Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust named among worst for out-of-area placements
Mental health patients in Suffolk and Norfolk are being forced to seek treatment away from home in higher numbers than … Read more
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Delays to care after oral surgery clinic shut down at West Suffolk Hospital
Hundreds of patients have been left without the oral surgery clinic at West Suffolk Hospital, after the service was shut … Read more
New merger trust sets out five year savings plan
Essex’s new mental health provider trust must deliver £43m of savings over the next five years to hit its business … Read more
Suffolk and north Essex health chiefs seek millions to prop up services amid ‘huge challenges’
Health and social care bosses in Suffolk and north Essex have clubbed together to make a multimillion pound series of … Read more
NHS IN CRISIS: Millions of pounds could be saved if more pharmacists prescribed medicines
But the organisations that represents thousands of pharmacists has warned few of its members have been involved in drawing up … 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
Revealed: Radical new approach to healthcare to prevent £248m overspend in Suffolk and north Essex
Radical plans to overhaul the region’s health and social care system were released yesterday, offering the public its first glimpse … Read more