NHS report from City Hall, Jan 17
Although the NHS is not a GLA function, I have been concerned about recent news about the NHS locally.
The Royal Free has missed its waiting time targets in every month of the last year.
I suspect that the problem is primarily caused by Barnet Hospital, which is part of the Royal Free group, but the figures are not published separately.
Of even greater seriousness, is the Government’s plans for cuts in our local NHS budget, through their secretive ‘Sustainability And Transformation’ Plans, which I raised at Mayor’s Questions. The one that includes Barnet and Camden means cuts of £900 Million.
The plans themselves are full of ‘high level’ generalities, so it is difficult to see where the cuts will fall in detail.
