At the end of last month the Health Service Journal revealed that the Department of Health and Social Care has…
It’s hard to know how NHS management and staff are supposed to interpret the hugely confusing barrage of statements and…
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has argued that to free up beds to speed the flow of patients…
New figures published earlier this month show the extent to which some Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have increased their use…
The Lowdown has heard that some health workers are being warned to brace themselves for “radical” proposals in the government’s…
A round-up by John Lister of the financial situation in East of England Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), drawing on the…
The Spring Budget offered little additional support for the NHS or social care, as the government leaned on existing commitments…
The scale of the government’s structural overhaul of the NHS is proving to be far greater than initially thought, with…
ICB Savings target (£m) NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB 530 NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB 520 NHS…
December 2024 Integrated Care Systems update Key points: Due to the number of Integrated Care Systems under extreme financial pressures…