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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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Integrated care

NHS England faces legal challenges to plans for health overhaul

Full story at The Guardian 23 April 2018 NHS England faces a legal challenge to its plans to overhaul how the … Read more

Categories Quality of care, ACO, Infrastructure problems, Integrated care Tags ACO, Department of Health, hospitals, integrated care, NHS England, NHS reform, Public Health

NHS and council staff to strike over new care model

Full story in the HSJ, 18 April 2018 Staff affected by a vanguard new care model in Greater Manchester have … Read more

Categories STPs, Integrated care Tags Accountable Care Organisation, ACO, community health, ICS, integrated care system, LEAD STORY, STP 7

Deep concerns about the ACO contract remain unaddressed

Full article in The HSJ, 3 April 2018 Government policy on Accountable Care Organisations remains confused and confusing. The Health … Read more

Categories NATIONAL, Integrated care, STPs Tags ACO, commissioning, integrated care, LEAD STORY, NHS England, NHS reform, STPs

Aspiring ACO will not ‘fully integrate’ vast majority of its GPs

Full story in The HSJ, 22 March 2018 The “vast majority” of GPs are expected to choose “partial” rather than “full” integration … Read more

Categories ACO, Integrated care, STPs Tags ACO, CCGs, GPs, ICS, integrated care system, LEAD STORY, NHS reform, STP 16

Cornwall Council drops plans for an ACS

Full story in Cornish Stuff, 1 March 2018 Cornwall Council will reject and abandon plans to establish an Accountable Care … Read more

Categories STPs, ACO, Integrated care Tags Accountable Care Systems, ACO, ACS, ICS, integrated care system, NHS reform, STP 36

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

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

Dudley ACO contract set back

Full story in the HSJ, 5 January 2018 The procurement to establish a pioneering “accountable care organisation” model in the … Read more

Categories STPs, Integrated care Tags Accountable Care Organisation, ACO, community health, hospitals, integrated care, NHS reform, STP 16
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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