Public health cuts will lead to more sick people, report warns
More people will become ill as a direct result of the government cutting spending on public health, which will put … Read more
Public Health
North Swindon MP criticises plan to close mental health facility
NORTH Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson has criticised a proposal by the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to … Read more
National Insurance rise may solve NHS and social care crisis, says MP
National Insurance may need to rise to solve the crisis in the health and social care systems, says an influential … Read more
A&E in England had worst delays ever in January, leak suggests
A&E patients in England experienced the worst month of delays in January since a four-hour target was introduced 13 years … Read more
NHS doctors call on prime minister to increase spending
About 2,000 senior NHS doctors have written to Prime Minister Theresa May to urge her to increase spending on health … Read more
CCGs claim rationing decision based on Right Care programme
Last month HSJ revealed that Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group, alongside South Worcestershire and Wyre Forest CCGs, intended to … Read more
Public health nursing roles ‘must be preserved’ to improve UK children’s health
Health visiting and school nursing services “must be preserved” if the UK is to make strides in improving children’s health, … 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
Patients’ beds taken DURING operations at Royal London hospital
Patients at the biggest hospital in Europe are returning from operations to find their bed already taken by another person, … Read more
Public health cuts put Cornwall and Isles of Scilly STP savings at risk
Cornwall Council has warned that savings in the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly STP may not be achieved because of … Read more