NHS England refuses to fund local authority HIV drugs
NHS England has said it will no longer pay for HIV drugs provided by local authority commissioned services. A letter … Read more
Public Health
NHS England stalls plans for HIV prevention drug
Charities and campaigners have reacted with anger and disbelief that plans to roll out a widely anticipated HIV prevention drug … Read more
Councils cut hundreds of thousands of pounds from stop smoking services
Councils are cutting their smoking cessation budgets by hundreds of thousands of pounds – a move that experts warn will … Read more
A perfect storm: an impossible climate for NHS providers’ finances?
The NHS in England is currently halfway through the most austere decade in its history. In the 2015 comprehensive spending … Read more
Liverpool NHS jobs face the axe because of community health funding cuts
Up to 30 NHS staff in Liverpool could lose their jobs as services including exercise classes for dementia patients and … Read more
GP contraceptive services cuts are ‘impacting on patient care’
Public health experts have warned that cuts to GP-run contraceptive and sexual health services will lead to worse access and … Read more
How councils are cutting GP sexual health services
A number of local authorities are changing the way sexual health services are provided, which is likely to lead to … Read more
GP contraceptive services cut as councils target public health budgets
Local councils in England are scaling back GP-run contraceptive and sexual health services under a new wave of cost-saving plans … Read more
LMC sounds alarm over council’s £8m cut to public health
GP practices will ‘struggle to cope’ as Government policy is forcing public health budget cuts of several millions in some … Read more
Public health—the frontline cuts begin
In 2014 we stated that a pressing imperative was to stop the raids on public health budgets and that a … Read more