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NewsICB functions radically reduced in national ‘blueprint’
More than a dozen functions have been earmarked for “transfer” out of integrated care boards, including workforce planning, primary care, and digital leadership.
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CommentReforming the NHS and local government simultaneously is a big risk
Without stronger collaboration and investment in prevention, NHS changes could undermine place-based care and strain local systems that are already stretched, warns Tom Stannard
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NewsEx-health secretary attacks ‘drastic’ ICB shake-up
Government and NHS England should “step back” from their NHS “reorganisation” which “came out of nowhere” and risks “taking people’s focus internally”, according to former Labour health secretary Andy Burnham.
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NewsGovernment accused of misleading claim on health hubs
Most integrated care systems lack a women’s health hub offering full services — contrary to government claims — according to research seen by HSJ.
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NewsNHSE budget cuts hit maternity, children and prevention
Maternity, prevention, mental health, and children’s services are the national budgets seeing the biggest cuts after government and NHS England decided to slash ringfenced allocations, HSJ analysis reveals.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Mandating integration could go wrong
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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CommentPlaces do not know what is expected of them
Shilpa Ross explores the role of place-based partnerships in integrated care, highlighting challenges and governance variations, plus the importance of supporting local initiatives amid ongoing NHS restructuring
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NewsWe’re ‘fundamental’ to future ICBs, say pharmacists
Medicines management teams should not be targeted by imminent cost cuts and must remain a “fundamental component” of the new model for integrated care boards, NHS England has been told.
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CommentICBs are still needed
Cuts to ICB budgets and shifting roles risk undermining integrated care, but successful local models show how system leadership can still drive transformation in NHS services, writes Sir Chris Ham
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News‘Unaffordable’ care spending driven by rush to clear hospital beds
The rush from acute hospitals to “free up beds” is probably behind an “unaffordable” rise in an integrated care board’s social care spending, it has been told.
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NewsDetails of new cap on ICB staff spend revealed
Each of England’s seven regions must ensure pay spend across their integrated care boards is reduced to an average of £18.76 per head of weighted population, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What makes a neighbourhood?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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CommentICB patient engagement expertise must not be lost
Sharon Brennan stresses the importance of NHS reforms refocusing on patient experience and calls for a return to community-centred care, patient involvement, and a national metric for patient experience
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NewsICB seeks first GP and dentist integration
An integrated care board in the East of England is working to integrate general practice and dental care records, and exploring shared sites for the two primary care services.
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NewsSocial care must stay ‘distinct’ from NHS, says Streeting
Wes Streeting has rejected the notion of merging the delivery or funding of social care with the NHS, arguing it is better “delivered and commissioned through local government”.
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News£6bn underlying deficit ‘could derail 10-Year Plan’
The underlying deficit in the NHS provider sector has returned to pre-covid levels and could derail the government’s reform plans, HSJ analysis has found.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Commissioning’s unlikely saviour
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West
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NewsRevealed: The ICB staff targeted for redundancy
Staff working in assurance, regulatory, performance management, communications and engagement roles should be prioritised for redundancy by integrated care boards, NHS England has indicated.
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NewsRevealed: ICBs spending the most and least on staffing
New figures shared with HSJ reveal how much each integrated care board spends on its staffing, with a two-fold variation per head of population.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The death of system working?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West