Bleak prospects for troubled ICSs
Even before they gain any statutory powers some Integrated Care Systems are facing major problems, while others are concealing them … Read more
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Integrated care systems to be CQC-rated
The Care Quality Commission will rate the integrated care systems, according to Matt Hancock. Although, the government’s white paper for … Read more
White Paper: power grab, sea change or cementing in the status quo?
Some of the headlines and reports on the leaked draft White Paper outlining plans for a new top-down reorganisation of the NHS … Read more
Stevens targets April 2022 for NHS reorganisation
Simon Stevens, CEO of NHS England, has said that integrated care systems will be put on a statutory footing by … Read more
Closed eyes to Covid reality – Leicester health chiefs push through flawed plan
Another one of the six actual planned new hospitals from Boris Johnson’s “fake forty” new hospitals promised last summer seems set to … Read more
Still no real signs of life in “integrated care systems”
The path towards NHS England’s vision of “integration” of local health care systems is proving a long and rocky one. … Read more
Who’s cashing in on ICSs?
While there is little sign of any activity in the public domain, the establishment of Integrated Care Systems is likely … Read more
Why campaigners object to CCG mergers
The merger of CCGs has been contested locally in many areas, primarily because the loss of more local CCGs further … Read more
Sussex mega-trust foments fears of cuts
A large swathe of Sussex is to see its NHS hospital trusts merge into one mega-trust with a turnover of … Read more
NHS changes made under the radar
Two weeks ago The Lowdown warned of plans being hatched by NHS England and local “Integrated Care Systems” (ICSs) and Clinical Commissioning … Read more