Secret NHS cost-cutting plans sound ‘death knell’ for British healthcare, warn campaigners
Extended waiting times, ward and service closures, and withdrawal of public funding for some treatments among proposals in new national savings … Read more
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HSJ Exclusive: New national savings drive will ‘challenge the values’ of NHS leaders
Closing wards and services, blocking choice of private providers, systematically extending waiting times, and stopping some treatments are all being … Read more
Trusts left ‘drowning in debt’ by Treasury-driven scheme
The way that sustainability funding has been distributed risks creating huge imbalances where some NHS trusts become “cash rich” and … Read more
Are NHS transformation plans a sticking plaster over big funding gaps?
Almost every day there’s a new report on the state of NHS finances. With so many negative headlines, it can … Read more
The areas where NHS cuts could hit hardest
The areas of the country where NHS cuts are likely to hit hardest because services are nearing their “overdraft” limits … Read more
NHS England announces that all STPs will become ‘accountable care systems’
NHS England accounces that all STPs will become ‘accountable care systems’ Full story at Pulse Today 31st March 2017 According … Read more
Extended NHS obligations in 2017-18 mandate ‘well beyond reach’
The continued drive towards a seven-day NHS was confirmed by the Department for Health (DH) in its mandate to the … Read more
BMA: Government must come clean about ‘cheap tricks’ on STP funding
The government has employed “cheap tricks” to mask its real intentions for sustainability and transformation plan (STP) funding, the British … Read more
Government demands ‘concrete progress’ on STPs
The government’s instructions to the NHS this year call for “concrete progress on local sustainability and transformation plans” and say … Read more
STP funding plans fail to materialise
The vast majority of agreed STP (sustainability and transformation plan) proposals should be implemented by 2021, NHS leaders have said, … Read more