Theresa May pledges an extra 10,000 staff for NHS mental health services, but with huge doubts over funding
Theresa May is pledging an extra 10,000 staff to work in NHS mental health services – without saying how they … Read more
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New merger trust sets out five year savings plan
Essex’s new mental health provider trust must deliver £43m of savings over the next five years to hit its business … Read more
Struggling NHS trusts to BAN obese and underweight women from having IVF
Struggling NHS trusts are axing or rationing IVF funding for obese and underweight women. Most have already banned any with … Read more
North Swindon MP criticises plan to close mental health facility
NORTH Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson has criticised a proposal by the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to … Read more
Full £800m NHS ‘priorities’ fund to offset trust deficits
About £800m of funding that was intended for mental health, community and primary care will instead be used to ensure … Read more
Money earmarked for mental health diverted to balance NHS books
Ministers have been accused of breaking their promises on mental health after £800m earmarked to improve services was diverted to … Read more
Suicide prevention services stalling due to lack of funding, parliamentary inquiry warns
Government funding shortfalls for suicide prevention services could mean people are dying unnecessarily, an influential cross-party committee of MPs has … Read more
Warning over ‘neglected’ elderly mental health services
The president elect of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned mental health services for older people are being “neglected” … Read more
Where mental health spending misses national target
Four sustainability and transformation plan regions have failed to raise mental health spending as mandated by national leaders, HSJ can reveal. Data … Read more
NHS trusts post ‘unsustainable’ £886m third-quarter deficit
NHS trusts in England posted a deficit of £886m at the end of the third quarter, £300m more than the … Read more