Thursday 17 May 2018

NHS England wins legal case impacting new care model contracts

NHS England wins legal case impacting new care model contracts A judge has ruled against claims that NHS England’s plans to bring local health and social care services under one contract are ‘unlawful’.

The claims came from a campaign group, which brought a judicial review against NHS England’s plans to implement ‘accountable care organisations’ (ACO) to the High Court in Leeds last year.

The campaign group, 999 Call for the NHS, took issue with how the organisations would be paid through a ‘whole population annual payment’ (WPAP), which would see an ACO paid based on the number of patients in the area. Pulse

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