The Department of Health has confirmed that it will make an in-year 6.2% cut to York’s public health budget. For the city it means a cut of £508,830 in this financial year. Liberal Democrats first warned about the cuts back in August, and last week the Royal College of Nursing came out against the plans […]

York Liberal Democrats have backed a national campaign which calls on the Government to treat mental health equally with physical health. It is part of an initiative led by Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Norman Lamb MP, working together with Alastair Campbell and Andrew Mitchell, which calls for the Government to improve mental healthcare. Mr Lamb […]

York’s Executive Member for Health and Adult Social Care Cllr Carol Runciman has warned that planned cuts by the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) could have a “devastating effect on elderly and vulnerable residents”. In an open letter to the CCG Chair Keith Ramsay, Cllr Runciman outlines her opposition to planned cuts which would […]

Figures released by the Department for Health show the Conservative Government could cut £510,000 from the public health budget in York. The budget pays to help improve people’s health so there is less pressure on the NHS. Work undertaken by public health budgets include encouraging people to exercise more, give up smoking, drink less and […]