Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire ICB
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NewsNew commissioning structure lacks experts, president warns
There is only one senior mental health lead across the seven new regional commissioning hubs taking on specialised services from NHS England, the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has told a public inquiry.
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NewsThree times more GPs leaving some ICBs
Some systems saw fully qualified GPs leave their roles at three times the rate of other patches last year, according to new figures.
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NewsFamilies want top medic removed from key taskforce
Bereaved families impacted by the Nottingham maternity scandal have called on Wes Streeting to remove a senior medic from a national taskforce whose appointment they said was “deeply distressing”.
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NewsGP upgrades ‘stuck in layers of approval’
A string of bureaucratic barriers are still holding up development of buildings for primary and community care, multiple NHS and industry organisations have warned.
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NewsInquiry trust appoints ‘inspirational’ new CEO
A mental health trust at the centre of a statutory inquiry has appointed a new chief executive who will take over once the investigation has concluded.
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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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NewsNational maternity review will not ‘sideline’ Nottingham probe, pledges chair
The high-profile chair of a major maternity review into care failures in Nottingham has pledged to ensure its results “will not be sidelined” by the government’s national investigation.
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NewsSystem criticised after death of ‘fit and well’ 23-year-old
Urgent and emergency care services in the East Midlands are letting down people with ”serious but not immediately life-threatening” conditions, a coroner has warned after the death of a “fit and well young man”.
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NewsICBs told to strengthen relationships
Nine integrated care boards have been told to improve partnership working, in NHS England’s latest formal assessment of their performance.
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NewsA&E handover delays worse at 21 trusts
One in six hospital trusts have seen ambulance handover times deteriorate this winter, despite a trend of national improvement and directives from NHS England.
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NewsLack of shared patient records linked to mother’s death
The lack of a single patient record across a system led to failures in information sharing, which contributed to a mother’s death, a coroner has concluded.
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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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NewsCQC admits it falsely claimed not to know about trust maternity concerns
The Care Quality Commission has admitted it did know about concerns over the death of a baby at a trust being investigated for serious maternity failures after initially denying it had been informed.
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NewsCEO delays retirement to see through inquiry into killings by patient
The chief executive of a mental health trust at the centre of a statutory inquiry prompted by the killing of three people has announced plans to retire after its conclusion next summer.
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NewsCritical incident declared after EPR launch
A hospital trust has declared a critical incident following the launch of its new electronic patient record system.
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NewsNew CEO for trust with high staff satisfaction
An acute trust in the East Midlands has appointed a new chief executive following a “highly competitive” recruitment campaign.
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NewsICB agrees extra GP funding after ‘contract breach’ row
An integrated care board has agreed extra GP funding, in a U-turn after threatening to declare practices in breach of their contracts.
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NewsReform mayor objects to ICB merger
A recently elected mayor called for plans to merge their county’s integrated care board with its neighbours to be dropped, warning it is “inconsistent” with the mayoralty’s footprint.
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NewsExclusive: ICBs to shrink to 27 clusters
The consolidation of integrated care boards will result in the 42 organisations moving to 27 clusters, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPolice launch corporate manslaughter investigation into another trust
A corporate manslaughter investigation has been launched into serious maternity failings at a major trust where hundreds of babies have died or been harmed.