All articles by Dave West
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NewsHospital boards not ready to run population health, says government adviser
Hospital trust boards are not currently in a position to run population health and “very few” acute chief executives “truly understand” primary care, government’s neighbourhood health adviser has told HSJ.
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NewsEx-No 10 and NHSE advisers join same firm
One of the country’s leading decision-makers on cancer drugs and a former Downing Street health adviser have taken up new roles at a consultancy firm.
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NewsTrusts to be monitored on local recruitment
Trusts will be monitored on how many staff they recruit who live locally and are unemployed, under 10-Year Health Plan proposals.
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NewsMackey: Multiple ACO-style providers to be ‘created next year’
Sir Jim Mackey expects several of the NHS’s first “integrated health organisations” to be created next year.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The 10-Year Plan’s unanswered questions
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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NewsNew DHSC-NHSE top team structure revealed
The new top-team structure of the Department of Health and Social Care – as it takes over directly running the NHS – is being revealed to staff today.
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NewsPatients with long-term conditions have worse experience
Patients with long-term conditions and those from a minority ethnic background have a significantly worse experience of NHS care, according to polling shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsICBs urged to ‘be brave’ and cut numbers further
Integrated care board leaders should “be brave” and cut the number of commissioners further than the currently proposed 27, the new NHS Providers CEO has said.
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NewsNHS Providers launches bid to prevent resident doctor strikes
NHS Providers wants to lead a redesign of resident doctor employment structures to bring back “elements of ‘the Firm’” approach, its new CEO has said.
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NewsGovernment warned against 10-Year Plan ‘restructure’
One of the central ideas in the 10-Year Health Plan is “not novel” and could be damaging if it imposes a “one size fits all” model, a community health leader has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The new foundation trusts
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 launches redundancy call
NHS England is inviting staff to “express interest” in taking voluntary redundancy, despite having yet to set out a new structure.
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NewsThe providers ‘in pole position’ to lead neighbourhood health
Mental health trusts are the largest providers of adult physical community health services in England by population, potentially putting them in “pole position” to lead the development of “neighbourhood health” in many areas.
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NewsStarmer hires innovation champion as health adviser
A former NHS director and innovation network CEO has been appointed as the new health adviser to the prime minister.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The new world for ICBs
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 CEO returns to role after national secondment
A CEO who was seconded to lead integrated care system development at NHS England is returning to his ICS.
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NewsUp to a third of ICBs to remain independent despite budget cut
The consolidation of integrated care boards is set to result in at least 13 “clusters”, but will also leave up to 14 ICBs as separate organisations.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Is shrinking ICBs risking the recovery?
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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NewsDHSC reshuffles team to get 10-Year Plan ‘over the line’
A former think tank lead has taken on the final drafting of the government’s 10-Year Health Plan, about a month ahead of publication, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEx-director to lead NHSE and DHSC merger
A former NHS England regional director who retired last year has been hired to oversee the abolition of the organisation and its merger into the Department of Health and Social Care.