NHS Plans closures and radical cuts to combat growing deficit in healthcare budget
Investigation by the Guardian and 38 Degrees reveals NHS faces £20bn funding shortfall by 2020-21 if no action is taken … Read more
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The 38 Degrees crowdfunded investigation into secret NHS plans
Last month, 38 Degrees members chipped in to fund an investigation into a series of secret plans to change our … Read more
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) explained
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were announced in the NHS planning guidance published in December 2015. NHS organisations in different … Read more
NHS sustainability and transformation plans: proposals for savings lack scrutiny
Local areas must balance the books in rapid plans to change health services, writes Anne Gulland What are sustainability and … Read more
Feeling the Crunch: NHS finances to 2020, a report by The Nuffield Trust
The NHS faces a £22 billion funding shortfall four-and-a-half years from now. That is no longer an abstract number designed … Read more
GPs face complete halt on all non-urgent referrals under CCG plans to cut costs
A north-west CCG is proposing to completely suspend all non-urgent GP referrals to local hospitals for up to fourth months … Read more
Unrealistic NHS savings targets to result in rationing, report warns
NHS England ‘will struggle’ to save £22bn by 2020 and is likely to be left with at least a £6n … Read more
PrEP rationing is symptomatic of NHS bid to cut costs, at all costs
NHS England’s setback in the high court over its attempt to get one set of cash-strapped public bodies (local councils) … Read more
NHS reform: Why sustainability transformation plans could be dangerous
Across England, 44 ‘footprint’ areas are drawing up sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) for the NHS in their region. But … Read more
Can the NHS really not afford second transplants for cancer patients like me? – Hannah Partos
If I had not been given a stem cell transplant, I would be dead by now. At 22, I was … Read more