{"id":822046,"date":"2026-11-02T20:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T20:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/822046\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T20:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T20:12:11","slug":"suffolk-plans-to-retain-community-staff-nurses-after-outcry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/822046\/","title":{"rendered":"Suffolk plans to retain community staff nurses after outcry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Suffolk County Council is now proposing that the nurses remain part of its Healthy Child Service, following public outcry during a consultation that drew 1,928 responses and more than 1,500 detailed comments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The strongest objections centred on the proposed removal of community staff nurses from the health visiting service.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In July, it was announced that up to 50 NHS nurses could be axed under an initial council proposal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipswichstar.co.uk\/news\/26285610.50-nhs-nurses-face-redundancy-councils-new-proposals\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">leaving hundreds of staff &#8216;blindsided&#8217;.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" attribution=\"Suffolk County Council\"\/>June Mummery, Suffolk County Council\u2019s cabinet member for coastal affairs, communities and public health (Image: Suffolk County Council)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  June Mummery, Suffolk County Council\u2019s cabinet member for coastal affairs, communities and public health, said: &#8220;People spoke and we listened. The message could not have been clearer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Families, staff and partners told us that community staff nurses are valued, trusted, and make a real difference to children&#8217;s lives.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t prepared to ignore that. I pushed hard for us to look again at the proposals and find another way forward.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Today, we&#8217;re recommending that community staff nurses stay.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Along with the extra health visitors, I believe this will create a stronger health visiting service for Suffolk families.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipswichstar.co.uk\/news\/26612242.proposals-axe-50-nhs-nurses-suffolk-slammed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Proposals to axe up to 50 NHS nurses in Suffolk slammed<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The revised recommendation means community staff nurses will remain part of the service, alongside additional health visitors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The council&#8217;s Cabinet will be asked to approve up to \u00a31.4 million a year in additional core funding, plus \u00a33.7 million a year from the ring-fenced public health grant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The council has also used the decision to highlight long-standing concerns about government funding.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Mummery said: &#8220;For years, Suffolk has been near the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to public health funding from government.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We receive just \u00a349.25 per person through the public health grant, the lowest allocation anywhere in the East of England and well below the regional average of \u00a360.80.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This is absolutely outrageous.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The recommendations will be considered by cabinet on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  If approved, the next phase will involve further developing the service model in collaboration with staff and union representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suffolk County Council is now proposing that the nurses remain part of its Healthy Child Service, following public&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-822046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}