And now the ICS must navigate this without its substantive chief financial officer, who has been seconded to a post within NHS England. We discuss if there is a way out of the red and what this will mean for local care quality. 

Also this week, a leaked NHSE review that concluded the NHS has a severe shortage of nurses with digital skills. 

With Lawrence Dunhill, Annabelle Collins and Nick Carding.

Send views and questions to annabelle.collins@hsj.co.uk.

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