What's the way forward with NHS cuts?
Amanda Sullivan and ‘Foluke Ajayi on the challenges faced by ICB budget cuts and the winding down of NHS England.
Integrated care boards must cut their budgets by 50 per cent and acute providers are expected to roll back 50 per cent of corporate cost growth since 2020. This on top of NHS England winding down within two years and transitioning functions into the Department for Health and Social Care. Matthew talks to two leaders navigating these challenges: Amanda Sullivan, chief executive of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB and ‘Foluke Ajayi, chief executive of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and vice-chair of the NHS Confederation.
Related resources
- Abolishing NHS England: what you need to know | NHS Confederation
- NHS Confederation responds to reports of ICB and provider cost cutting orders | NHS Confederation
- NHS Confederation responds to NHS England's letter to local NHS leaders on their financial plans for 2025/26
- The state of integrated care systems 2023/24 | NHS Confederation
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