Public consultation will welcome new ideas says Shropshire health boss
Full story in The Shropshire Star, 18 January 2018 Shropshire health chiefs have insisted they will still consider new ideas … Read more
NHS reform
Broomfield Hospital visited by Jeremy Hunt amid protests over hospital merger plans
Full story in Essex Live 19 January 2018 Health secretary Jeremy Hunt was heckled when he visited Broomfield Hospital amid … Read more
Organisation begins for potential merger between South Tyneside and Sunderland.
Full Story The Shield’s Gazette, 18 January 2018. Hospital chiefs in South Tyneside and Sunderland have opened up the possibility … Read more
Protests regarding bed cuts, held in Derby city centre
Full story at Derby Telegraph 22 November 2017 Dozens of campaigners who say they are fighting to save the NHS … Read more
Dudley ACO contract set back
Full story in the HSJ, 5 January 2018 The procurement to establish a pioneering “accountable care organisation” model in the … Read more
Experts blast NHS for lack of consultation over hospital bed closures
Full story in The Sentinel, 27 December 2018 Government advisors have blasted NHS bosses for their ‘reactive, incomplete and ill-focused’ approach to … Read more
£50m redevelopment plans for West Cumberland Hospital
Full story in the News & Star, 2 November 2017 The next two phases for the West Cumberland Hospital scheme … Read more
Hospital reconfiguration finally gets a green light
Full story in the HSJ 20 November 2017 Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin clinical commissioning groups have approved the pre-consultation … Read more
Lincolnshire hospitals to postpone non-urgent operations due to squeeze on funding
Full story The Guardian, 16 November 2017 The NHS is under fire for forcing patients who need surgery to wait at least … Read more
Legal action over attempts to ‘Americanise’ the NHS
Full story in The Independent, 3 November 2017 Legal action is being taken against Jeremy Hunt and the Department of Health over their proposals … Read more