Could foundation trusts be hindering the success of integrated care systems – and is it time to do away with them? One foundation trust chair thinks so and we discuss the merits of the idea on the show this week.
We also ask whether integrated care systems’ strategies are too much “motherhood and apple pie” and not enough substance, and we cast our eye over the state of ICS finances following news that 14 systems are now in the red. With Henry Anderson, Annabelle Collins and Lawrence Dunhill.
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