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NHS Reconfiguration + STPs = Cut-Backs?: Two Sides of Same Equation? (NHS England / King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust / BBC News)

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Keep calm and carry on”-style narrative from officialdom. Full Text Link Reference NHS England statement on Sustainability and Transformation Plans. [Online]: NHS England, August 26th 2016. Theoretical clarification concerning STPs, from the King’s Fund Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading →

Escalating NHS Trust Deficits: Not Unexpected (BBC News / Monitor)

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS Trusts in England have run-up a £930 million “worst for a generation” deficit in the first three months of this financial year. Regulators have also noted that performance measures on waiting times for access to hospital treatment and … Continue reading →

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Rising Deficits and the Search for Better Value in the NHS: New Approaches to Financial Sustainability? (King’s Fund / BBC News / Health Foundation / BMJ)

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Regulators have demanded that hospitals and NHS trusts in England review their financial plans, because rising deficits indicate that existing plans are increasingly unaffordable. Full Text Link Reference Health regulator tells NHS trusts to ‘look again’ at finances. London: … Continue reading →

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NHS Funding Shortage Forecast: Debate Proposed (BBC News / Times / House of Commons Health Select Committee / Nuffield Trust / Independent)

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Nine influential signatories to a letter published in the Times have asked for a national debate on how the NHS in England is funded. The authors of this letter assert that challenges from an ageing and growing population, plus … Continue reading →

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Andy Burnham MP, Rt Hon. Professor the Lord Darzi, Rt Hon. Stephen Dorrell MP, Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Siobhan Dunn: Chief Executive of Teenage Cancer Trust, Sir John Oldham: Independent Commission on Whole Person Care, Sir Richard Thompson: Royal College of Physicians, Stephen Hawking, Turning Point, Uncontrolled Profligacy in Workforce Planning (RCN Survey), UnitingCare Partnership, University Hospitals Plymouth Trust, Waiting Times Target for All Urgent Diagnostics, Weaponising the NHS (Labour: Attributed Phrase), Year of Care Approach, Year of Care Funding Model, Year of Care Partnerships, Year of Care Tariff | Leave a comment

On the Future of Mental Health (NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network)

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This paper from the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network (MHN) discusses the challenges facing mental health services during the next ten to twenty years. It considers changes to population demographics, new technologies, increasing demand, financial constraints in the NHS, plus the … Continue reading →

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NHS’s Potential £30bn Funding Gap by 2020-21 (BBC News / NHS England)

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A report from NHS England has warned of a further £30bn gap by 2020-21 between NHS funding versus costs and demands, in addition to the estimated £20bn of savings the health service is required to achieve by 2014/15. An open and honest debate is required about the future … Continue reading →

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Escalating NHS Trust Deficits: Not Unexpected (BBC News / Monitor)

NHS’s Potential £30bn Funding Gap by 2020-21 (BBC News / NHS England)

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