ICBs could hand some of their existing functions over to the new ‘neighbourhood teams’ under draft plans shared by NHS England. A draft ‘model ICB blueprint’, shared with local commissioners this ...

ICBs have been urged to take a ‘bold’ approach to planning services, including decommissioning services from GP practices and looking ‘beyond traditional healthcare providers’. These considerations ...

Two NHS boards in Sussex and Surrey are preparing to merge as part of a government savings drive, putting hundreds of jobs at risk, a meeting heard. NHS Sussex and NHS Surrey Heartlands – two ...

NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation have confirmed plans to merge, paving the way for a new organisation to represent ...

Key NHS organisations in Sussex and Surrey will merge to form a new Integrated Care Board (ICB) from next April. NHS Sussex, also known as the Sussex ICB, is merging with NHS Surrey Heartlands. ICBs ...

Integrated care boards commission NHS services including contracts with hospitals, GP practices and dentists Hundreds of NHS workers in the East Midlands are facing uncertainty over their jobs because ...

A senior NHS leader has said the health service is facing "unprecedented times" as budget cuts and job losses loom. Amanda Lyes, from the NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB), ...

'Hundreds' of NHS jobs could be at risk in Surrey and Sussex within the next year as two NHS boards move forward with their planned merger. NHS Sussex and NHS Surrey Heartlands, which are two ...

Last week Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced the abolition of NHS England to “cut bureaucracy” and bring management of the health service “back into democratic control”. This significant change ...