From hospital to community: International lessons on moving care closer to home The new 10 Year Health Plan for England promises to shift more care from hospitals into the community, but history shows how hard this ambition is to deliver. This new report looks to Denmark and Irel...

NEW REPORT: What can England learn from Denmark and Ireland’s efforts to shift more care out of hospital and into community settings?

We interviewed experts representing different parts of the Danish and Irish health and care systems.

Read the report and 10 key lessons 👇

The Integrator: 141 Ten-Year Plan ‘test beds’ Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Caitlin Tilley.

A good article in HSJ on the new neighbourhoods programme's first cohort of test bed areas.

Our borough is one of these first cohort boroughs!
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Our Care Closer to Home: Primary and Community Care Conference 2025 is in full swing today in Birmingham 👏

We're pleased to host over 400 attendees who are eager to hear from national and local experts and participate in discussions about the future operating model for care.

As we look ahead to a new ten-year plan for the NHS, this is a moment of both challenge and opportunity. A time to reimagine, to redesign and to lead. 🧵

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Breaking from UKHSA -

How could Britain and the EU work together to improve health? Striking a somewhat different note from his predecessors, the Prime Minister recently pledged to “reset relationships” with the European Union. While the UK’s policy goals within this strengthened coo...

Good to work on this article w @tamarahervey.bsky.social & @cglobont.bsky.social As the EU and UK negotiate hard bargaining and red lines are inevitable, but there is a moral, legal and political case to put people's health first. We set out what could happen www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/ho...

The 10 Year Health Plan: Our Recommendations | The King's Fund In this long read, we set out the key recommendations The King’s Fund is making to government to support the development of the 10-year plan and realise these shifts.

This morning we published our key recommendations to the government to support the development of the 10 Year Health Plan and the need for transformational shifts in how health and care services are planned, delivered and accessed. Read the full piece. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Learn this lesson and never forget it.

It'll be another single year GP contract for 2025-26, definitely no multi-year deal till after 10-year-plan and spending review, Wes Streeting has confirmed in letter to Commons H&SC committee

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This was a good Monday morning read to kick off the week and very relevant to the organisations I am supporting and working with at the moment.
- Leading through uncertainty
- Focus on fundamentals

In uncertain times, even my natural tendency for this can be tested...

The time is right...