ICSs fail to recruit chief executives
Five integrated care systems in the Midlands have failed to appoint a chief executive designate for their integrated care boards. … Read more
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Health and care bill takes deep flaws into committee stage
As the Health and Care Bill moves into the committee stage where the detail of the bill is closely examined many people … Read more
The Health and Care Bill – a chance to solve the NHS staffing crisis?
Despite the headline-grabbing challenges of the pandemic, the problem of staff shortages – following more than a decade of underfunding … Read more
What will be in the Health and Care Bill?
The 2021 Queen’s Speech lacks any details of the proposed ‘Health and Care Bill,’ which we might have expected to … Read more
NHS CEO Simon Stevens heads for the exit
The latest, shocking statistics show the scale of the decline of NHS performance on almost all of its key targets: but the … Read more
Urgent action needed for post-pandemic recovery
A new analysis shows that the NHS will be unable to get to grips with post-pandemic health challenges or make … Read more
The dying days of local NHS accountability
Believe it or not, we are in the last days of relative transparency and local accountability in England’s NHS. It … Read more
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
New plan urgently needed to cope with surge in mental health problems
As the country entered lockdown three it is clear that covid has created a new wave of mental health problems, … 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