire funding crisis. … Read more
Plan to ‘transform’ NHS could lead to downgrade of major London hospitals
Council leaders have refused to sign up to a plan to “transform” NHS services amid fears two major London hospitals, … Read more
Seven-day NHS: Labour demands inquiry as leak reveals crisis warning
Labour is demanding an inquiry into revelations that senior civil servants fear the government’s push for a “truly seven-day NHS” … Read more
Doctor shortage may see maternity unit downgraded
A shortage of doctors may lead to an Oxfordshire maternity unit being downgraded next month. Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust, … Read more
Nine in 10 GP practice staff find work life stressful, poll finds
Almost nine in 10 GPs and other practice staff find their work life stressful, according to a survey that raises … Read more
Hospital A&E wards ‘in crisis over shortage of emergency doctors’
Hospital accident and emergency wards are in crisis as the supply of doctors fails to keep pace with demand for … Read more