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NewsICBs take action against top wheelchair provider
Several integrated care boards have taken formal action against the NHS’s biggest independent wheelchair provider, whose long delays and poor communication have now been criticised by an ombudsman.
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NewsNHSE blocking redundant staff from being rehired
NHS England has blocked staff who have been made redundant from returning to work at the organisation – a move employees say is “moving the goalposts” on their departure terms.
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News1,000 staff set for compulsory redundancy
A total of 1,000 jobs are set to go at commissioning support units after ministers approved a long-delayed case for redundancy, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWhat the NHS should do while public attention is elsewhere
The NHS does not need another reorganisation but a shift in power, giving clinicians genuine control over service redesign, spending and decisions that improve patient care
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Will PDEL change the game for prevention?
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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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Constitutional reform for the NHS – with Sir Ciarán Devane
NHS Alliance CEO Sir Ciarán Devane and HSJ finance lead Zoe Tidman discuss the consequences of this week’s Budget, and why Sir Ciarán wants to talk about changing the NHS’s targets.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: A new direction for integration
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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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The latest NHS reorganisation nightmare
This week, we take a look at how the government’s plans to restructure NHS England and integrated care boards are going.
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NewsICB’s £600m spend lacks ‘detailed analysis’
An ICB team responsible for an annual spend of nearly £600m is signing off “high cost” care packages without “detailed analysis” while also undergoing a review into its working culture, the commissioner has revealed.
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NewsNo ‘space’ for an IHO here, says trust CEO
The CEO of one of the NHS’s best-performing trusts has told HSJ he does not think “there’s much space” for an integrated health organisation in his area.
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News1,000 CSU staff still in limbo
Around 1,000 commissioning support unit staff still have no clarity on whether their jobs will be moved to another part of the NHS or cut, less than six months from their employers being abolished, HSJ has learned.
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NewsICB faces potential legal battle over funding row
Three GP practices are threatening to sue their integrated care board over its plans to cut premises funding.
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NewsStaff exodus to private rivals forces trust to restrict service
A mental health and community trust has been forced to restrict its children’s ADHD service after a string of staff left for private providers.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Will ICBs escape the league tables?
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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NewsICB orders all GPs to use ‘distrusted’ IT system
An integrated care board has ordered all of its 337 GP practices to use a single digital access system and is switching off five rival products to save money.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: NHS England’s endgame
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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NewsNHSE staff could be kept out of DHSC
Ministers and officials are considering whether to keep some NHS England functions and staff separate from the Department of Health and Social Care when the organisation is abolished next year, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe NHS should fund the essential work of community doulas
Community doula services are picking up antiracism work that maternity trusts have struggled to undertake for themselves
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CommentThe best trained surgeon is not always the right medic for the job
The NHS should commission surgery from those doctors most appropriate to perform it. This does not always happen
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CommentICBs are about to expose difficult truths
James Sanderson, chief executive of palliative care and bereavement charity Sue Ryder, weighs up the challenges for integrated care boards being asked to prioritise palliative and end-of-life care and how hospices need to respond