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Mini budget update: new Chancellor reverses many measures
In a statement today (Monday, 17 October 2022), Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt announced that the Government will no longer be proceeding with many of the tax cuts previously planned. A planned cut to income tax to 19% in April 2023 will no longer go ahead, with income tax remaining at 20% for now. […]
NHS England and NHS Improvement publish roadmap for delegation of specialised services
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) have set out their plans to delegate responsibility for a range of services to an ‘Integrated Care System’ (ICS) level. This means that many services that are currently planned and commissioned at a national level (i.e. specialised) will now be planned and commissioned at a regional level. The ‘Roadmap […]
NHS England and NHS Improvement to appoint new National Clinical Directors for neuroscience
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) have confirmed they will appoint new National Clinical Directors (NCDs) for neurology, and neurosurgery and spinal surgery. A long time coming The roles are an important step in tackling the significant unwarranted variation in treatment, care and support for the 1 in 6 living with a neurological condition in […]
We have never needed patient advocacy and citizen advocacy more than we need it now
Caroline Clarke, CEO at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, writes: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak at your AGM and to restate what I said then to your members in this blog. I am the CEO at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, a group of hospitals in North […]
