NHS England faces legal challenges to plans for health overhaul
Full story at The Guardian 23 April 2018 NHS England faces a legal challenge to its plans to overhaul how the … Read more
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‘Backdoor privatisation’ accusations for hospital trusts
Full Story in The Guardian 16 April 2018 Hospital trusts are spending millions of pounds setting up arm’s-length private companies, … Read more
Community hospital beds could reopen in June
Full story at County Gazette 16 April 2018 INPATIENT wards at Somerset’s community hospitals could begin re-opening as early as June, … Read more
1400 empty NHS beds in 82 ‘ghost wards’
Full Story in The Guardian 13 April 2018 Hospitals are mothballing scores of wards, closing them to patients despite the … Read more
Tax rises to bolster NHS backed by majority of voters
Full Story in The Guardian 12 April 2018 Voters are ready by nearly two to one to pay more tax … Read more
‘Eternal winter’ for NHS revealed by A&E waiting time figures
Full Story in The Guardian 12 April 2018 A record low in A&E treatment performance by the NHS has prompted … Read more
Major services shake up for Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucesteshire
Full story in the HSJ, 11 April 2018 Community services across a swathe of the South West could be consolidated … Read more
£147 reconfiguration plan pushed back due to legal challenge
Full Story at HSJ 11 April 2018 Plans to split two hospitals into emergency and elective care centres as part … Read more
Trust merger likely to be delayed
Full Story at HSJ 11 April 2018 The acquisition of a hospital trust by its high performing neighbour is now … Read more
Cumbria cottage hospital bed closures confirmed
Full story from BBC News, 4 April 2018 The closure of inpatient beds at three cottage hospitals in Cumbria has … Read more