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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Think-tank calls for 'radical health devolution'

By Lee Peart 25 March 2025

A think-tank has called for radical health devolution as a precursor to building a Neighbourhood Health Service.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Care providers launch legal action over NICs rise

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Care England has launched legal action over the Government’s rise in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) for care providers.

INTEGRATED CARE

ICB numbers face being slashed in health reforms

By Paul Marinko 21 March 2025

An NHS insider has predicted the number of ICBs will be slashed in pending Government reforms.

INTEGRATED CARE

North Yorkshire hospices facing £1.5m deficit

By Lee Peart 13 March 2025

Three North Yorkshire hospices have warned they are facing a combined £1.5m deficit.

ICB

Learning Disability Partnership dissolved amid debt acrimony

By Lee Peart 11 March 2025

A Learning Disability Partnership (LDP) between Cambridgeshire County Council and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB is to be dissolved amid a row over unpaid debt.

ESTATES

Combined authority invests over £4m in children's hospital

By Lee Peart 10 March 2025

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is investing over £4m in an innovation centre at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

COSLA

Health and social care facing £457m funding gap in Scotland

By Lee Peart 06 March 2025

Health and social care finances are facing a £457m funding gap in 2024/25, a new report has revealed.

SOCIAL CARE

Higher staff costs force councils to cut social care provision

By Lee Peart 03 March 2025

Higher staffing costs are forcing local authorities to cut the number of people they support, new analysis has found.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Legionella delays opening of Sussex health centre

By Lee Peart 25 February 2025

The opening of a health centre in Worthing, West Sussex has been delayed following the discovery of legionella bacteria.

SOCIAL CARE

Concerns over social care inquiry chair's workload

20 February 2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) has expressed concerns about the ‘capacity’ of Baroness Casey after she was appointed to three roles in a month.