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RACHEL REEVES

IFS highlights 'unresolved' social care issues

By Lee Peart 10 October 2024

A major new Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report has highlighted the ‘unresolved’ issues in social care funding and reform.

NEW HOSPITALS PROGRAMME

Council leaders call for Government approval of hospital plans

By Lee Peart 09 October 2024

Council leaders have called for Government approval of plans for a new hospital ahead of the Autumn Budget.

A&E

Trust denies claims it is closing A&E 'through stealth'

By Lee Peart 09 October 2024

A hospital trust has denied claims by campaigners it is closing an A&E department ‘through stealth’.

HOSPICE

Hospice warns of 'growing financial strain' after ICB funding cut

By Lee Peart 09 October 2024

St Nicholas Hospice Care in Suffolk has a warned of ‘growing financial strain’ after its funding was cut.

ICB

Intermediate care unit helps hospital patients return home

By Lee Peart 09 October 2024

A new intermediate care bed facility in South Cumbria is helping hospital patients return home independently.

ED DAVEY

Lib Dems call for cross-party talks on social care 'postcode lottery'

By Lee Peart 09 October 2024

The Lib Dems have repeated their call for cross-party talks on social care after revealing a steep rise in the number of pensioners per care home.

MERGER

New trust brings together community, mental health and learning disability services

By Lee Peart 08 October 2024

A new trust has brought together community, mental health and learning disability services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

AUTUMN BUDGET

Chancellor urged to boost public health grant by £1.4bn

By Lee Peart 08 October 2024

Directors of public health have written to the Government urging it to boost the public health grant by £1.4bn.

PFI

Hospital celebrates first completion of 25-year PFI contract

By Lee Peart 08 October 2024

The Meadows community hospital in Stockport has celebrated what is to believed to be the first handover of a 25-year private finance initiative (PFI) healthcare contract in England.

NORTHERN IRELAND

HPMA Conference: Minister voices disappointment on lack of pay parity progress

By Lee Peart 07 October 2024

Department of Health minister Phil Rodgers has said it was ‘disappointing’ that Northern Ireland has not achieved Agenda for Change pay parity with the rest of the UK.

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