All Greater Manchester ICB articles – Page 5
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Time up for two smallest trusts?
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News‘Insufficient curiosity’ of trust’s leaders enabled abuse
A major review into a mental health unit abuse scandal has found a catalogue of failings, including repeated missed opportunities to act on concerns, and a board “disconnected” from the realities faced by patients and staff.
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NewsNHSE acts as performance deteriorates in five systems
Five integrated care systems face escalations in central scrutiny and support following “deterioration” against key urgent and emergency care targets.
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NewsNearly a third of ICSs admit finance plans will be missed
At least 13 integrated care systems have now admitted they will miss the financial plans they signed up for at the start of the year.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Admitting the game’s up
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NewsDischarging patients to virtual ward led to near-doubling of costs, study finds
Researchers have found the cost impact of discharging patients to a virtual ward was almost double that of traditional inpatient care.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trust left isolated as strike nears 50 days
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most-read integration stories of 2023
As 2023 turns into 2024, we look at the integration stories which climbed their way up the most-read list this year
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HSJ LocalTrust finally launches review into consultancy contract that was never tendered
A major trust has launched an external review into a decade-long consultancy contract that was never subject to a public tender process.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: 12-hour trolley waits an ‘acceptable compromise’
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trusts prepare for fight over maternity
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HSJ Local‘Arms race’ between trusts led to ICS’s financial collapse, says CEO
A struggling health system has failed to collaborate on key issues due to a hangover from the ‘clinical arms race’ by its providers, a chief executive has said.
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CommentICSs have the opportunity to end HIV transmissions
Ahead of World AIDS Day, James Cole, National AIDS Trust’s senior policy, research and influencing manager, highlights key opportunities for integrated care systems to tackle inequalities, and HIV Outcomes UK’s new briefing
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NewsNHSE data system ‘may distract from local innovation’, warns ICB chief
Implementing NHS England’s new federated data platform risks ‘distracting’ one of the largest care systems from getting the most out of its existing systems, its leader has warned.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Can region justify its outlying workforce numbers?
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HSJ LocalHeadcount rise of 4,000 ‘not readily explainable’ by troubled ICS
The hiring of several thousand staff in a financially troubled health system was found to be ‘not readily explainable’ and well beyond the increases reported by similar areas.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Criticising your own team’s a risky tactic
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trust backed into corner as strikes escalate
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HSJ Local‘Outstanding’ trust leadership demoted to ‘requires improvement’
An acute trust’s leadership has been downgraded from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’ due to concerns over its culture, HR processes and a breakdown in some key relationships.
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NewsExclusive: Government and NHS in talks over £1bn funding gap
Government is in talks with national NHS leaders over how to fill an urgent funding gap of at least £1bn this financial year, HSJ has learned, as new analysis shows all 42 local integrated care systems were behind their own plans less than halfway through 2023-24.