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Sir David Nicholson on the government's shock abolition of NHS England "I'd have had an idea of a plan, a sense of direction" before pressing the button hsj.co.uk/policy-and-reg…

Internal NHSE slides - from before announcement of steep cuts to ICBs - propose ambitious asks of ICBs as "high performing strategic commissioners". Just a month later and it already feels woefully out of date. hsj.co.uk/integrated-car…

Exclusive: Govt to admit to cutting mental health spend share hsj.co.uk/mental-health/…

Revealed: the ICB staff targeted for redundancy ift.tt/wh7CulR

In December last yr the NHS finance boss said trusts needed to accept "the money is the money" Yet in recent months 100s of millions in bailouts has been used to make finances look better hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

Great investigative work by Health Service Journal > Revealed: ICBs divided on ‘neighbourhood teams’ hsj.co.uk/integrated-car… Chris Naylor

Project teams for the most delayed 40 'new hospitals' are now being stood down Health Service Journal understands NHS trusts must front redundancy costs themselves - which could run into millions nationally New story: hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

ICB spend will be reduced to an average of around £19 per population head (with Dave West). The target - which must be hit at a regional level - represents first firm details on how 50% overall cut to ICBs will be implemented. hsj.co.uk/integrated-car…

The BBC and other media seem to have accepted the Gov spin on advice and gudiance (consulants scrutinsing GP referrals). It is, of course, not mainly about moving the care to the community, but reducing hospital referrals. HSJ coverage here: hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe…

More than £5m has been spent on an inquiry into mental health deaths in Essex so far Families have been waiting for answers since one was first launched in 2021, with hearings still ongoing New story: hsj.co.uk/mental-health/…

Ministers - more health checks are not game changing, actual action on public health would be game changing as per Sebastian Rees x.com/IPPR/status/19… and greg fell FFPH hsj.co.uk/policy-and-reg… and Sarah Woolnough hsj.co.uk/service-redesi…

Mental health trusts spent more than £2m on “bed and breakfast” accommodation in order to discharge patients last year, Claire Murdoch told HSJ sending people to B&Bs was the least worst option and again raised concerns about a lack of housing

hsj.co.uk/integrated-car… There is still fury and consternation about the decision to cut the running costs of integrated care boards in half, but plans to consolidate the number of ICBs from 42 to between 23 and 28 are well advanced.

The Sands and Tommy's Joint Policy Unit believes these changes would impact funding to support services to respond to national reports (specifically the Donna Ockenden FRSA, Hon DLitt Hon DSci report) and to improve equity and equality in #MaternityCare. “We have consistently highlighted the need for a

Hadn’t clocked the removal of the ringfence for mental health support teams. Hard to see how HMG can hit its manifesto commitment of 100% coverage without it; likely hit to employment outcomes for younger people too. So much is being sacrificed by HMG gearing all £££ to electives

Sands - baby loss charity 💙🧡 Tommy's Health Service Journal Unbelievable I’ve had to read this in Health Service Journal: I advocate for change, safety, inclusivity & family & staff voices to be heard pretty much 7 days a week & to read this inbetween family meetings in #Nottingham today is beyond shocking! How has this happened?! So disappointed

Excl: Dedicated NHS funding pots for maternity, autism and prevention will no longer be protected - and could be cut w/ Mimi Launder hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

There's enormous concern that funding intended for maternity safety initiatives will disappear into a black hole of trust/ICB general funds -- and won't be able to be traced. buff.ly/HVQNcSt

And so it begins...the first integrated care boards have announced they will share the same CEO & chair, an arrangement likely to spread to many others as part of the NHS's major restructure £ hsj.co.uk/suffolk-and-no…

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