Region plans shake-up of nursing skill mix to save millions
Workforce costs in a south of England region will be cut by more than £30m through changes to the nursing … Read more
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Patients one fifth more likely to die in hospitals with fewer qualified nurses
NHS plans to give nursing tasks to cheaper assistants are a “risky experiment,” researchers have warned – after a study … Read more
Revealed: Controversial NHS blueprint to overhaul Merseyside’s hospitals
NHS bosses today unveiled controversial plans for hospital mergers and A&E downgrades as a long-awaited report on the future of … Read more
NHS cuts could mean fewer qualified nurses, community hospital changes and fewer beds at JR Hospital
Reductions in numbers of qualified nurses, ‘new roles’ for Oxfordshire’s community hospitals and fewer beds in the John Radcliffe and Horton General … Read more
Big STP plots ‘accountable care organisations’ across 2.5m patch
New “accountable care organisations” will strengthen commissioning services in West Yorkshire and Harrogate, according to its published sustainability and transformation … Read more
NHS cuts: How will Yeovil Hospital and Musgrove Park be affected as NHS bids to avoid £600M deficit?
Somerset’s two main hospitals are considering their options as they seek to avoid a £600M deficit by 2021 and it … Read more
Patients and staff shut out of NHS transformation plans, says thinktank
NHS plans that could lead to hospital and A&E closures have been kept secret from the public and barely involved … Read more
NHS bosses ‘trying to keep cuts secret’
NHS chiefs are trying to keep plans to cut hospital services in England secret, an investigation has found. Full details … Read more
Somerset STP plots ‘accountable care system’
Somerset’s sustainability and transformation plan sets the goal of implementing an “accountable care system” by April 2019. The plan, which … Read more
Claim Lewisham A&E service in danger rejected
Claims that Lewisham Hospital A&E could be at risk of closure again because of a shortfall in local NHS funding … Read more