Will NHS transformation plans kill or cure the health service? – Harry Quilter-Pinner, IPPR
“Secret plans to change our NHS”: This is the allegation levelled at sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) – the government’s … Read more
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NHS intensive care ‘at its limits’ because of staff shortages
The NHS’s network of intensive care units is “at its limits” because they are overwhelmed by staff shortages and the … Read more
Hospitals cancelled record number of urgent operations last year
Hospitals cancelled a record number of urgent operations last year as bed shortages left them struggling to cope with the … Read more
Pain-level rationing of hip and knee surgery due to cash crisis, admits NHS
A senior NHS official has admitted that funding shortages mean hip and knee replacements will have to be rationed according … Read more
STP saving claims unrealistic, finds BMA
Doubts have been raised about the credibility of the blueprints for NHS reform with which ministers expect to stave off … Read more
Paramedics spend 500,000 hours outside busy A&Es, say auditors
Paramedics last year spent 500,000 hours outside hospitals with a patient in the back of their ambulance because A&E staff … Read more
Campaigners to march through city in protest at A&E changes
Protesters marched though Chelmsford city centre against plans to downgrade Broomfield Hospitals’ A&E service, which could see some of the … Read more
Campaigners express fears over proposed health service changes
Campaigners staged a demonstration against proposed changes to NHS services ahead of a meeting of Nottingham’s health bosses. Members of … Read more
NHS at breaking point says ‘appalled’ Leeds councillor
A senior councillor in Yorkshire’s largest city has said patients and NHS staff are being let down because of a … Read more
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust sends open letter to MPs over Dewsbury A&E
Health bosses have pleaded with two MPs to help clear up “misunderstandings” about the future of an A&E department. They have … Read more