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Mental health trust forced to cut services

By NHS Support Federation | Apr 11, 2016

A mental health trust in Manchester has cut seven frontline community-based services to save £1m, in one of the first major … Read more

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Royal college criticises CCGs for rationing services

By NHS Support Federation | Apr 11, 2016

The Royal College of Surgeons has written to six CCGs to criticise proposals to restrict referrals for several surgical procedures. … Read more

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Cutting physiotherapy services a false economy, says CSP

By NHS Support Federation | Apr 5, 2016

Proposals by CCGs covering Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country to restrict access to physiotherapy could drive up costs for … Read more

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Public health gains in danger as councils cut GP funding

By NHS Support Federation | Apr 5, 2016

The Government promised that its £200m cuts to public health services will not affect frontline services – but a Pulse … Read more

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More than 170 GP surgeries have closed in 3 years because of ‘financial pressures’

By NHS Support Federation | Mar 24, 2016

More than 170 GP surgeries have closed in three years with doctors citing the increasing financial pressures of running modern … Read more

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Patients put at risk and staff ‘driven to the brink’ by cost-cutting Liverpool NHS trust

By NHS Support Federation | Mar 23, 2016

Failings at a Liverpool NHS trust were “ignored or watered down” by bosses who were hellbent on “aggressive” cost-cutting that … Read more

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CCGs consider sweeping restrictions to plug £25m hole

By NHS Support Federation | Mar 22, 2016

A group of clinical commissioning groups in the Midlands have outlined proposals for wide ranging restrictions to NHS services in … Read more

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Cuts to PIP ‘extremely damaging’ says College of Occupational Therapists

By NHS Support Federation | Mar 21, 2016

The College of Occupational Therapists has expressed concern following the Government’s announcement to cut Personal Independence Payments (PIP).  Under new … Read more

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Budget 2016: George Osborne cuts £1.1bn from NHS repairs fund

By NHS Support Federation | Mar 20, 2016

The NHS repairs budget has been slashed by £1.1bn, in an unpublicised cut included in George Osborne’s 2016 Budget. The … Read more

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