Private firms receive £2.3m to draw up STP plans
Private firms have been paid a ‘shocking’ £2.3m to draw up controversial plans which will cut health and social care … Read more
NHS reform
Burton residents launch alternative fight in bid to see all three Staffordshire A&E units saved
Burton residents have launched a petition calling on Staffordshire politicians to take a stand against the Sustainability and Transformation Plan … Read more
Major NHS plans made public as consultation on Oxfordshire changes starts
The first salvo of controversial plans to radically change NHS services in Oxfordshire are set to be published today. It … Read more
Exclusive: STPs forecast NHS will employ thousands fewer staff
The NHS’s unpublished proposals for dealing with extreme funding pressure suggest it will employ thousands fewer nurses and other staff … Read more
Emergency care demand must fall for three years under STP plans
The health service will have to reduce the number of patients admitted to hospital as an emergency for three years … Read more
‘No change is not an option’: What next for the NHS in Hampshire?
NO CHANGE to the National Health Service in Hampshire is not an option, a public meeting heard. Health chiefs told … Read more
‘Positive’ talks over bid to save beds at Wigton cottage hospital
Hospital campaigners in Wigton are optimistic after talks about their alternative plan to save beds were said to be “positive”. … Read more
Fighting 4 Grantham Hospital: ‘We will hold trust to task until A&E is back’
Protest group Fighting 4 Grantham Hospital (F4GH) says it will increase the pressure on the hospital trust to get A&E … Read more
MP: ‘Don’t close our walk-in centres – it will pile pressure on A&E’
Closing walk-in-centres in north Essex would pile on more pressure to an already stretched A&E department, according to Colchester MP … Read more
Protest to be held over planned Devon hospital closure
Residents who live around Ashburton and Buckfastleigh are gearing up to demonstrate against the proposed closure of their local community … Read more