Controversial NHS shake-up will cost £150m of taxpayers’ money
A controversial plan to transform NHS services and make savings will itself cost £150m of taxpayer cash to deliver, it has … Read more
STPs
Have your say on future of the district’s stroke service
HEALTH watchdogs are urging people district wide to have their say over possible cuts to emergency stroke services. Under massive … Read more
More funding is needed for shake-up to A&E services in mid Essex, claims medical union
A SHAKE-UP to A&E services in mid Essex will be “unachievable” without more funding, a leading medical union has said. … Read more
NHS in Crisis? North Herts health and social care providers must meet challenge of huge funding gap but are well placed to begin transformation
As the national media reported extensively this week, there is a huge hole in funding for health care which needs … 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
Hospital bosses deny reports that Macclesfield A&E will close
Hospital bosses have hit back at reports that the A&E department will be closed. Reports in the national press have … Read more
£115m plans to downgrade North Tees A&E can’t be achieved without ‘drastic’ cuts, says senior doctor
Dr George Rae says plans for NHS have been developed ‘behind closed doors’ and can’t be achieved without further investment. … Read more
Social Care should be an ‘urgent priority’
Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight could see some health services moving away from … Read more
Delivering sustainability and transformation plans
From ambitious proposals to credible plans This report examines the content of the 44 sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) that … Read more
Plans to move Notts hospital services into community and close 200 beds ‘a cover for cuts’
Plans to move more hospital services into the community and close 200 beds across Nottinghamshire is ‘a cover for cuts’ … Read more