Vasectomy funding cuts considered by nine CCGs
Full story at The BBC, 8 November 2017 Nine NHS groups in England are considering or have cut funding for … Read more
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The NHS needs £24bn more by 2022
Full story The Guardian, 8 November 2017 The NHS will need up to £24bn more by 2022 than Theresa May plans to give … Read more
Housing developer offers to build new hospital for struggling health economy
Full story in The HSJ, 24 November 2017 A new hospital offering centralised emergency and specialist services for the struggling … Read more
Children waiting up to 18 months for mental health treatment – CQC
Children with mental health problems are waiting up to 18 months to be treated, a government-ordered report will reveal next … Read more
While all eyes look to Brexit, our NHS is about to collapse
rexit casts its shroud over everything. The no-dealers grow more wild-eyed by the day; though sterling drops, prices rise. Chris … Read more
Children’s tsar savages NHS over ‘unacceptable’ mental health care
The children’s commissioner has launched a savage attack on the head of the NHS, accusing him of denigrating research that … Read more
MPs urge action on lengthy wait for autism diagnosis
Parents of children with suspected autism are having to wait at least 44 months for diagnoses, prompting a cross-party group … Read more
NHS straining at the seams year before 70th birthday, finds regulator
The NHS is in danger of a sharp decline in its services around its 70th birthday next year, with the risk of … Read more
Bed cuts leave NHS ‘overwhelmed’
NHS hospital beds have been cut by more than half in the past 30 years – leaving the health service … Read more
Exposed: ‘secretive’ NHS cost-cutting plans include children’s care
diagnostics and treatment for children with complex needs are among services earmarked for cost-cutting plans considered by the NHS to … Read more