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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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STP 11

Revealed: 10 worst A&Es for waits

Full Story in BBC 12 April 2018 A&E waiting times have reached their highest levels in England – as a … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags A&E, ambulance service, cuts to services, STP 11, STP 13, STP 15, STP 18, STP 19, STP 25, STP 32, STP 39, STP 42, STP 7, treatment delays, waiting lists, waiting times

Services suspended for a month at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit

Full Story in Shropshire Star 23 March 2018 Inpatient services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit will be suspended for nearly … Read more

Categories Staffing, Quality of care Tags cuts to services, hospitals, maternity, safety, STP 11, understaffing

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

Categories STPs Tags A&E, community health, hospitals, NHS reform, STP 11

Shropshire rural maternity units will reopen for births – but for how long?

Full story in The Shropshire Star, 29 December 2017 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs Telford’s … Read more

Categories STPs Tags cuts to services, maternity, NHS staff, STP 11

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

Categories STPs Tags A&E, hospitals, NHS reform, STP 11

Protests over Shropshire maternity unit closures

Campaigners have gathered to protest the closure of three rural maternity units across Shropshire. Midwife-led units in Oswestry, Ludlow and … Read more

Categories STPs Tags cuts to services, maternity, STP 11, STPs, understaffing

Future Fit: No progress made on independent review

The independent review into the Future Fit process has still not made any progress, three months after it was announced … Read more

Categories STPs Tags A&E, cuts to services, NHS reform, STP 11, STPs

Simon Wright appointed Local Lead

Simon Wright, Chief Executive of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been appointed the local lead for … Read more

Categories STPs Tags cuts to services, NHS reform, STP 11, STPs

Telford A&E night closure plan row

Follow the council cabinet meeting as it happened. Telford & Wrekin Council’s Cabinet has meet this evening to discuss proposals to … Read more

Categories STPs Tags NHS reform, STP 11, STPs

End of walk-in centre ‘will add to A&E pressure at Telford hospital’

Councillor Joan Gorse made the claim at a meeting of Wellington Town Council this week, where members discussed the planned … Read more

Categories STPs Tags A&E, cuts to services, STP 11, underfunding, understaffing
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE