A perfect storm: an impossible climate for NHS providers’ finances?
The NHS in England is currently halfway through the most austere decade in its history. In the 2015 comprehensive spending … Read more
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NHS spend on general practice falls to 7.2% from April, despite uplift
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will fail to deliver this year on his promise to increase the proportion of funding going … Read more
One in four trusts plunge deeper into the red
More than a quarter of acute trusts reported a financial position which was more than £5m worse than planned for … Read more
NHS providers facing £2.8bn deficit for 2015-16
NHS providers have reported a combined deficit of £2.3bn for the nine months to December – £622m worse than planned. … Read more
NHS trusts’ deficit estimated at £2.3 billion as NHS financial crisis deepens
NHS trusts are forecasting an end-of-year net deficit of around £2.3 billion finds the latest quarterly monitoring report from The … Read more
Liverpool NHS jobs face the axe because of community health funding cuts
Up to 30 NHS staff in Liverpool could lose their jobs as services including exercise classes for dementia patients and … Read more
GPs forced to diagnose mental illness in children ‘outside their competence’
he majority of GPs say they have to diagnose child and adolescent mental health disorders ‘above their level of competence’ … Read more
GP contraceptive services cuts are ‘impacting on patient care’
Public health experts have warned that cuts to GP-run contraceptive and sexual health services will lead to worse access and … Read more
Leaked report reveals scale of crisis in England’s mental health services
A leaked report by a government taskforce has painted a devastating picture of England’s mental health services, revealing that the … Read more
How councils are cutting GP sexual health services
A number of local authorities are changing the way sexual health services are provided, which is likely to lead to … Read more