Welcome to the Blogs section of our website. Here you can find regular updates from members of the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS). Keep checking back for new additions each month.
For the latest updates from the system, please visit our news and releases page.
Chief Executive Blog: April 2026 – Ed Garratt OBE
As we approach 1 April, we are about to take an important step as we come together as a single NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board. For those less familiar with what this means, Integrated Care Boards are responsible for planning and fu…
Executive Medical Director Blog: March 2026 – Professor Frankie Swords
Welcome to my March blog. This month, I’d like to focus on the role of research and innovation and how this is helping us to improve patient outcomes, reduce inequalities, and support the shift towards more preventative, community-based care. Las…
Chief Executive Blog: March 2026 – Ed Garratt OBE
Welcome to my March blog. As we approach April and the launch of the new Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board, it feels like a natural moment to reflect on the partnerships and progress that have shaped our work across our systems in recent yea…
Executive Medical Director Blog: February 2026 – Dr Frankie Swords
I would like to begin this month’s blog by sincerely thanking teams across our system for the support you continue to show one another — particularly our ICB colleagues — as we work through restructuring and prepare to formally come together as one …
Chief Executive Blog: February 2026 – Ed Garratt OBE
As we continue through the winter months, I want to begin by recognising a truly mammoth collective effort across our health and care system. I’m delighted to share that more than one million COVID-19 and flu vaccinations have now been delivered acr…
Executive Medical Director Blog: January 2026 – Dr Frankie Swords
Welcome to my first blog of 2026. I wanted to take a moment to reflect on a winter period that has already been exceptionally busy across our system. We continue to operate under sustained pressure, with demand remaining high, particularly due to se…
Chief Executive Blog: January 2026 – Ed Garratt OBE
As we step into 2026, I want to begin by wishing everyone a very happy new year — and by saying a heartfelt thank you. Over the festive period, so many of our health and care colleagues, volunteers and partners worked tirelessly to keep services run…
Executive Medical Director Blog: December 2025 – Dr Frankie Swords
As we reach the end of another year, I want to start by saying a heartfelt thank you to colleagues across Norfolk, Suffolk and north east Essex. 2025 has been an exceptionally busy and challenging year for the NHS, and the weeks leading up to Christ…
Chief Executive Blog: December 2025 – Ed Garratt OBE
Hello and welcome to my December blog. As we approach the end of the year, I want to begin by acknowledging the significant organisational change we are navigating across both NHS Norfolk and Waveney and NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICBs. The…