NHS England – Latest update on decisions from Integrated Care Boards (ICB)
In each of the 42 integrated care systems across England, the Board (ICB) plans and commissions the majority of local health services. Nearly all have been forced to set targets to make large savings, totalling around £8bn across all integrated care systems.
Our analysis of ICB documents begins to reveal the pressures that NHS leaders are dealing with and the difficult choices they make to restrict spending – principally around their workforce, to stay within the financial targets set for them.
This is the latest (Nov-Dec 2024) in a series of Lowdown investigations into the important decisions of ICBs
Each snapshot is based upon the latest published information and the board papers from each Integrated Care Board within each of the 7 NHS regions in England.
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