Manchester’s financial meltdown

HSJ Health Check

Greater Manchester ICS is under huge pressure to reduce its deficit after suffering a recent financial collapse.

And now the ICS must navigate this without its substantive chief financial officer, who has been seconded to a post within NHS England. We discuss if there is a way out of the red and what this will mean for local care quality.

Also this week, a leaked NHSE review that concluded the NHS has a severe shortage of nurses with digital skills.