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NAO examines obstacles to joined-up care

Is funding the greatest obstacle to health and social care integration   Obstacles preventing health and social care from working together...

NHS Confederation lays out its plans

What should be in the new NHS plan   The NHS's long-term plan should focus on primary care, community services, social care and public...

Vanguards have fallen short of expectations, says NAO

How have the new models of care fared National Audit Office (NAO) researchers say the vanguard programme has fallen short of its aims Some 50...

New Health Secretary and ministers for Scotland

Will new ministerial team herald change in Scotland's health service   Scotland's new Health Secretary is Jeane Freeman, who takes over the...

NHS England to get 3.4% funding rise

What difference will the funding make to healthcare   The Government has agreed to increase NHS England's budget by an average of 34% over...

MPs say legislation hinders integration drive

Is the Health and Social Care Act 2012 preventing the NHS integrating services   MPs say integration of health services and the...

Hunt says 10-year plan will cut waste and boost productivity

What are the major aims of the promised 10-year plan   Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told the NHS Confederation conference of his aims...

Welsh Government wants less reliance on hospitals

How will such change be brought about   In its plan A Healthier Wales, the Welsh Government has called for more joined-up services in the...

PM to give NHS a ‘significant’ cash boost

Will PM Theresa May's funding boost be enough to maintain standards of care   Prime Minister Theresa May is planning a 'significant' cash...

NHS bosses release details of plan to restructure regions

Will restructuring the NHS regions improve health services   NHS leaders have released plans to create seven joint NHS England and NHS...

NHS Assembly to co-design 10-year plan

How successful will the proposed NHS Assembly be in creating a long-term solution to the NHS crisis   A paper discussed at a joint board...

‘Closer to home’ policies have ‘fallen flat’, says NHS Providers

Can the drive for more and better community care be revived   The drive to treat more patients 'closer to home' as promoted in policy such...

IFS puts case for tax increases to maintain health services

Will government listen to case for tax increases to support NHS   Taxes must rise to pay for the increases in funding needed by the NHS to...

Summer will not relieve winter pressure, say health leaders

Why are leaders pessimistic about the healthcare crisis Two groups of healthcare leaders have warned that the pressures under which the NHS is...