Further guidance is expected on provider collaboratives in coming months, though the document said ICS could “contract with and pay providers within a collaborative individually” or contract with a ...

Just one GP will be required to be appointed to the boards of the ICSs which are set to replace CCGs as commissioners of health services, new NHS England guidance has said. The guidance, published ...

The new ICS design framework, published today, makes clear NHS England’s expectations for who should sit on the decision-making boards for each system. The guidance dictates that each ICS board should ...

“The board will, as a minimum, include a chair, the CEO, and representatives from NHS trusts, general practice, and local authorities, and others determined locally.” Meanwhile, the separate HCP ...

Ms Allen, who has been running an NHS mental health trust in Sussex since 2017, will be the new chief exec of board for the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS).

NHS England’s ambition to abolish clinical commissioning groups by April 2022 and incorporate their functions into integrated care systems has been confirmed. The move, which requires legislation, is ...

Campaigners from Keep Our NHS Public have called for widespread public opposition to the new Health and Care Bill, introduced to Parliament on Tuesday. The Bill will break the NHS into 42 separate ...