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BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
NHS bosses plan merger amid bid to halve running costs
An NHS commissioning body has said it is looking to merge with another area as it manages a major reduction in funding. A representative from the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & West Berkshire Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) has said there are plans to combine with East Berkshire to create a new new structure could be in place as soon as next April and would result in job plans have emerged after the government told integrated care boards across the country to reduce their running costs by 50%. The BOB ICB was formed in July 2022, replacing three clinical commissioning groups in the organisation decides how to spend the NHS budget in the area it planned restructure would see a new body formed to include East Berkshire, which is currently covered by the Frimley Integrated Care Leveson from BOB ICB outlined the plans at a health scrutiny committee in Oxfordshire. 'Difficult for us' He said: "In the South East we have currently six integrated care boards."You can imagine with a reduction of 50%, we're not going to have six in the future. "None of this is confirmed and this is a fairly rapidly moving picture."The BOB ICB will combine with East Berkshire to create a new integrated care board, this is the proposal that's in at the moment."We're merging and creating a new organisation and reducing our costs across that organisation, so there is going to be a restructure there is going to be a new operating model and there is going to be competitive processes for jobs."He said that the 50% reduction is on top of a 30% cut that the care board had implemented in the last year - and said it would mean job losses."We are going to lose people and that is going to be difficult for us," he new structure would be have to be agreed by the Health Department of Health and Social Care has been approached for a comment. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Oxfordshire GP surgeries get funding to expand and modernise
Nine GP surgeries in Oxfordshire are set to undergo improvement works as part of a £100m government Westminster funding is being provided to expand and modernise surgeries across England, with work due to get underway this Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) said the investment would create 220,000 new appointments across its region government minister and Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds said the measures were a "key part of delivering" on Labour's promise to "fix" the NHS. In Oxford, Donnington, Summertown, Cuttslowe Health Centres and Hedena Health at Bury Knowle Health Centre will all benefit from the investment."Labour promised to fix the front door to our NHS, shift care from hospitals back into the community, and focus on prevention and early intervention," Dodds said."I will keep pushing for long-term investment in our NHS across Oxford and the UK." Bloxham and Hook Norton surgery, Kidlington Health Centre, Woodstock Surgery, Hightown Surgery in Banbury and Langford Medical Practice in Bicester will also receive total 21 surgeries across the region managed by BOB ICB will undergo work, which it said equated to roughly £2.8m of Abid Irfan, the board's director of primary care, said the investment would "ensure patients get better access to GP care"."We are delighted to receive this funding to help those GP surgeries make better use of existing space to create new consultation and treatment rooms," he the nationwide scheme last week, the government said it was the biggest public investment in facilities for five Secretary Wes Streeting called it a "significant step", but warned it would not solve all existing problems overnight. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
