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- Dying by numbers: Cornwall’s suicide rates among highest in the country 20th May 2019
- More than 5,000 patients worried about the future of Mevagissey doctors’ surgery 15th May 2019
- Unison to ballot hospital staff for strike action in dispute over pay 9th May 2019
- 10,600 children in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly “have experienced sexual abuse” – new report 7th May 2019
- Cornwall’s GPs encouraged to refer youngsters with mental health issues to Newquay surf charity 7th May 2019
- Gosh, it’s really brilliant and fab – so why is the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust still inadequate? 6th May 2019
- Supreme Court rejects bid to challenge Kennally Care, paving the way for a new health service structure in Cornwall 3rd May 2019
- Cornwall Council’s soon-to-depart head of children’s services in line for national Corporate Director of the Year award 2nd May 2019
- Bude’s Minor Injury Unit to remain closed overnight “until October at the earliest” 10th April 2019
- Government gives Cornwall £625,000 to help reduce rough sleeping 8th April 2019
- Cornwall’s communities urged to become new watchdogs to press for better NHS dental treatment 8th April 2019
- County Hall promises “full review” of care payments will be delivered by May 5th April 2019
- Oakleigh House gets another three years, as health commissioners change their minds in the face of determined political campaign 4th April 2019
- Cornwall Council completes its takeover of NHS children’s and family services 1st April 2019
- Edward Hain hospital clings on, at least until the end of June 1st April 2019
- New parking scheme for Cornwall’s carers comes into force today 1st April 2019
- Nearly 30,000 children in Cornwall live in poverty, says Director of Public Health 21st March 2019
- Jeremy Corbyn leads new bid to derail Cornwall’s Kennally Care NHS takeover 18th March 2019
- Oakleigh House: councillors prepare for showdown with NHS bosses 14th March 2019
- New survey finds that one third of Cornwall’s primary school children are overweight 13th March 2019
- Cornwall’s health chiefs spent £87 million on Duchy hospital in five years 12th March 2019
- Poverty pay protest at Royal Cornwall Hospital 10th March 2019
- An old chestnut: health chiefs reach for “fire safety” excuse as they try to justify closure of mental health unit 7th March 2019
- Only 40% of Cornwall’s adult safeguarding concerns actually investigated, councillors told 3rd March 2019
- From residential sanctuary to chocolate workshops – what do Cornwall’s NHS bosses really think about mental health? 28th February 2019
- Cornwall’s Disintegrating Care Partnership – the wheels start to fall off Kennally Care, as even the Liberal Democrats start to talk about Section 30 referrals 27th February 2019
- A cabinet member revolted, and a senior Lib Dem was missing – the inside story of a Cornwall Council budget defeat which delivered an extra £1 million for Cornwall’s children 27th February 2019
- Cornwall’s Lib Dems defeated again as Labour wins an extra £1 million for children’s mental health services 26th February 2019
- Campaign gets underway to save unique mental health centre, as Cornwall’s NHS and council bosses scrap £140,000 contract which does not fit with their new Five Year Plan 25th February 2019
- Health chiefs prepare for tough questions about the future of Stratton hospital 13th February 2019
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall’s secret plan to raise more than £11 million by selling hospitals – building 206 houses instead 8th February 2019
- Inside Kennally Care: details start to emerge of how charities and companies are now taking over Cornwall’s health service – with orders to cut spending 8th February 2019
- Kennally Care: the new wave of health bosses are “self-selecting” and “set their own terms of reference” 5th February 2019
- Softly, softly, Kennally Care is taking over Cornwall’s NHS 5th February 2019
- Cornwall’s Kennally Care proposals for NHS takeover head for Supreme Court showdown 29th January 2019
- Do Cornwall’s health bosses know the price of everything, but the value of nothing? Social policy expert questions community hospitals sell-off 25th January 2019
- Health chiefs apologise for overnight closure of Minor Injury Unit – but questions remain about when it will reopen 24th January 2019
- Council failing to pursue overpaid benefits to adult social care clients 23rd January 2019
- Crisis at Bodmin dementia ward forces patients to travel hundreds of miles in search of suitable care 19th January 2019
- Government approves plans to sell three of Cornwall’s hospitals – still no public consultation 19th January 2019
- Three years after it closed, patients in St Ives can still find a use for the Edward Hain hospital 18th January 2019
- Health chiefs offer talks about the future of Stratton’s Minor Injury Unit 16th January 2019
- Kennally Care NHS battle destined for the Supreme Court, as dispute over Whole Population Annual Contracts heads for its endgame 2nd January 2019
- RCHT is no longer “inadequate” but still “requires improvement,” according to the Care Quality Commission 14th December 2018
- North Cornwall Minor Injury Unit to close overnight, starting tomorrow 6th December 2018
- CorCare steps in to look after scores of Cornwall’s vulnerable elderly people, as Allied Healthcare finally throws in the towel 29th November 2018
- Cornwall can expect an extra 7,000 vulnerable adults needing social care by 2030 29th November 2018
- Cornwall’s safeguarding cases soar: 400 new cases every month 24th November 2018
- Ambulance crews study the detail of new “alliance” covering the south of England 23rd November 2018
- Cornwall’s ambulance service joins an “alliance” with the entire south of England 22nd November 2018
- Royal Cornwall Hospital still suffering “chronic” staff shortages and is not ready for winter – CQC 21st November 2018
- A crucial week for the National Health Service and the prospects for Cornwall’s “Kennally Care” 19th November 2018
- Cornwall’s children’s services to stay in-house, as row over means-testing rumbles on 8th November 2018
- CQC concern over Allied Healthcare impacts scores of Cornwall clients 6th November 2018
- Cornwall’s doctors vote for more control over Primary Care 5th November 2018
- Means testing for family services? We haven’t got a clue what it might mean, admits County Hall 28th October 2018
- Hundreds of Cornwall’s NHS patients forced to go private, as hip and knee operations are outsourced to Care UK 27th October 2018
- “We’ll be fine,” says Children’s Services chief, after losing her A-Team 19th October 2018
- Cornwall loses its A-team as three top managers set to depart County Hall’s Children’s Services 18th October 2018
- China Clay area voices dissent over the new map of Cornwall’s health service 10th October 2018
- Formal complaint over ambulance delay 10th October 2018
- The final countdown to hospital closures reveals council’s weakness as a guardian of local services 10th October 2018
- Health and Social Care: Cornwall doesn’t need an ‘Integrated Care Provider’ 8th October 2018
- The Kennally Care project to restructure Cornwall’s health service approaches a “gateway” – with lawyers and politicians in close attendance 8th October 2018
- Cornwall’s children’s services to stay at County Hall, as officials out-fox Tories over outsourcing 4th October 2018
- Revealed – the new health map of Cornwall, showing the winners and losers of the Shaping Our Future jigsaw 3rd October 2018
- More than 30,000 children in Cornwall in poverty, as council comes close to bottom of national spending league 26th September 2018
- Concern over the future of Day Centre 24th September 2018
- EXCLUSIVE: How Whitehall has been secretly pulling the strings that have closed Cornwall’s hospitals 16th September 2018
- EXCLUSIVE: How colour-coded maps will help justify the closure of Cornwall’s community hospitals 3rd September 2018
- EXCLUSIVE: The worldwide web of private consultants with secret plans to re-draw the map of Cornwall’s National Health Service 20th August 2018
- We still plan to consult the public over Cornwall’s hospital closures, insists NHS Kernow 10th August 2018
- Future of Fowey, Saltash and St Ives hospitals to be determined by October 8th August 2018
- Cornwall’s new “Kennally Care” health system wants to set its own standards with “self-regulation” 6th August 2018
- Truro’s Duchy Hospital left a guidewire in patient after surgery 30th July 2018
- EXCLUSIVE: Launceston hospital land to be used for “supported living” scheme 28th July 2018
- Cornwall Council hiring private consultants to help cut £35 million from adult social care 19th July 2018
- Royal Cornwall Hospital boss quits 4th July 2018
- Helston hospital appears safe as health chiefs find a doctor 4th July 2018
- NHS Kernow agrees to fund new diabetes monitoring 3rd July 2018
- Campaigners collect “Get Well Soon” signatures for Cornwall’s NHS 1st July 2018
- EXCLUSIVE – NHS bosses reject “easy cash” from TV company who wanted to film at disused Bodmin Treatment Centre 30th June 2018
- Cornwall prepares for “Save the NHS” events to mark 70th birthday 25th June 2018
- Another “unsafe” Cornwall care home to close as CQC says it has “no confidence” in provider 19th June 2018
- Camelford care home to close following critical CQC report 18th June 2018
- Council acts to remove elderly residents from Camelford care home after another critical report 16th June 2018
- Appeal Court asked to rule on “Kennally Care” ambitions for Cornwall’s NHS 7th June 2018
- Is there a doctor in the house? The underlying problem which threatens Helston hospital 7th June 2018
- Anger at Edward Hain hospital’s continued closure, as cabinet member tells health chiefs “you have got to be off your heads” 6th June 2018
- NHS bosses deny any plans to close Cornwall’s hospitals, as hospitals close all over Cornwall 5th June 2018
- Council seeks a “strategic partner” for 3,500 new care homes ambition 5th June 2018
- Cornwall’s health chiefs to receive Minor Injury Unit petition 5th June 2018
- How Cornwall’s hospitals close: Helston to lose half its beds 1st June 2018
- We’re going to need a bigger table, as Cornwall’s health chiefs decide to meet as one big happy family 31st May 2018
- Cornwall secures £1.5 million to help people facing a mental health crisis 31st May 2018
- Finally, Cornwall councillors are to consider the future of community hospitals in Fowey and St Ives 31st May 2018
- Cornwall needs many more cancer nurses, says expert report 30th May 2018
- Cornwall’s NHS says it wants “a common platform for the delivery of local services” but denies merger 30th May 2018
- South West Ambulance Service response times still missing targets 29th May 2018
- “Sharing back office functions” – four simple words that could mean a lot for Cornwall’s Health Service 28th May 2018
- At least 8 bosses in 11 years: the high-speed revolving door at Truro’s Royal Cornwall hospital 25th May 2018
- Under-fire Truro hospital boss quits 24th May 2018
- Second Judicial Review of “Accountable Care” health systems due to start today 23rd May 2018
- Kennally Care gets the green light from a judge in Leeds 16th May 2018
- Fowey told to face the future without its hospital – and to embrace a 21st century nursing home instead 3rd May 2018
- More than 1,000 RCHT staff suffering from work-related stress 1st May 2018
- NHS has no plans to re-open Bodmin Treatment Centre, but might use the building for local GPs 1st May 2018
- EXCLUSIVE – the “behind the scenes” plan to close Cornwall’s health visitor bases and reduce the level of service 26th April 2018
- Judgement reserved after Judicial Review hears how Accountable Care could change the NHS 25th April 2018
- Leeds High Court Judicial Review could revive Cornwall Council’s “Kennally Care” NHS project 24th April 2018
- Adult social care consultation “not our best piece of work” admits council 21st April 2018
- Future of Edward Hain hospital awaits architect’s report on potential uses 19th April 2018
- County Hall wants to keep public health nursing in the public sector 12th April 2018
- Hospital watchdog gives RCHT just seven days to improve 6th April 2018
- Treasury officials “stimulated” by Cornwall’s DIY health service ideas 5th April 2018
- Bodmin Treatment Centre: the purpose-built NHS facility which has now been closed for a year 4th April 2018
- Cornwall Council cabinet votes 7-1, with one abstention, to launch Kennally Care (but not yet) 28th March 2018
- Royal Cornwall Show names the local charities to be supported at this year’s event 28th March 2018
- Crunch debate will expose divisions over Kennally Care, now postponed until September at the earliest 28th March 2018
- The secret jigsaw: how the NHS is Shaping Our Future into a Cornwall of winners and losers, depending on the “Property Asset Scorecard” 23rd March 2018
- Kennally Care: it will be “mobilised” rather than “launched” with budgets which are “aligned” rather than “pooled.” Here’s a translation 21st March 2018
- Cornwall’s “informal” Kennally Care and the quest for a new, user-friendly form of words to describe an Option 7 future for the NHS 16th March 2018
- Sarah Newton MP blames “Corbyn-led Momentum-controlled Labour Party” for ending Cornwall Council ambition to take over the NHS 10th March 2018
- Will County Hall invite Virgin to take over Cornwall’s public health nursing? A new contract is needed from next year 9th March 2018
- Cornwall’s Tories criticise the dilution of and delay to Kennally Care as signs emerge of cabinet splits at County Hall 7th March 2018
- Cornwall’s doctors throw a small spanner in the works, recommending “Option 2” before embracing County Hall’s Kennally Care 6th March 2018
- Today’s meeting in Bude will decide the future of Cornwall’s NHS 6th March 2018
- Lib Dems seek to reassure Tories that Cornwall’s Kennally Care will go ahead as planned 5th March 2018
- The Empire strikes back – Kennally Care is still in play, after a day of heat and fury at County Hall 2nd March 2018
- Tories lament the end of Accountable Care, accusing Cornwall Council of “giving in to far-left protestors” 2nd March 2018
- Analysis: Have Cornwall’s Liberal Democrats just saved the NHS? 2nd March 2018
- Cornwall Council backs down on Kennally Care, abandoning ACS plans 2nd March 2018
- All eyes on Tuesday’s NHS Kernow board meeting as Kennally Care approaches critical point 1st March 2018
- Peer review urges Cornwall to “follow the money” as Kennally Care nears launch 28th February 2018
- Kennally Care: all-member briefing re-instated, just seven days before cabinet votes 26th February 2018
- Councillors concerned about “cancelled” Kennally Care briefing 26th February 2018
- Cornwall’s health campaigners meet next Friday in bid to slow Kennally Care NHS takeover 23rd February 2018
- Lawyers focus on County Halls’ 1st April deadline for NHS takeover and ask “what’s the rush?” 22nd February 2018
- Council sends a car park message to hospital bosses – and gets a shirty reply 21st February 2018
- Council votes down plan to save £1 million for Cornwall’s children 20th February 2018
- Council pays for refurbishment of eight leisure centres 20th February 2018
- County Hall to flex its muscles over RCHT car parking charges 14th February 2018
- Kennally Care facing a new Judicial Review within 7 days unless Cornwall Council puts plans on hold 14th February 2018
- Kennally Care: what’s it worth to run both the council and the health service? 12th February 2018
- NHS England “made Cornwall change name from ACO to ACS, and then ISC” as 5-year Kennally Care business plan gambles on prevention rather than cure 12th February 2018
- Is the NHS getting cold feet about Kennally Care? A note of caution from the Clinical Commissioning Group, with final decision postponed 8th February 2018
- A five year plan, government cash, and don’t get sick: the business case on which Cornwall Council is proceeding with Kennally Care 5th February 2018
- National health campaign group ridicules Cornwall’s “Kennally Care” Inquiry Panel report 5th February 2018
- Further improvement in health and social care integration “questions the case for Kennally Care” 5th February 2018
- Kennally Care facing legal challenge next week unless council “ceases and desists” from its NHS takeover 3rd February 2018
- Tory-Lib Dem coalition expected to endorse Kennally Care on Monday, putting Cornwall’s National Health Service under County Hall control 3rd February 2018
- West Cornwall HealthWatch warns councillors they risk “destroying the trust and support of residents” if they endorse Kennally Care 2nd February 2018
- GPs to the rescue? Will your local doctor take the place of your nearest Minor Injury Unit? 1st February 2018
- Committee chairman insists members will be given time to read and consider “Kennally Care” documents before deciding the future of Cornwall’s health service 31st January 2018
- Cornwall Council going full steam ahead for Kennally Care, despite two Judicial Reviews and a Parliamentary Select Committee 30th January 2018
- All eyes on next Monday, for the final chance to influence the future of Cornwall’s health and social care 30th January 2018
- The Kennally Care spin isn’t working, admit Cornwall’s council and health bosses – before rejecting support for the “basic principles of the National Health Service” 25th January 2018
- Kennally Care still on track for 1st April launch, despite Jeremy Hunt pausing roll-out of ACOs 25th January 2018
- Health campaigners vow to continue their Judicial Reviews pending clarification over ACO/ACS and Cornwall’s “Kennally Care” 25th January 2018
- What now for Kennally Care, as Hunt slams on the brakes? 24th January 2018
- Cornwall Council will not debate Kennally Care until after it has happened 23rd January 2018
- Cornwall Council faces its first vote over “Kennally Care” ambition to replace National Health Service 23rd January 2018
- Cornwall’s libraries: the devolution revolution has been postponed 23rd January 2018
- Another Lib Dem MP calls for a Parliamentary debate before Accountable Care replaces NHS 22nd January 2018
- Could Falmouth keep its Minor Injury Unit? New report sheds insights into how health and council bosses are planning the “Kennally Care” future of Cornwall’s community hospitals 18th January 2018
- Cornwall’s radiotherapy services raised at Prime Minister’s Questions 17th January 2018
- Councillors will vote next week on whether Kennally Care should launch on 1st April 15th January 2018
- Policy by logo: Kennally Care gets a makeover, while doubts remain over whether Cornwall is getting an Accountable Care “System” or a full-blooded privatising Accountable Care Organisation 15th January 2018
- Labour’s Ben Bradshaw tells Cornwall to embrace the “Accountable” approach to health and social care 12th January 2018
- Kennally Care slips at least a month with still no sign of business case or risk assessment 10th January 2018
- Kennally Care: will the Inquisition get any straight answers? 7th January 2018
- Sorting out the facts from the party politics: what NHS Kernow really says about the threat to Cornwall’s Minor Injury Units 5th January 2018
- NHS Kernow says it has made no decisions about Cornwall’s Minor Injury Units – but can’t promise they will survive 4th January 2018
- Report of threat to Cornwall’s Minor Injury Units is “scaremongering” says MP 4th January 2018
- Named – the ten Minor Injury Units in Cornwall due to close under Accountable Care 3rd January 2018
- EXCLUSIVE: It’s already hiring time at Cornwall’s ACO – and it has nothing to do with health 1st January 2018
- More than 100 MPs call for a halt to Cornwall’s “Kennally Care” as fears grow over NHS privatisation 31st December 2017
- Countdown to Cornwall’s “Kennally Care” as National Health Service approaches its end of days 30th December 2017
- Hospital car parking charges under scrutiny as data reveals the cost to patients and staff 29th December 2017
- Campaigners trying to stop council’s takeover of Cornwall’s NHS win first round of legal challenge 27th December 2017
- ANALYSIS – Cornwall’s health service: the shotgun wedding is a step closer, but no-one’s talking about the dowry or that slightly tricky guest list 20th December 2017
- Nothing sacred about 1st April deadline for launching Cornwall’s new health service, as Inquiry Panel members ask “what’s the rush?” 19th December 2017
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall’s health revolution – Risk Assessment won’t be ready until February, just weeks before shadow ACS is launched 19th December 2017
- Radiotherapy consultation extended 18th December 2017
- Cornwall’s new health system: Conservatives “very relaxed” as Labour and Lib Dems slug it out 18th December 2017
- EXCLUSIVE: Council signs the deal and takes charge of health, setting up “Kennally Care” before even the first question is asked 16th December 2017
- Cornwall councillors still in the dark about “Kennally Care” and plans for NHS takeover 15th December 2017
- “Accountable” Care comes out of the shadows and dances on the lawns of County Hall, as health chiefs prepare for shotgun wedding 14th December 2017
- Cornwall’s DIY health service: where is the Risk Assessment? 13th December 2017
- Cornwall Council blames central government for £400,000 cut to health visitors and school nursing 12th December 2017
- Cornwall Council taking over the NHS? It’s more of a partnership, says the Doctor leading the revolution 12th December 2017
- Cornwall Council cuts £400,000 from health visitors – and triggers a new rift with ACO partners even before the NHS takeover has started 12th December 2017
- NHS Kernow chiefs cave in as Cornwall’s Telehealth service is saved 11th December 2017
- Government to offer Cornwall “debt write-off” worth millions if council agrees to NHS takeover 10th December 2017
- Professor Stephen Hawking joins the campaign to stop Cornwall Council’s takeover of NHS 8th December 2017
- A tale of two leaders: one said yes, the other said maybe, when asked if councillors would be allowed to vote on plans to take over the NHS 8th December 2017
- Corbyn calls for Parliamentary debate before Cornwall Council takes over NHS – as council leader dodges questions about whether councillors will get a vote 8th December 2017
- Deadline looms to comment on radiotherapy shake-up 6th December 2017
- Let full council decide, says Andrew George, as health inquiry panellists ponder their first questions 6th December 2017
- Everything you ever wanted to know about the immediate future of Cornwall’s health service, but were afraid to ask 5th December 2017
- Cornwall’s new Accountable Care Organisation is ready for take-off: just sign on the dotted line for a completely new way to good health and a balanced budget 4th December 2017
- The “not fit for purpose” verdict comes back to haunt Cornwall Council’s ambition for NHS takeover 3rd December 2017
- Cornwall’s go-it-alone Health Service – here’s the plan 1st December 2017
- Cornwall’s DIY Health Service – an expert writes 1st December 2017
- Fresh ideas for Edward Hain building at St Ives, as councillors call for a new, purpose-built hospital in West Cornwall 30th November 2017
- Cornwall’s hospital bosses head to London for showdown meeting with the minister 30th November 2017
- The final countdown: a timetable for Cornwall’s exit from the National Health Service 29th November 2017
- Cornwall officials’ plan for a New Model Health Service may be illegal 28th November 2017
- Patients return to Launceston hospital after £440,000 repairs and improvements 24th November 2017
- New group set up to study St Ives health facilities – including Edward Hain hospital 23rd November 2017
- Cornwall Housing tenants warned to expect changes, in “one size fits all” drive for consistency 22nd November 2017
- Cornwall’s countdown to NHS revolution is now well underway 22nd November 2017
- Ambulance crews call on their boss to quit 21st November 2017
- Cornwall’s council tax to rise 5%, despite £75 million cuts and more job losses 16th November 2017
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall’s new out-of-hours GP contract changes hands, with no public consultation, just weeks before it is due to start 16th November 2017
- Cornwall waits, as Supreme Court rules that minimum pricing for alcohol is lawful in Scotland 15th November 2017
- Cornwall asks to set its own prices for alcohol, as part of wide-ranging bid for health devolution 3rd November 2017
- Cornwall’s foodbanks braced for arrival of Universal Credit 30th October 2017
- The remarkable inside story of how the NHS tried, and failed, to sell Launceston hospital land 23rd October 2017
- Launceston hospital land withdrawn from Thursday’s auction 23rd October 2017
- One more week to have your say about Cornwall’s Telehealth service 23rd October 2017
- Cornwall’s health bosses consider holding STP board meetings in public 23rd October 2017
- Hundreds brave Brian to demonstrate support for St Ives hospital 22nd October 2017
- Brian can’t stop today’s protests 21st October 2017
- Cornwall Council to the rescue? Launceston hospital land to be withdrawn from next week’s auction 20th October 2017
- Think again before selling Launceston hospital land, MP tells health chiefs 19th October 2017
- In their own words: Cornwall health chiefs’ “expression of interest” asking government for permission to run their own show 19th October 2017
- Launceston hospital land sale: approved by Cornwall’s STP, no public consultation 18th October 2017
- EXCLUSIVE: Launceston hospital land – the restrictive covenant not mentioned by the auctioneers 17th October 2017
- All eyes now on Cornwall’s care providers, as councillors say “yes” to doing more with £39 million less 17th October 2017
- Launceston hospital land about to go under the hammer 16th October 2017
- Is it really possible to cut £39 million from the budget and still give the workers a pay rise? Cornwall contemplates a social care revolution 16th October 2017
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council’s new vision of adult social care – cut the workers’ pay to save £39 million 14th October 2017
- Cornwall’s children’s services head for the door, as the complexities of integrating council with health start to hit home 13th October 2017
- Cornwall’s STP must be opened up to public scrutiny, say campaigners, as hospital boss says she won’t quit 5th October 2017
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council to take over health commissioning, following damning CQC report 5th October 2017
- RCHT still “inadequate” and now in Special Measures, raising new questions about Cornwall’s STP 5th October 2017
- Royal Cornwall Hospital faces up to prospect of Special Measures, after CQC concerns over patient safety 4th October 2017
- EXCLUSIVE: A Health Commissioner, outside of the NHS – just one of the ideas floating around Cornwall’s STP as private firms design the future 19th August 2017
- EXCLUSIVE: How Kate got the top job: the letter that led to a high-level resignation, and which lays bare tensions within Cornwall’s STP as health and council chiefs struggle for power 17th February 2017
