Media stories about Integrated Care Systems (ICS)
Will NHS transformation plans kill or cure the health service? – Harry Quilter-Pinner, IPPR
“Secret plans to change our NHS”: This is the allegation levelled at sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) – the government’s … Read more
STP saving claims unrealistic, finds BMA
Doubts have been raised about the credibility of the blueprints for NHS reform with which ministers expect to stave off … Read more
Cutting hospital beds would be “lunacy,” warns senior emergency doctor
Plans to reduce bed capacity in some NHS hospitals are “lunacy” against the current backdrop of rising demand and high … Read more
More than 7,000 nurses could face axe under secret NHS plans
More than 7,000 nurse posts could be axed from NHS hospitals across the country despite a mounting Accident & Emergency crisis, … Read more
Private firms receive £2.3m to draw up STP plans
Private firms have been paid a ‘shocking’ £2.3m to draw up controversial plans which will cut health and social care … Read more
Exclusive: STPs forecast NHS will employ thousands fewer staff
The NHS’s unpublished proposals for dealing with extreme funding pressure suggest it will employ thousands fewer nurses and other staff … Read more
Emergency care demand must fall for three years under STP plans
The health service will have to reduce the number of patients admitted to hospital as an emergency for three years … Read more
Letter: How can our health services be expected to cut more?
As part of a countrywide reorganisation by NHS England, local health chiefs have recently published a plan which is apparently … Read more
NHS spends millions on private companies that block GP referrals, investigation finds
The NHS is spending millions on private companies that stop GPs referring patients to hospitals, an investigation has revealed. Controversial “referral management … Read more