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HSJ LocalEx-regional leader joins ICB with £178m deficit
An integrated care board with one of the largest deficits in the country has appointed an interim chair.
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News‘Unacceptable’ cuts to bank and agency rates must be reversed, says BMA
Doctors are threatening action against coordinated moves in two areas to cut rates for extra-contractual work.
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NewsICBs told to ‘urgently review unacceptable waiting times’
NHS England has warned integrated care boards it is “not acceptable” to set “minimum waiting times” of more than 18 weeks for elective care.
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NewsIVF postcode lottery intensifies as ICBs cut costs
At least four more integrated care boards are planning to cut IVF services in a move that would further shrink access to NHS fertility treatment across the country.
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NewsLarge ICB announces chair’s retirement
The chair of one of the country’s largest integrated care boards has announced his retirement.
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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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NewsNine systems get extra deficit funding
Nine integrated care systems have been allowed to set higher planned deficits than last year, new figures show.
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NewsSouth comes off worst from government capital funding boost
Primary care in London will benefit least from the government’s plan to boost the sector’s funding, despite NHS England calling the condition of the buildings from which the capital’s services operate ‘completely inadequate’
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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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NewsFive trusts accelerate move to shared leadership
A city’s five trusts have decided to “accelerate” plans to form a major £2bn hospital group, moving to a shared CEO and chair by next spring.
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NewsICS holds out against NHSE financial targets
A single system has refused to sign up to financial targets set by NHSE, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust’s A&E service jumps from inadequate to good after site move
An emergency department previously criticised by inspectors has been upgraded from “inadequate” to “good” by the Care Quality Commission following its move to a new site.
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NewsRevealed: The systems set to gain and lose hundreds of millions
Nine integrated care systems are set to lose hundreds of millions in NHS funding relative to others in coming years – while eight stand to make big gains – under new NHS England funding policy.
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NewsICBs in dispute with provider over ‘ticking timebomb’ drug costs
Multiple NHS commissioners are embroiled in a legal row with a private company they say is “intensively” marketing its online weight-loss drugs service, which could cost them hundreds of millions of pounds a year.
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NewsICBs halt £465m tender after legal challenge
A group of integrated care boards have halted a procurement worth up to £465m, with little more than a month’s notice, after receiving legal challenges regarding its process.
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NewsICB chair hired as CEO of another system
One of England’s largest integrated care boards has appointed a new chief executive, who is currently chair of a different ICB.
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NewsCEO takes over third trust
A chief executive is taking over a third trust as part of a move to a city-wide group model.
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News‘Basic’ gaps left trusts exposed to cyber attacks
Two recent cyber attacks that cost the NHS millions of pounds and led to patients’ data being published online could have been mitigated with basic security measures, an integrated care board has found.
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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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NewsManagers should ‘embrace’ regulation, says Letby trust CEO
NHS managers should “welcome and embrace” the introduction of professional regulation in the wake of the Lucy Letby scandal, according to the current CEO of the trust where her murders took place.