The annual cost of NHS diabetes care could fall by £300m after the Supreme Court refused to consider blocking the introduction of a generic alternatives to a widely used drug , reports Henry Anderson hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

NEW: Supreme Court has refused to hear a last-ditch bid to stop cheaper alternatives of a major diabetes drug coming onto market. AstraZeneca had previously warned entry of other suppliers would see price of drug fall from £36 to £2 a pack. hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

An early draft of the 10-Year Health Plan said the Treasury had agreed to underwrite capital spending by the new wave of Foundation Trusts. Yet that commitment was dropped from the final document. hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

Good piece. Fixing the NHS capital regime needs No10, HMT & DHSC to be working in lockstep, more so than in many other areas of policy. Without this, DHSC’s and HMT's natural tendencies pull in opposite directions, and FTs’ proposed new capital freedoms will be dead on arrival

Exclusive: former tenants of landlord homelessness minister say they were told their home was being sold just 8 months after moving in. It was then relisted for £700 more per month. Agents acting for minister also tried to charge £2,000 for repainting inews.co.uk/news/homelessn…

Maternity staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals "refused to accept" information about inaccurate medical notes from pregnant mum whose child died shortly after birth, a coroner has ruled. judiciary.uk/prevention-of-…

An NHS acute trust boss has moved to a GP-led community provider seen as a frontrunner to deliver the government's vision of teams of neighbourhood health care professionals hsj.co.uk/people-moves/a…

Equally Labours last big shift in GP investment in the early 2000’s came with substantial increase in overall health funding. You can’t dual run existing services with new models without additional cost.

Streeting adviser Tom Kibasi, who helped draft the NHS 10-Year plan, is being seconded to Number 10 hsj.co.uk/people-moves/1…

More than £100m has been raided from NHS budgets earmarked for primary care, community services and prevention hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

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NHS trust admits no one knows why broken ventilation on a labour ward was not fixed (h/t Henry Anderson risk register spot)

Heatwave advice from 1950s cycling: "He poured water over his head, sucked on orange slices, stuck ice down the back of his jersey and munched amphetamines; other riders put cabbage leaves under their caps to keep their heads cool." thetimes.com/sport/cycling/…