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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
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    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
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    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
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mental health

Children treated across UK as there are no Derbyshire mental health beds for children

Full Story in Derbyshire Telegraph 18 March 2018 Children in Derbyshire who need an NHS mental health bed are being … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Treatment delays Tags children's health, cuts to services, hospitals, mental health, safety, STP 12, treatment delays, waiting lists, waiting times

Top homeless mental health team funding slashed by NHS

Full Story in The Guardian 10 March 2018 NHS bosses are under fire for cutting back a team of doctors … Read more

Categories NHS spending Tags doctors, mental health, NHS England, nurses, underfunding

NHS shortfalls affected dozens of mental health patients who later died

Full story in The Guardian, 6 March 2018 A lack of beds, staff and specialist services affected the care of … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags hospitals, mental health, safety

Exclusive: NHS England mulls specialised services payment overhaul

NHS England is considering a radical overhaul of the way specialised mental health services are paid for including a greater … Read more

Categories NHS spending Tags CAMHS, community health, mental health, NHS reform

NHS spending £350m a year to send mental health patients miles from home

The NHS is reliant on private mental health services to treat seriously ill patients, often miles away from loved ones, … Read more

Categories NHS spending Tags mental health, NHS England, Privatisation, treatment delays, waiting times

Birmingham trusts plan new partnership to fix CAMHS

Article from HSJ, 28 February 2018 Child mental health services in Birmingham and Solihull are set to be redesigned for … Read more

Categories Infrastructure problems Tags children's health, mental health, NHS reform, STP 17, STPs, treatment delays

Inspectors warn Birmingham’s mental health services for children and young people need ‘urgent improvements’

Full story in the Birmingham Mail, 27 February 2018 Children, teenagers and young adults with mental health problems in Birmingham … Read more

Categories Quality of care, STPs Tags community health, CQC, hospitals, mental health, STP 17

Children’s mental health care in Norfolk could be taken over by Richard Branson’s Virgin Care

Full story at Eastern Daily Press 22 February 2018  Children’s mental health services in Norfolk could be taken over by … Read more

Categories STPs, Quality of care Tags children's health, community health, mental health, Privatisation, STP 22, virgin care

Trust raises safety concerns within mental health crisis ward, despite ‘good’ inspection

Full Story at Lincolnshire Live, 13 February 2018 The trust that cares for the county’s mental health patients has been … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags community health, mental health, safety, STP 9

Consultation demanded for ‘under the radar’ changes to Colchester mental health ward

Full Story in East Anglian Daily Times 10 February 2018 A concerned councillor has demanded transparency from an NHS trust … Read more

Categories STPs, Quality of care Tags hospitals, mental health, safety, STP 23, STPs
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE