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CommentICBs have staged a quiet revolution in the commissioning of services
On 1 July, integrated care boards mark their third anniversary. It’s a milestone that comes at a moment of significant challenge and change, writes Paul Burstow
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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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NewsTwo ‘neighbourhood’ contracts proposed
Two new types of primary care contract are set to be used to roll out neighbourhood health – and will sometimes involve trusts and other large-scale providers taking over struggling GP practices.
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CommentThe patient voice is being silenced
Patients are being shut out of the NHS conversation, as lived experience and recovery support are increasingly ignored
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NewsExclusive: ‘Virtual hospitals’ to be launched in 10-Year Plan
The upcoming 10-Year Health Plan is set to propose the introduction of “virtual hospitals” based on patients directly contacting consultants on an Uber-style platform, HSJ has been told.
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NewsTrust broke rules in £14m contract award
A trust has been ordered to re-run part of a procurement process after a watchdog ruled it did not respond promptly to requests for information from an unsuccessful bidder.
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CommentEntrenched NHS systems are failing those with multiple long-term conditions
A new report from The King’s Fund looks at how primary and secondary care clinicians can better work together to improve outcomes for people with multiple long-term conditions. Cheryl Gowar discusses how this will be vital for future-proofing the NHS
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NewsSouth comes off worst from government capital funding boost
Primary care in London will benefit least from the government’s plan to boost the sector’s funding, despite NHS England calling the condition of the buildings from which the capital’s services operate ‘completely inadequate’
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HSJ PartnersEnhancing cancer detection in rapid diagnostic centres: A radiologist’s perspective
The NHS long-term plan has set a crucial target: By 2028, 75 per cent of cancers should be diagnosed at stages one and two. Detecting cancer at the earliest possible stage is crucial to improving patient outcomes.
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NewsTen-year plan will ‘end one size fits all primary care’
“One size fits all” primary care is outdated and will be replaced with services targeted at the needs of different patient groups, rather than “what is convenient to organisations or individual sectors”, the national GP director has said.
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NewsHospital sends GPs 15,000 letters in a single day
A “technical failure” caused a hospital trust to send 15-20,000 discharge letters to local GP practices on the day before the Easter bank holiday weekend, some of which dated back four months.
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NewsICBs told to get tighter grip on GP referrals
Integrated care boards have been told to significantly strengthen the drive to ensure that potential GP referrals are first scrutinised by hospital consultants.
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NewsICB seeks first GP and dentist integration
An integrated care board in the East of England is working to integrate general practice and dental care records, and exploring shared sites for the two primary care services.
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NewsExclusive: Streeting brings in adviser for neighbourhood health
Wes Streeting has hired a former GP who led a review into integrated care for Labour while the party was in opposition to advise on neighbourhood health and primary care.
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NewsGP contract strips out key cancer and mental health targets
Targets designed to improve mental health and cancer outcomes in primary care have been removed from the new GP contract agreed between the profession and government.
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NewsICB must review contested urgent care contract
An integrated care board has ordered a review of its decision to move an out-of-hours primary care contract from a local GP firm to a private company.
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HSJ PartnersGetting value out of medicine in a cost-conscious NHS
Value trumps cost when getting the most out of spending on medicines. An HSJ Medicines Forum panel session, sponsored by Bial, discussed the obstacles to achieving the best value and what could be done to overcome them
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NewsICBs must target ‘coasting’ GPs, says Streeting
Integrated care boards must tackle the minority of GP practices “who are coasting at the expense of those who are striving hard”, Wes Streeting has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingReform Watch: What the new elective plan means
With the launch of Labour’s plan for elective care, Recovery Watch becomes Reform Watch. This newsletter will track the new government’s plans to “re-imagine” the NHS.
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NewsStreeting makes ‘very difficult choices’ to offer 4.8% GP uplift
Wes Streeting has made “very difficult choices” over spending to be able to plan a 4.8 per cent real terms uplift in general practice funding for 2025-26, he has announced.