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
NHS reform
Is Johnson pondering a NHS power grab?
The Guardian July 10 report suggesting Boris Johnson is planning a “radical shake-up of NHS in a bid to regain more … Read more
Unions draw up blueprint to enable NHS to return to more normal
Steps to safeguard the health of the many Black and Minority Ethnic staff in the NHS are central to a “Blueprint … Read more
Plans for post Covid NHS hatched behind the lockdown
Debates over relaxing the lockdown and whether or not the peak of the Covid-19 crisis may now be behind us … Read more
NHS and social care: manifesto 2019 check
Election manifestos are not the place to find detailed health policies, but they do give an insight into how the … Read more
HSJ Exclusive: Capital billions promised by ministers fail to reach ‘front line’
An investigation by the HSJ has found that only a fraction of the £2.5bn of capital funding announced and allocated … Read more
NHSE: Cuts need to stop if public health to stay with councils
NHS England has hit back over the health secretary’s assertion that public health budgets should stay with local government, saying … Read more
Government policy makes people ill – and the NHS pays the price – Richard Vize
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has been remarkably successful in prising more money for the health service out of … Read more
GP workforce ‘deterioration’ will hinder plan to move hospital care into practices
The ‘ongoing deterioration’ of the GP workforce will seriously hinder the Government’s plan to move care out of hospitals and … Read more
Little evidence that integrated care initiatives deliver
A report produced by the Nuffield Trust and Age UK concludes that there are very few signs that integrated and … Read more