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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • When ‘record’ spending is nowhere near enough
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Q&A: The increase in NI and funding for the NHS and social care
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The truth behind Boris Johnson’s money for the NHS
    • New NHS funding – is it enough?
      • Expert’s consensus on NHS Long-term Plan
    • Will the longterm plan end waves of crisis in the NHS?
    • Services
      • NHS VIDEOS
      • GP services
      • A&E waiting times
      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Closing the NHS blackhole
    • 5 reasons why the NHS is affordable
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Sign the call for more funding
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
    • Take the poll
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Public health funding “below 2015/16 levels”
    • Is the NHS finally going to get its workforce plan?
    • A workforce already stretched over five days, can’t stretch to seven
    • PFI keeps coming back for more
    • Now NHS faces £20bn-plus budget gap
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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Accountable Care Organisation

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

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 ACO, National STP, STPs Tags Accountable Care Organisation, ACO, BMA, LEAD STORY, National STP, 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 ACO, Integrated care, NATIONAL, STPs 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 ACO, Integrated care, STPs 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 Integrated care, STPs Tags Accountable Care Organisation, ACO, community health, hospitals, integrated care, NHS reform, STP 16

Notts STP teams up with Capita to set up accountable care system

A sustainability and transformation partnership in the East Midlands has recruited Capita to help with the creation of its accountable … Read more

Categories Integrated care, STPs Tags Accountable Care Organisation, ACO, Capita, integrated care, NHS reform, Privatisation, STP 14

Big STP plots ‘accountable care organisations’ across 2.5m patch

New “accountable care organisations” will strengthen commissioning services in West Yorkshire and Harrogate, according to its published sustainability and transformation … Read more

Categories STPs Tags Accountable Care Organisation, CCGs, hospitals, NHS reform, STP 5, STPs

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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • When ‘record’ spending is nowhere near enough
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Q&A: The increase in NI and funding for the NHS and social care
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The truth behind Boris Johnson’s money for the NHS
    • New NHS funding – is it enough?
      • Expert’s consensus on NHS Long-term Plan
    • Will the longterm plan end waves of crisis in the NHS?
    • Services
      • NHS VIDEOS
      • GP services
      • A&E waiting times
      • Ambulance services
      • The midwives view
      • Physiotherapy
      • Mental health
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Is the NHS funding crisis of our own making?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Closing the NHS blackhole
    • 5 reasons why the NHS is affordable
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Sign the call for more funding
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
    • Take the poll
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Public health funding “below 2015/16 levels”
    • Is the NHS finally going to get its workforce plan?
    • A workforce already stretched over five days, can’t stretch to seven
    • PFI keeps coming back for more
    • Now NHS faces £20bn-plus budget gap
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE
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