Health and Care Bill: Integrated care boards and integrated care partnerships
Last week, the UK Government introduced its anticipated Health and Care Bill to Parliament, setting out proposals to build a modern health and care system…
Important Health and Care Bill to make collaboration easier introduced to Parliament
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid New proposals to build a modern health and care system that delivers better and more joined-up care in…
NHS England guidance sets out expectations for ICS governance and management arrangements
A recent NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) document has provided an overview of how it expects integrated care systems (ICSs) will be governed and…
Statutory arrangements for ICSs from next year: What are ICS Partnerships and ICS NHS bodies?
NHS England has published a new document about the design framework for integrated care systems (ICSs) in England, building on UK Government expectations for NHS…
CCG merger in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes set to improve health outcomes
On 1st April 2021, a single Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) responsible for the planning and provision of NHS funded healthcare for almost 1 million people…
Guest article: Working together to improve health and social care for all
David Griffiths, Managing Director at Medequip The government has recently published a paper setting out legislative proposals for a Health and Care Bill, which focuses…
Councillors raise concerns over upcoming CCG merger in North Hampshire
The North Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is set to merge with five others in April to create one Hampshire-wide body that focuses on integrated…
Major £440m contract awarded to North East Essex Integrated Community Services
An alliance partnership comprising the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, GP Primary Choice, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and Virgin, has…
Report sets out 12 recommendations for NHS and local authorities to work together effectively
Digital innovation can help facilitate the reforms outlined in the recently published whitepaper by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), according to a…
EXCLUSIVE: NHS will not abolish competition and tendering of services, BHTA highlights
Sarah Lepak, Head of Policy and Compliance at the BHTA Following the recent publication of a government whitepaper, which set out how NHS and local…