As the remaining 135 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) throughout England begin to hold virtual meetings in public and publish Governing…
John Lister – Two weeks ago The Lowdown warned of plans being hatched by NHS England and local “Integrated Care…
NHS England has now published an exhausting list of requirements for local provider trusts, CCGs and embryonic “Integrated Care Systems,”…
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You couldn’t make it up. Nine months ago North West London’s NHS bosses were told by Matt Hancock that their…
Twenty Clinical Commissioning Groups covering over 5 million people are to be merged into just three as a result of…
Many of today’s campaigners have only dim memories – if that – of the Health and Social Care Act 2012…
As we have discussed in previous issues of The Lowdown, the controversial process of merging Clinical Commissioning Groups is well…
The NHS is caught up in more top down change. In over 20 areas the local bodies responsible for paying…