ICB awards new model mental health services contract

ICB awards new model mental health services contract

By Lee Peart 24 October 2025

Current provider Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) has been selected by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB to deliver a new model of child and adolescent mental health...

Hospice with 'critically low' reserves facing 'heartbreaking choices'

By Lee Peart 22 October 2025

A Derbyshire hospice has said it is faced with ‘heartbreaking choices’ due to ‘critically low’ cash reserves.

Trust reaches milestone in CDC construction

By Lee Peart 21 October 2025

A milestone has been reached in the construction of Camborne and Redruth CDC in Cornwall, which is set to open later this year.

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ICB supports programme targeting frequent A&E users

By Lee Peart 20 October 2025

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB has committed £600,000 to fund a programme targeting frequent A&E users.

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and Northamptonshire ICB cluster approved

By Lee Peart 08 October 2025

NHS England and the Government have approved an ICB cluster covering Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, and Northamptonshire.

ICB awards contract for non-emergency patient transport services

By Lee Peart 06 October 2025

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB has awarded its new contract for non-emergency patient transport services (NEPTS) to Health Transportation Group (HTG).

ICBs form cluster ahead of merger

By Lee Peart 06 October 2025

NHS Frimley ICB and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB have formed a cluster under joint chair, Dr Priya Singh, and chief executive officer, Dr Nick Broughton.

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Tom Abell appointed chief executive designate of Essex ICB cluster

By Lee Peart 30 September 2025

Tom Abell has been appointed chief executive designate of Essex ICB cluster.

Deep inequalities revealed in access to NHS funded care packages

By Lee Peart 26 September 2025

Deep inequalities have been revealed in access to NHS funded care packages with an almost fivefold difference between the ICBs with the highest and lowest rates of CHC eligibility.

ICB boss says it's 'right time to step away'

By Lee Peart 17 September 2025

NHS Kent and Medway chief executive Paul Bentley is to stand down this autumn.

The art of the possible

By Lee Peart 15 September 2025

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of NHS Confederation, says greater realism and openness should be part of a reset in the central-local relationship

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Social Worker Level 1

PO2 - £42,771 to £45,750

Greenwich, London (Greater)PO2 - £42,771 to £45,750

RECRUITER: Royal Borough of Greenwich

Passenger Assistant (Escort) x 4 posts (CDC)

Grade 3 - dependant on hours

Doncaster, South YorkshireGrade 3 - dependant on hours

RECRUITER: City Of Doncaster Council

Care Assistant - Reablement

Band C SCP 5-8 (£25,583- £26,824) pro rata

Sandwell, West MidlandsBand C SCP 5-8 (£25,583- £26,824) pro rata

RECRUITER: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council