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NewsICBs using AI to guide job cuts
An integrated care board cluster is planning to use AI to job-match staff as part of its plans to achieve 50 per cent cuts to running costs.
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NewsRevealed: The systems being denied deficit support
One system accounts for more than a quarter of the £460m of deficit support funding withheld from 13 systems by NHS England this year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRevealed: £260m deficit support withheld from 10 systems
NHS England has withheld over £260m from 10 local systems due to concerns over finances, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsContract awards go ahead as ICBs plead they are running out of staff
Integrated care boards have told a court imminent redundancies meant they needed to be able to award more than £100m in contracts while they still had the staff.
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NewsAmbulance staff arrested in deaths probe
Two ambulance workers in the South West have been arrested as part of a major investigation into six deaths, a trust and police have confirmed.
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NewsFive systems lose £100m deficit support
Five integrated care systems have had their deficit support funding withheld as a result of overspending or failing to deliver savings, NHS England has revealed.
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NewsTwo ICB chief executives to stand down
Two integrated care board chief executives have announced their resignations.
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NewsNHSE tells ICBs to slow elective referrals
NHS England has told integrated care boards they need to slow down elective referrals dramatically – nearly eliminating year-on-year growth – with high-profile waiting list targets under threat.
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NewsThree ICB ‘clusters’ planned by region
Plans to cut the South West region’s integrated care boards from seven to three are close to fruition, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsStreeting greenlights eight reconfigurations
Wes Streeting has declined to intervene over eight NHS service reconfigurations since taking up his post last summer, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsPrivate NHS provider hit by cyber attack
A major private provider of NHS services has been hit by a cyber attack, taking down its network and potentially breaching patient data.
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NewsNHSE commends ICBs for ‘strong leadership’
The quality of leadership at 13 integrated care boards has been praised by NHS England in its latest formal assessment of their performance.
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News‘Aggressive marketing’ fuels surge in patients seeking private referrals from GPs
Growing numbers of patients are requesting NHS-funded referrals to private providers “operating outside of agreed guidelines”, fuelled by long waiting lists and “aggressive direct marketing tactics”, GPs have warned.
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NewsCEO appointed to run three trusts
Three hospital trusts in the South West have appointed a joint chief executive as part of a move to a “group model”.
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NewsPrivate provider takes over NHS services worth £1.3bn
A private firm has been awarded a contract worth around £1.3bn to lead community health services for an entire integrated care system for up to nine years.
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NewsThree ICSs responsible for a quarter of very long diagnostic waits
Just three integrated care systems were responsible for nearly one in four 13-week waits for key diagnostic tests in recent months, HSJ analysis of official data has found.
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NewsFormer executive returns to chair same trust
A mental health trust has hired a new chair, who previously worked as its deputy chief executive and interim CEO.
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NewsNineteen hospitals targeted for ‘urgent support’ before winter
NHS England has revealed the hospitals it is targeting for “urgent support” to avoid deterioration in emergency care performance ahead of winter.
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NewsRevealed: Three-fold variation in emergency response time by ICS
A threefold variation in ambulance response for serious, urgent conditions has been revealed in new figures.
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NewsEleven ICSs warned of ‘significant concern’ about overspending
Around three quarters of England’s 42 integrated care systems have been unable to set balanced budgets for 2024-25, NHS England has revealed.