by IMPOWER | Mar 24, 2025 | Health
Manchester’s Good Savings LGC editor Sarah Calkin is joined by Bernie Enright, Manchester City Council’s executive director for adult social services, Katy Calvin-Thomas, chief executive of the Manchester and Trafford local care organisations and Oliver Barnes,...
by Samuel Rose | Mar 18, 2025 | Health
The NHS is in a state of flux, and recent announcements from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are generating understandable concern. It’s a period of significant change, and my thoughts are with the thousands of hard working, talented teams...
by Charlotte Rochford | Mar 7, 2025 | Health
By Charly Rochford, Nicole Samuels & Toni Beckton Over the last five years it has been impossible to escape negative reporting about our health system – whether it’s long waits for elective care, difficulties accessing GP appointments, or hospital corridors...
by Jeremy Cooper | Feb 20, 2025 | Health, Local government transformation
Since our analysis on the relationship between councils and Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) three years ago, we have been asked repeatedly for views and insights on this developing relationship. This relationship is now about to change significantly. There is a...
by Oliver Barnes | Feb 12, 2025 | Health
Over the past two weeks there have been a number of papers and policy announcements on neighbourhood healthcare. At IMPOWER we have been involved in a range of conversations with system leaders, and national policy makers, on how to turn neighbourhood care into a...
by Su Gordon Graham | Feb 6, 2025 | Health
Upon reading yesterday’s article in the HSJ, ‘ICBs to tackle inefficient block contracts’, I was struck that this isn’t just déjà vu – it’s actually happened before. For those of us who have been in commissioning for over 25 years, there is a definite...
