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NewsMake us feel ‘safe’ while we drive reform, ICBs tell NHSE
Greater “air cover” from NHS England and “assurance” that commissioning leaders will not suffer from making difficult decisions has been demanded by integrated care boards.
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CommentIf ‘value’ is to have a greater role in buying decisions, we first need to measure it
The Department of Health’s new value-based procurement framework is a necessary and welcome step, but omits clear accountability for outcomes and the data infrastructure to track them
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NewsTen ICBs accused of blocking access to private care
Private providers have accused 10 integrated care boards of blocking access to eye care, which they argue is redirecting tens of thousands of patients to A&E and GPs.
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NewsTrusts ‘must use’ new FDP tools, says minister
Trusts will be instructed on federated data platform tools they “must” use, a minister has said – despite ongoing questions about whether the system and its main supplier will be dropped.
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NewsCEO warns against ‘top slicing’ acutes for ‘well meaning’ neighbourhood schemes
Large acute trusts are shouldering unreasonable risk because their funding has been “top sliced” to pay for “well meaning” but unproven “neighbourhood health” schemes, a leading London CEO has told HSJ.
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NewsLeague tables ‘obscuring’ trust performance
Government’s trust league tables are “actively obscuring” patients’ understanding of their local services and should be scrapped, a think tank has recommended.
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News‘Failure to deliver reforms has cost NHS billions’, claims ex-DHSC adviser
NHS England’s failure to deliver recommended reforms to pathology services has cost the service billions of pounds in lost savings over the last decade, a senior peer who previously reviewed the sector has claimed.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: This year’s validation trick
Elective recovery and returning the NHS to meeting the 18-week standard by 2029 is the government’s main performance priority. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress against this goal. This week, by bureau chief James Illman.
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NewsContractor assessed its own service in ICB procurement
An integrated care board has been criticised by a watchdog over poor record-keeping and errors in the decision to award a £2.4m contract.
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NewsTrust takes £2m hit on flawed land sale
A trust was forced to pay £2m to exit a land sale – after realising that it might need the space and would have lost money on the deal.
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NewsDHSC instructed to reduce use of external contractors
The Department of Health and Social Care has been told to develop plans to in-house services currently supplied by external contractors.
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CommentWhy decommissioning fails
Attempts to decommission failing or out-of-date services are rarely defeated by weak evidence. More often, they do succeed because the costs of decommissioning are immediate and visible, while the benefits are delayed, diffuse and difficult to prove
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NewsAcute trust overturns ‘obviously unfair’ £1.7m legal bill
An acute trust has overturned a £1.7m legal bill in the High Court after a judge found “obvious unfairness” in an independent adjudicator’s decision about a legal dispute with a construction firm.
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CommentData-driven modelling can take the guess work out of planning
As the UK population ages and demand on hospitals grows, new research shows how predictive and prescriptive analytics could help the NHS better forecast demand, allocate resources and improve care for frail and elderly patients
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News‘Vital’ NHS research centres face funding cut
Nationally funded research centres hosted by major teaching trusts are facing a cut of up to £187m from 2028.
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CommentHow the UK’s housing shortage is undermining NHS care
Mental health trusts are spending millions keeping clinically ready patients in hospital beds – not because they need treatment, but because the supported housing market that should receive them has been shrinking for 15 years
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NewsICB issues tougher spending rules for local trusts
Several trusts in the South West are being asked to restrict all non-essential spending due to their “challenging financial position”.
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News‘Central pressure’ forcing ICBs to cut reform investment
Integrated care boards are struggling to protect funds to deliver neighbourhood health and other 10-Year Health Plan proposals this year – with one cluster forced to withdraw a £33m fund days after launching it.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: How one borough is rewiring care
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance, and finances in the mental health sector, by deputy bureau chief Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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NewsStreeting intervenes over energy price shock
The health secretary has urged hospital chief executives to sign up to a national energy procurement scheme to cushion themselves from energy price shocks caused by the war in Iran.