Report warns that NHS austerity is impacting mortality rates and life expectancy
Full story in Pulse, 29 November 2017 Policy makers need to ‘take heed of early warning signs’ and end health … Read more
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Budget 2017: NHS trusts given extra £350m for entire winter
Full story in The Independent, 23 November 2017 The NHS has been given £350m to see it through the winter in the … Read more
Hammond’s £1.6bn cash for the NHS is less than half of £4bn needed
Full story in The Guardian, 23 November 2017 Philip Hammond has bowed to intense pressure to give the NHS more money … Read more
NHS chief’s call for £4bn emergency cash injection dismissed by Philip Hammond
Full story in The Guardian, 19 November 2017 Philip Hammond has dismissed calls from the head of the NHS for an … Read more
Chancellor told to make NHS the ‘top priority’ in Budget
Full story in The Independent, 19 November 2017 Two-thirds of the British public say the Chancellor must make the NHS … Read more
Non-partisan debate on future of NHS requested by cross-party MPs
Full story in The Guardian, 18 November 2017 Ninety MPs including several senior Tories have urged Theresa May to launch … Read more
NHS target to manage winter crisis “totally unrealistic”
Full story in The Guardian, 18 November 2017 Health service chiefs have been declared “barking mad” for ordering hospitals to … Read more
Lincolnshire hospitals to postpone non-urgent operations due to squeeze on funding
Full story The Guardian, 16 November 2017 The NHS is under fire for forcing patients who need surgery to wait at least … Read more
Tory austerity linked to 120,000 deaths – Landmark study
Full story in The Independent, 16 November 2017 The Conservatives have been accused of “economic murder” for austerity policies which … Read more
May and Hammond’s miserliness pointed out by NHS Chief
Full story in The Guardian, 9 November 2017 Simon Stevens’s warning to Theresa May and Philip Hammond of the risks they are … Read more