Overhaul of commissioning could hit specialised services delivery
The introduction of integrated care systems (ICSs) this summer, triggering a major overhaul of commissioning responsibilities, could have a negative … Read more
Long-term plan
Further delays expected for promised ‘new hospitals’
The government has cut back the funding for eight promised ‘new hospitals’ once again, according to a report by the … Read more
New NHS organisations launched but already in deficit
As the July lift-off day for so-called Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) draws closer there is little sign anywhere in the … Read more
‘Integrated care’ set to be a system of austerity and crisis
Following the passage through Parliament of the Health and Care Bill, 42 Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are set to become … Read more
NHS told to cut £500m in spending
NHS England has been asked by the government to reduce core NHS funding by hundreds of millions of pounds in … Read more
OpenDemocracy reveal that most of Javid’s ‘69 new NHS centres’ may not actually exist
Sajid Javid told Parliament on 8 February that scores of “new community diagnostic centres” had “already opened across England in convenient places … Read more
Empty words and vague ideas on integration
The new White Paper on integration of health and social care Joining up care for people, places and populations has an early … Read more
NHS now paying for prolonged squeeze on its funding
New figures from the King’s Fund, calculating the progress of funding for the NHS and social care since the banking crash … Read more
48 new hospitals? Only one by 2025
There is meagre progress in the Johnson government’s repeated promise to build first 40, and more recently 48 “new hospitals” … Read more
Pathologists call for boost to NHS capacity amidst widespread outsourcing
The government’s recent funding announcement aims to expand the diagnostics capacity of the NHS focused on the opening of at … Read more