Legislation to scrap primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, create commissioning consortia and give providers greater autonomy has been laid before parliament.
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Legislation to scrap primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, create commissioning consortia and give providers greater autonomy has been laid before parliament.
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Neighbourhood health will not succeed through new structures and contracts alone; it requires stronger family medicine, community services and local partnerships built around the needs of patients
The CEO of one of the NHS’s best-performing trusts has told HSJ he does not think “there’s much space” for an integrated health organisation in his area.
Integrated care boards will have to carry out more than a dozen functions earmarked for transfer to other bodies for at least another year despite huge cuts in their workforce, HSJ has learned.
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