Hospital beds and A&Es units face axe and more news...

​"​Once again The Daily​ Telegraph calls for health insurance, charging & co-payment systems. Why not just fund the NHS to EU average e.g 10%GDP?​" Dr Clive Peedel

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2016/10/30/only-radical-reform-can-save-the-nhs-but-will-politicians-be-bra/

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/30/theresa-mays-claim-on-health-funding-not-true-say-mps

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"Theresa May: The '£10bn' for the NHS is a lie. This from @sarahwollaston, top Conservative in Health" Dr Ben White

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Health/Correspondence/2016-17/chair-to-chancellor-NHS-funding-26-10-2016.pdf

The Two-Year Forward View - STPs, the exam question and playing 'Chicken'

http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1665

Almost half of NHS authorities to cut hospital beds and third to close A&E
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/30/almost-half-of-nhs-authorities-to-cut-hospital-beds-and-third-to/

Top Tory MP accuses Theresa May of using the figure to cover up spending CUTS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3888398/PM-Hunt-misled-public-NHS-money-says-Tory-Senior-MP-uses-letter-suggest-used-incorrect-figures-hide-extent-cash-crisis.html#ixzz4OgmNJBpe

Jeremy Hunt branded a buffoon as he scrambles to defend 'false' £10bn NHS spending claims
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jeremy-hunt-branded-buffoon-scrambles-9165707#ICID=sharebar_twitter

NHS needs urgent action to put it on sustainable financial footing

https://www.bma.org.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/2016/october/nhs-needs-urgent-actio

Urgent Question on NHS funding: 31 October 2016

http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2016/october/urgent-question-on-nhs-funding-31-october-2016/

In 2018/19 "we'll see a per capita fall in funding for the NHS" says @sarahwollaston 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37801100

Thousands march against Grantham A&E closure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-37810628

Huddersfield & Calderdale CCGs confirm cuts in NHS services & closure of HRI A&E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-niLGfq7ynI

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