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INTEGRATED CARE

Health devolution deals to give greater powers to mayors

By Lee Peart 26 March 2026

Two new health devolution deals are to give greater powers to mayors in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire.

WELSH GOVERNMENT

Welsh Government to invest over £12m on new scanners and X-ray equipment

By Liz Wells 24 March 2026

The Welsh Government is investing more than £12m to replace ageing imaging systems at nine hospitals, helping more patients to be seen and treated more quickly.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Palliative care reforms must address children's end of life services, MPs say

By Lee Peart 24 March 2026

Children’s end of life services must be addressed in coming palliative care reforms, according to the Health Committee.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ICB savings risk shifting care costs to councils, think-tank warns

By Lee Peart 19 March 2026

An ICB’s £277m savings programme for 2025/26 risks shifting care costs to local councils and residents, the Nuffield Trust has warned.

INTEGRATED CARE

Hospices face 'funding cliff-edge', MPs warn

By Lee Peart 18 March 2026

Hospices face a ‘funding cliff-edge’ in April with the Government and NHS England failing to respond with the urgency the critical situation demands, MPs have warned.

INTEGRATED CARE

ICBs decided to combine children's and adult's A&E services

By Lee Peart 17 March 2026

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICBs have decided to combine children’s and adult’s A&E services at Southport Hospital.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Government sets out 'zero tolerance' approach to SEND failings

By Lee Peart 16 March 2026

A letter setting out the Government’s ‘zero tolerance’ approach to SEND failings has been sent by education secretary Bridget Phillipson to local authorities and ICBs.

INTEGRATED CARE

Trust wins community health services contract

By Lee Peart 11 March 2026

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB has awarded the contract for community health services in West Lancashire to NHS Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL).

INTEGRATED CARE

NHS England confirms commissioning transfer delay to ICBs

By Lee Peart 09 March 2026

NHS England has confirmed a one-year delay in the transfer of some commissioning functions to ICBs to April 2027.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

BREAKING NEWS: Streeting agrees to 'simple asks' from Baroness Casey

By Lee Peart 05 March 2026

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has agreed to ‘simple asks’ on dementia, social care and motor neurone disease (MND) from Baroness Louise Casey.