Cheshire and Merseyside ICS – Page 3
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NewsRevealed: the ICSs that refused to set breakeven plans
More than half the integrated care systems in the north of England have refused to agree a balanced financial plan, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local‘No new suppliers’ promises ICS as four trusts eye EPR purchases
A major acute provider will make a second attempt at procuring a new electronic patient record, while three neighbouring trusts are planning to launch a separate tender process, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalEx-CEO sues trust and accuses chair of ‘bullying’
An acute trust is being sued for unfair dismissal by its former chief executive.
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NewsRevealed: the tenfold regional difference in access to GP records
Fewer than one in 10 GP practices offers patients access to their records in several areas of England, with significant variation across England, six months ahead of a new deadline.
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HSJ LocalCEO who quit ahead of damning CQC report given new role at trust-hosted agency
The former chief executive of a major trust who stepped down after a CQC inspection rated its leadership ‘inadequate’ has been employed as a director of an NHS audit agency hosted by the provider.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trusts get creative as financial screws tighten
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Manchester must get a grip on electives
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HSJ LocalEx-No10 adviser to chair trust
A former council chief executive and Downing Street adviser has been appointed chair of a small acute trust in Cheshire.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Doing the right thing
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News£2bn ICS debt from ‘CCG screw-ups’ should be written off, says Confed
NHS England has been urged to write off £2.2bn in historic debts that integrated care systems could be asked to repay.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Magna Carta to ‘mandated support’
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NewsRevealed: the 14 ICSs admitting they will end the year in deficit
At least 14 integrated care systems have now officially admitted they will end the year with a budget deficit, after just five areas said this at the start of the year.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Flory tasked with getting a grip
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HSJ LocalFree coffee for delayed ambulance crews paused after £20k bill
Trust chiefs have paused a scheme which enabled ambulance crews facing long accident and emergency handover delays to get a free tea or coffee, after receiving a £20,000 bill for a single month.
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HSJ LocalDetails of 14,000 salaries shared by mistake
A spreadsheet containing the personal information of nearly 14,000 staff, including their salaries, has been mistakenly emailed to hundreds of people at a major trust, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalEx-national finance chief drafted in to chair troubled trust
A former national finance and performance director has been appointed to chair Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust for 12 months.
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HSJ Local‘Massively reduced’ length of stay emerging at much criticised new hospital, says CEO
The CEO of a troubled trust has said evidence is emerging of ‘massively reduced’ length of stay in a new hospital criticised for being too small.
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News‘Truly integrated’ service model scrapped after failure to improve care
A contract aimed at achieving a ‘truly integrated’ health and social care service is set to be terminated after six years, following concerns about accountability and performance.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Liverpool promises to change
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HSJ LocalTrust merger ‘bedevilled with problems’, says key proponent
One of the key proponents of a major trust merger has told HSJ its implementation has been “bedevilled with problems”, and that leaders have so far failed to deliver its benefits.