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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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ACO

NHS England director appointed to lead integrated care system

Article from HSJ, 22 February 2018 An integrated care system early adopter has appointed an NHS England director to lead … Read more

Categories ACO, STPs Tags ACS, community health, ICS, integrated care system, NHS reform, social care, STP 44, STPs

GPC chair warns: Don’t give up practice contracts for ACOs

GPC chair warns: Don’t give up practice contracts for ACOs Full story at GP Online 17th January 2018 The BMA’s … Read more

Categories National STP, ACO, STPs Tags Accountable Care Organisation, ACO, BMA, LEAD STORY, National STP, STPs

Campaigners hail victory as ‘back door privatisation’ NHS bodies are delayed

  Daily Mirror  – 7 February 2018 NHS campaigners have hailed victory after a reform they claim could be a … Read more

Categories ACO, Integrated care, NATIONAL, National STP, STPs Tags ACO, integrated care, National STP, National STPs

ACSs get a rebrand as NHS England seeks ‘next cohort’

NHS England has rebranded accountable care systems as integrated care systems, and said they will replace sustainability and transformation partnerships. … Read more

Categories ACO Tags Accountable Care Organisation, Accountable Care Systems, NHS reform

Stephen Hawking to take Hunt to court over NHS

A group of campaigners, including Prof Stephen Hawking, has been given permission to challenge a government health policy in the … Read more

Categories ACO Tags Accountable Care Organisation, Jeremy Hunt, NHS reform

Manchester ACO contract delayed amid fears of ‘unrealistic deadlines’

Delay for Manchester ACO contract amid fears of ‘unrealistic deadlines’ Full story in the HSJ, 30 January 2018 HSJ reports … Read more

Categories ACO, Integrated care, National STP, STPs Tags Accountable Care Organisation, ACO, integrated care, integrated care system, NHS reform, STP 7

Delays and name change for second wave of ‘accountable care systems’

Delays and name change for second wave of ‘accountable care systems’ Full story in The HSJ, 29 January 2018 The … Read more

Categories STPs, ACO, Integrated care, NATIONAL Tags Accountable Care Organisation, Accountable Care Systems, ACO, ACS, Department of Health, integrated care, National STP, National STPs, NHS England, NHS reform

ACO formation put on pause

ACO formation put on pause Full story in the HSJ, 23 January 2018 NHS England and the Department of Health … Read more

Categories STPs, ACO, Integrated care Tags Accountable Care Organisation, ACO, Department of Health, integrated care, Jeremy Hunt, National STP, NHS reform

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

Categories National STP, ACO, Integrated care Tags ACO, ACS, integrated care, integrated care system, National STP, NHS England, STPs
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE