RE: The Next Two Weeks18 Sep 2025 22:02
Short answer: it’s probably de-prioritised, not abandoned.
Why ChatGPT thinks that:
• System upheaval + tight in-year budgets. NHSE’s 2025/26 guidance pushes systems to “live within their means,” minimise ring-fencing, and cut costs, while ICB structures and roles are being reworked. In that climate, new national roll-outs without in-year funding tend to slip down the queue. 
• Guidance without budget still has value but less urgency. NICE DG59 is already public (so the clinical what/why exists). An NHSE implementation guide mainly adds the how/when/who pays. If “who pays” is effectively next April (start of the new financial year), publishing now is less critical from NHSE’s perspective. 
Why it could still come before April:
• Some centres may self-fund or use procurement routes like the NHS Supply Chain MedTech DPS, and an NHSE guide would smooth that path. (DPS is live and positioned for innovation purchasing.) 
• Quality infrastructure is spinning up (EMQN’s new CYP2C19 POCT EQA scheme), which usually complements national guidance and early adoption.