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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 13

Proposal for 16-hour A&E unit at Grantham Hospital could go to consultation

A proposal to keep A&E at Grantham but cut it down to a 16-hour service could go to public consultation … Read more

Categories STPs Tags cuts to services, NHS reform, STP 13, STPs

Clinicians and managers meet to discuss proposals for future of Lincolnshire healthcare

A meeting of more than 150 senior clinical leaders, managers and key stakeholders is taking place in Sleaford today to … Read more

Categories STPs Tags cuts to services, NHS reform, STP 13, STPs

Motion on downgrade of Grantham A&E wins cross-party support but three abstain

A motion put before South Kesteven District Council yesterday saying that a downgrade of Grantham A&E was unacceptable was supported … Read more

Categories STPs Tags cuts to services, NHS reform, STP 13, STPs

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

Categories STPs Tags NHS reform, STP 13, STPs

Council unanimously passes motion against Lincolnshire STP hospital closures

Plans to downgrade A&E and maternity services at Lincolnshire’s hospitals as part of the region’s sustainability and transformation plan (STP) … Read more

Categories STPs Tags cuts to services, hospitals, NHS reform, STP 13, STPs

Special report: A closer look at what radical healthcare plans mean for Grantham

This week, proposals outlining the future of healthcare for the next five years in Lincolnshire were revealed. Among them is … Read more

Categories STPs Tags A&E, cuts to services, hospitals, NHS England, NHS reform, STP 13, STPs

‘Closure’ of Grantham A&E and maternity services overhaul revealed in leaked report

A leaked health report suggests A&E service at Grantham hospital could potentially end and maternity services could be centralised across … Read more

Categories STPs, NHS spending, Rationing Tags cuts to services, deficit, rationing, STP 13, STPs, underfunding, understaffing

16,000 patients set to lose their GP practice over holiday period

Some 16,000 patients will lose their GP practice over the holiday period, as five practices are set to close across … Read more

Categories Quality of care, STPs Tags cuts to services, holiday period, STP 13, STPs, treatment delays, underfunding, understaffing, waiting lists, waiting times, winter crisis

Legal challenge issued against ‘unlawful’ Grantham hospital A&E closure

A patient group has launched a legal challenge against United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s decision to cut opening hours at … Read more

Categories STPs Tags A&E, cuts to services, NHS reform, safety, STP 13, STPs, 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