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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • When ‘record’ spending is nowhere near enough
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Q&A: The increase in NI and funding for the NHS and social care
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The truth behind Boris Johnson’s money for the NHS
    • New NHS funding – is it enough?
      • Expert’s consensus on NHS Long-term Plan
    • Will the longterm plan end waves of crisis in the NHS?
    • Services
      • NHS VIDEOS
      • GP services
      • A&E waiting times
      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Closing the NHS blackhole
    • 5 reasons why the NHS is affordable
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Sign the call for more funding
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
    • Take the poll
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Public health funding “below 2015/16 levels”
    • Is the NHS finally going to get its workforce plan?
    • A workforce already stretched over five days, can’t stretch to seven
    • PFI keeps coming back for more
    • Now NHS faces £20bn-plus budget gap
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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STP 7

The brand new £24m health centre that will NEVER be used by NHS patients

A brand new £24m health centre is to be converted straight into offices without ever opening to patients – because … Read more

Categories Infrastructure problems, NHS spending Tags community health, GPs, STP 7

Greater Manchester partnership launches health data website

Full story at Digital Health, 23 April 2018 A partnership which includes a council and an NHS trust in Greater … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags CCGs, community health, Public Health, STP 7

NHS and council staff to strike over new care model

Full story in the HSJ, 18 April 2018 Staff affected by a vanguard new care model in Greater Manchester have … Read more

Categories Integrated care, STPs Tags Accountable Care Organisation, ACO, community health, ICS, integrated care system, LEAD STORY, STP 7

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

Plans have been scrapped to deny women IVF on the NHS in Trafford

Full Story in Manchester Evening News 27 March 2018 A plan to deny women IVF on the NHS in Trafford … Read more

Categories NHS spending Tags cuts to services, STP 7

NHS Data reveals, Closing Walk-In Centres Could Heap Even More Pressure On A&E Units

Full story in the Huff Post, 7 February 2018 The continued closure of walk-in centres could increase pressure on A&E … Read more

Categories STPs Tags A&E, community health, cuts to services, STP 30, STP 7, urgent care, walk-in centres

Manchester ACO contract delayed amid fears of ‘unrealistic deadlines’

Delay for Manchester ACO contract amid fears of ‘unrealistic deadlines’ Full story in the HSJ, 30 January 2018 HSJ reports … Read more

Categories ACO, Integrated care, National STP, STPs Tags Accountable Care Organisation, ACO, integrated care, integrated care system, NHS reform, STP 7

MP says the ‘shambolic’ state of the ambulance service is ‘putting lives at risk on a daily basis’

Full Story in Manchester Evening News 23 January 2018 The ‘shambolic’ state of the North West Ambulance Service was described … Read more

Categories Quality of care, STPs, Treatment delays Tags A&E, ambulance service, cuts to services, hospitals, safety, STP 7, treatment delays, understaffing, waiting times, winter crisis

Go-ahead given to support 15 STP areas with £325m capital investment

The Department of Health (DH) and NHS England have finally revealed that 15 high-performing STP areas will be given a share … Read more

Categories STPs Tags A&E, National STP, NHS reform, STP 12, STP 14, STP 15, STP 2, STP 22, STP 23, STP 24, stp 26, STP 29, STP 4, STP 41, STP 44, STP 7, STP 9

Biggest ever NHS tender launched as £6bn contract put on market

Manchester health leaders have kicked off the search for providers of “out of hospital” health and care services across the … Read more

Categories STPs Tags MCP, NHS reform, STP 7, STPs
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • When ‘record’ spending is nowhere near enough
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Q&A: The increase in NI and funding for the NHS and social care
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The truth behind Boris Johnson’s money for the NHS
    • New NHS funding – is it enough?
      • Expert’s consensus on NHS Long-term Plan
    • Will the longterm plan end waves of crisis in the NHS?
    • Services
      • NHS VIDEOS
      • GP services
      • A&E waiting times
      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Closing the NHS blackhole
    • 5 reasons why the NHS is affordable
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Sign the call for more funding
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
    • Take the poll
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Public health funding “below 2015/16 levels”
    • Is the NHS finally going to get its workforce plan?
    • A workforce already stretched over five days, can’t stretch to seven
    • PFI keeps coming back for more
    • Now NHS faces £20bn-plus budget gap
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE
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