The Department of Health has published an updated plan to help trusts and other health and social care providers prepare for a major heatwave.
The plan includes a clearer traffic light system to grade the level of emergency.
To see the document, go to www.dh.gov.uk
Acute trusts are expected to be told they cannot keep mental health patients who are waiting for a bed or assessment within their accident and emergency department, HSJ understands.
An “integrated care provider” of a range of services including core general practice is due to be established in a major new housing development.
The leader of Greater Manchester’s health and care devolution project will report to the regulators’ new regional director for the North West, in what some see as another dilution of the region’s relative autonomy.
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