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Pressures grow on CCGs to move quickly into implementation

Pressures grow on CCGs to move quickly into implementation

We are reliably informed that NHS England (“NHSE”) has “evolved in three distinct phases” since it was established. Next Steps…

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Promises, promises… what the election could mean for the NHS

Promises, promises… what the election could mean for the…

As the 8th of June rapidly approaches, the debate and rhetoric starts to heat up – and the potential impact…

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Model hospitals, model outcomes?

Model hospitals, model outcomes?

NHS Improvement have announced that they will expand the ‘Model Hospital’ database to include mental health, community, specialist acute and…

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Demand is proving demanding: Stepping off the ‘treadmill’

Demand is proving demanding: Stepping off the…

Today’s publication of the Next Steps for the Forward View shows that despite some progress in wrestling demand pressures in…

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Thinking about hospital demand: A personal reflection

Thinking about hospital demand: A personal reflection

Like a lot of people over the Christmas period, our family was plagued by coughs and colds and general malaise….

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It’s complicated (part II): Why councils need to keep contributing to STPs

It’s complicated (part II): Why councils need to keep…

For local authorities, STP process has been frustrating. There has been the usual lack of engagement by some of the…

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It’s complicated (part I): Why health cannot afford to go it alone on STPs

It’s complicated (part I): Why health cannot afford to go…

It has been reported that a number of Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) have been developed with little or no…

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Health & care integration: The experience so far

Health & care integration: The experience so far

Last week my colleagues and I attended the LGC & HSJ Integration Summit, a gathering of leaders and managers from…

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Crucial but not easy: Partnership building in local health economies

Crucial but not easy: Partnership building in local health…

This year’s annual NHS Planning guidance for the first time requires NHS leaders to produce two separate but connected plans:…

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Public health should be front and centre – why isn’t it?

Public health should be front and centre – why isn’t it?

The current strategy and rhetoric around health and social care all focuses on the importance of prevention over treatment and…

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Mind the Gap: Are you ready for Sustainability and Transformation Planning?

Mind the Gap: Are you ready for Sustainability and…

Thinking back to my time as a Special Advisor, first for Tony Blair then later for the Secretary of State…

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