Health and Care Act 2022

As integrated care systems become statutory bodies, Anna Charles and Richard Murray consider the early signs that will indicate how they are developing, and the risks they will need to avoid.

As The King’s Fund launches its new animation explaining how the health and care system works, Sarah Murphy explains how people and communities, at the heart of the health and care system, are also at the heart of our animation.

Richard Murray has a sense of déjà vu as he writes his 2022 New Year blog. Covid-19 will bring challenges to implementing the many changes in store for the health and care system this year, but the biggest challenge is tackling the workforce shortage – a challenge the government has so far refused to face.

What changes will the Health and Care Bill bring to financial planning in the NHS? Siva Anandaciva looks at where and how decisions about money in the NHS will be made.

How could patients, service users and the wider public benefit from the government’s proposed health reforms? Chris Naylor explains why there needs to be a clearer answer to that question.

Nicholas Timmins outlines why greater ministerial powers over the day-to-day running of the NHS proposed in the Health and Care Bill might not work for the service or for ministers.