St Helens CCG spends £4.1m on out of area mental health placements in 2018
Full Story at St Helens Star, 12 April 2018 ST HELENS Clinical Commissioning Group spent more than £4 million on … Read more
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Ambulances waiting for hours outside Merseyside A&E
Full Story in Liverpool Echo 8 January 2018 Ambulances were left queuing for more than an hour outside Merseyside A&Es … Read more
Trust chief executive appointed to lead large STP
A new leader for the Cheshire and Merseyside sustainability and transformation partnership has been appointed by NHS England and NHS … Read more
IVF cut back in 13 areas of England to save money, new data shows
Thirteen areas of England have restricted or completely halted IVF treatment since the start of the year for women struggling to conceive, … Read more
NHS treatments for piles and cataracts facing cutbacks in St Helens
Article from The Liverpool Echo, 6 July 2017 NHS treatment for piles, cataracts, hairloss and laser tattoo removal could be … Read more
Thousands of Aintree hospital patients may have to go to Broadgreen for surgery
Thousands of Aintree hospital patients will have to travel to Broadgreen hospital for surgery, if NHS plans get the go-ahead. … Read more
‘Cancer survivors and mentally ill will suffer’ as budgets slashed
Charities are warning thousands of sick and vulnerable people across Liverpool could be hit by “extremely troubling” cutbacks to their … Read more
Cheshire cancer patients ‘could die sooner’ if NHS cuts are forced through
Cancer patients in Cheshire could die sooner because they will end up waiting longer for urgent hospital treatment if NHS … Read more
HSJ Exclusive: New national savings drive will ‘challenge the values’ of NHS leaders
Closing wards and services, blocking choice of private providers, systematically extending waiting times, and stopping some treatments are all being … Read more
Struggling NHS trusts to BAN obese and underweight women from having IVF
Struggling NHS trusts are axing or rationing IVF funding for obese and underweight women. Most have already banned any with … Read more