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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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Child mental health services ‘not fit for purpose’, says top psychiatrist

Full story in Pulse, 24 September 2018 Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) services across England are so overstretched … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Rationing Tags CAMHS, children's health, mental health, postcode lottery, treatment delays, underfunding, understaffing, waiting times

Tory cuts leave alcohol addiction services at breaking point warns Labour, as figures show record low in treatment

Full story in The Independent, 13 September 2018 Cuts to council budgets for addiction services have led to lowest number of people … Read more

Categories Rationing, Quality of care Tags addiction services, community health, cuts to services, Public Health, waiting times

NHS cancels 14% of operations at last minute, research finds

Full story in The Guardian, 7 September 2018. One in seven NHS hospital operations are being cancelled just before they … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags hospitals, quality of care, safety, staff shortage, treatment delays, underfunding, understaffing, waiting times

Patients dying on NHS waiting lists ‘surges by 10,000’

Full story in Pulse, 3 September 2018 The number of patients dying while waiting for treatment has increased by over … Read more

Categories Quality of care Tags hospitals, safety, waiting lists, waiting times

‘Grossly underfunded’ practices unable to compete with online providers, warn GPs

Full story in The Guardian, 30 August 2018 Private online providers are creating competition between NHS practices that is threatening … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Rationing Tags community health, digital health, GPs, primary care, Privatisation, waiting times

GPs urge £2.5bn extra cash injection from NHS England

Full story in The Guardian, 7 August 2018 Family doctors are demanding an emergency cash injection of £2.5bn to help … Read more

Categories NHS spending Tags GPs, quality of care, treatment delays, underfunding, waiting times

Autistic people wait years for diagnosis in some parts of England

Full story in The Guardian, 18 July 2018. People with suspected autism are being forced to wait more than two … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags postcode lottery, treatment delays, waiting lists, waiting times

NHS operation waiting lists reach 10-year high at 4.3m patients

Full story in The Guardian, 13 July 2018. The number of patients waiting for an operation on the NHS has … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags doctors, hospitals, surgery, treatment delays, waiting lists, waiting times

Demand for private counselling soars due to long NHS waiting lists

Full story in the Metro, 11 July 2018. Since 2016, the number of people booking private counselling sessions has increased … Read more

Categories Treatment delays Tags cuts to services, mental health, Privatisation, treatment delays, underfunding, waiting lists, waiting times

A fair share for mental health has to be the NHS’s priority

Full story in The Guardian, 5 July 2018 The added disability from which our health system suffers is the isolation … Read more

Categories NHS spending, Quality of care Tags mental health, underfunding, waiting times
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE