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Call for improved integration between primary and secondary care

By Lee Peart 17 December 2025

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) have laid out practical steps for improved integration between primary and secondary care in Wales.

WORKFORCE

ICB chief executive suspended

By Lee Peart 16 December 2025

NHS Greater Manchester chief executive Mark Fisher has been suspended on a ‘precautionary basis’ due to an internal investigation.

DHSC

Call for winter discharge unit as patients wait months to leave hospital

By Lee Peart 15 December 2025

The Liberal Democrats have called on the Government to set up a £90m winter discharge unit after revealing patients were waiting months to leave hospital.

PREVENTION

Call for further education to be key partner in health sector

By Lee Peart 12 December 2025

A call for further education colleges to be a key partner in the health sector has been issued by the Association of Colleges.

COMMUNITY

New endoscopy unit brings care closer to home for thousands

By Lee Peart 09 December 2025

A new endoscopy unit is expected to bring care closer to home for up to 6,000 patients over the next 12 months.

ESTATES

Council and ICB agree plans for £9m medical centre

By Lee Peart 08 December 2025

Dartford Borough Council and NHS Kent and Medway ICB have agreed plans for a £9m medical centre in Greenhithe.

SEND

Government confirms access to early SEND support

By Liz Wells 04 December 2025

The government has confirmed that new community-based early SEND intervention is to roll out in every Best Start Family Hub from April.

INTEGRATED CARE

ICB renews agreement with VCFSE sector

By Lee Peart 02 December 2025

Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB has renewed its partnership agreement with the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector.

INTEGRATED CARE

Palliative care needs not understood by ICBs, report finds

By Lee Peart 01 December 2025

ICBs are not equipped to understand the palliative and end-of-life care needs of their local populations, according to a panel’s report.

NHS CONFEDERATION

Report sets out how to make integrated health organisations a success

By Liz Wells 27 November 2025

The ingredients of a successful integrated health organisation (IHO) are set out in a new policy paper by The NHS Confederation and UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson.

COMMUNITY