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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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Elderly care

Impassioned plea to save Sidmouth’s inpatient beds on eve of consultation deadline

Chair of hospital’s comforts fund implores health bosses not to ‘kill off voluntary sector’ and disregard £5million of community contributions. … Read more

Categories STPs Tags CCGs, community health, cuts to services, Elderly care, hospitals, STP 37

Crisis means crisis, Theresa May – and it’s caused by underfunding and ignorance

Brexit means Brexit? Fair enough, Mrs May. I’ll tell you something else though. Crisis means crisis. There was widespread rebuttal … Read more

Categories Quality of care, NHS spending, Social Care Tags A&E, community health, Elderly care, GPs, hospitals, Jeremy Hunt, social care, underfunding, winter crisis

NHS bed-blocking rises 42% in a year, new figures show

Bed-blocking has risen more than 40 per cent in a year as hospitals continue to be overwhelmed with people needing care, … Read more

Categories Social Care, Infrastructure problems, Treatment delays Tags community health, cuts to services, deficit, Elderly care, hospitals, NHS staff, social care, staff shortage, treatment delays, underfunding, understaffing, waiting times

More than 20 NHS hospitals on ‘black alert’ amid reports of patients left in ambulances

Overcrowding in NHS hospitals has become so severe that last week more than 20 trusts issued ‘black alerts’, meaning they … Read more

Categories Treatment delays, Quality of care, Staffing Tags A&E, ambulance service, deficit, Elderly care, hospitals, NHS staff, safety, staff shortage, treatment delays, underfunding, understaffing, waiting times, winter crisis

91-year-old kept in ambulance for 5 hours before being admitted to A&E at Leicester Royal Infirmary

A 91-year-old woman with suspected heart problems was kept in the back of an ambulance for five hours before being … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags A&E, ambulance service, Elderly care, hospitals, winter crisis

Third of councils face social care funding cut after ‘misleading’ government changes, Andy Burnham says

A third of councils in England are facing cuts in Government funding and may have to slash spending on social … Read more

Categories Social Care, Quality of care Tags community health, cuts to services, Elderly care, social care

How hospital activity and funding in England have changed over time – The King’s Fund

In recent years, NHS spending has been protected while other budgets such as welfare, local government and the police have … Read more

Categories NHS spending, Quality of care Tags Academic reports, community health, Department of Health, Elderly care, hospitals, Kings Fund, STPs

Underfunded and overstretched – the crisis in care for the elderly

“It’s like being at home,” was the verdict that one resident at West Hall, a care home in West Byfleet, … Read more

Categories Rationing Tags Elderly care, rationing, social care, underfunding

NHS shake up: Here’s what’s planned for community hospitals

AS many as six community hospitals could be replaced with ‘community hubs’ in the shake-up of health services across Dorset. … Read more

Categories STPs Tags community health, cuts to services, Elderly care, hospitals, NHS reform, STP 41, STPs

Cambridge cuts plan confirms Tory plot to destroy our NHS

Shock plans for the sell-off of the NHS were uncovered yesterday when NHS bosses published a proposal to reduce reliance … Read more

Categories STPs, NHS spending, Quality of care Tags A&E, cuts to services, deficit, doctors, Elderly care, hospitals, STP 21, STPs
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE