All articles by Dave West
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: How the 10YHP got lost
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Is the government changing its mind on ICBs?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsPrevention shift ‘left behind’ as budgets are held flat
Public health allocations are due to be held flat in real terms for three years, despite the government’s intended “shift from treatment to prevention”.
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News38 trusts move league table segment
Thirty-eight trusts have moved segments in the NHS England league tables for the second quarter of 2025-26, despite very few recording a significant change in their performance score.
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NewsEx-health secretary buys NHS data firm
A former health secretary’s company has bought health data firm Dr Foster, with plans to return to its practice of highlighting poor quality care in the NHS.
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NewsNHS budget hopes boosted by changing view on impact of health investment
The chances of greater NHS investment are growing due to a change of mind at the UK fiscal watchdog, according to a former chancellor and others who have played influential roles in deciding the service’s budget.
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NewsMcKinsey partner joins DHSC top team
The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England have appointed McKinsey’s UK health lead as their director general for strategy and healthcare policy.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Why the expected acute takeover is not happening
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsFirst ‘new FT’ and IHO candidates revealed
Eight trusts are being lined up to take on a new “advanced foundation trust” status, and potentially become integrated health organisations.
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NewsNHS cuts £400m from integration fund as concerns grow over its future
The NHS has cut its discretionary contribution to the fund intended to drive integration between health and social care by nearly £400m, new data reveals.
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NewsCQC turnaround ‘on track’, despite ‘disruptive’ CEO departure
The turnaround of the Care Quality Commission is “on track” despite the sudden and unexpected loss of its chief executive, according to its new chief inspector of hospitals.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What’s the ambition for IHOs and neighbourhoods?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Distraction, not devolution
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsStreeting hires delivery adviser with no health experience
Wes Streeting is drafting in an education expert as his senior adviser on delivery, despite disagreements in his department about the role.
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NewsConfed and Providers agree merger
The boards of NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation have agreed “provisionally” to merge in April next year.
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NewsGovernment must remember ‘it’s not 2001’, cautions DHSC chief
The government must remember “it’s not 2001” as it puts increasing focus on the performance of individual NHS providers, one of the Department of Health and Social Care’s most senior figures has warned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: An NHS takeover of the DHSC
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsNHSE director steps down after a decade
An NHS England regional director has stepped down after a decade in similar roles.
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CommentHow politicians took back control of the NHS, Part 2
In its first year in charge of the NHS after more than a decade on the sidelines, Labour triggered a revolution in how the service is run. Dave West asked insiders what drove the new government’s thinking, and what will come next. Part two of two. Read part one here.
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NewsHalf of mental health and community trusts downgraded by NHSE
A third of mental health trusts have been given the lowest score in NHS England’s new rating regime, marking a significant reappraisal of the sector’s performance compared to previous assessments.