Media stories about Integrated Care Systems (ICS)
The areas where NHS cuts could hit hardest
The areas of the country where NHS cuts are likely to hit hardest because services are nearing their “overdraft” limits … Read more
NHS England announces that all STPs will become ‘accountable care systems’
NHS England accounces that all STPs will become ‘accountable care systems’ Full story at Pulse Today 31st March 2017 According … Read more
BMA: Government must come clean about ‘cheap tricks’ on STP funding
The government has employed “cheap tricks” to mask its real intentions for sustainability and transformation plan (STP) funding, the British … Read more
Government demands ‘concrete progress’ on STPs
The government’s instructions to the NHS this year call for “concrete progress on local sustainability and transformation plans” and say … Read more
STP funding plans fail to materialise
The vast majority of agreed STP (sustainability and transformation plan) proposals should be implemented by 2021, NHS leaders have said, … Read more
Health expert says new NHS plan could ‘put patients at risk’
A health policy expert from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) believes a five-year plan by the NHS to save money … Read more
Frimley assures no major services are facing the axe
FRIMLEY Health NHS Foundation Trust has given its reassurance that major services do not face the axe, after BBC analysis … Read more
£500m deficit looms for health services across the Black Country, report says
Health providers across the Black Country could face a funding deficit of more than £500 million if they do not … Read more
Controversial NHS shake-up will cost £150m of taxpayers’ money
A controversial plan to transform NHS services and make savings will itself cost £150m of taxpayer cash to deliver, it has … Read more