Leaked STP calls for £160m for hospital services shake-up
Health leaders in Lancashire and south Cumbria believe £160m is required over the next two financial years to deliver key … Read more
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NHS trusts on course to overshoot budgets by £850m, figures suggest
NHS hospital trusts are on course to overshoot their budgets by £850m this year, more than three times the deficit … Read more
Merseyside and Cheshire NHS: Plans to downgrade three A&Es considered
Plans to downgrade three A&E units in Cheshire and Merseyside have been considered as part of NHS budget cuts, according … Read more
STP needs £755m of capital funding to succeed, says leaked document
More than £750m of capital funding is required to deliver the sustainability and transformation plan for Cheshire and Mersey, according … Read more
King George Hospital A&E closure nears as hospitals reveal possible date for overnight closure
Documents obtained by the Recorder suggest that Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust (BHRUT) now has a date for … Read more
Controversial Bedford hospital review has ‘no solutions’
The Mayor of Bedford has published a draft version of a controversial review on Bedford Hospital’s future – against NHS … Read more
Budget deficits and emergency care pressures force cancellation of trust merger
The merger of two hospital trusts – which would have formed the second largest in the country – has been … Read more
Another STP admits to ‘serious reservations’ about process and plan
A sustainability and transformation plan (STP) footprint in the north of England has become the latest to publish its plan, … Read more
Latest STP published reveals hospital reconfiguration
Consolidating specialist hospital services on to two sites and creating a string of multispecialty community providers are key elements of … Read more
South West London STP includes plans to close acute hospital
One of the five acute hospitals in the South West London sustainability and transformation plan (STP) footprint is due to … Read more