Greater Manchester ICS
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HSJ LocalCEO threatened with sack after ICS’s financial meltdown
A local system chief executive who warned integrated care boards lacked the power to hold trusts to account has effectively been threatened with being sacked because of poor performance by providers.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Patient safety or administrative convenience?
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NewsRedundancy scheme to cut corporate staff by 14%
Multiple hospitals are launching redundancy schemes or plans to freeze recruitment for corporate and non-clinical staff, in a bid to meet their financial expectations in 2024–25.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Same culprits on handover delays
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed how federating health and social care data could lead to improved population health
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. Improving population health will be key to helping the NHS moderate and meet demand over the next few years. Yet, it is often a challenge for NHS organisations to have much impact in this ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Skin in the game
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Coming up with the wrong answer
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HSJ LocalReview ‘strewn with errors’ gave trust ‘false assurance’ over division lead
An investigation has heavily criticised a royal college review that was “strewn with errors” and gave “false assurances” to trust leaders over a prominent spinal surgeon.
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HSJ LocalTrust at centre of abuse scandal appoints long-serving community CEO
A long-serving community trust CEO has been appointed to lead the scandal-hit mental health provider in Greater Manchester.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The threat of regime change
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NewsRevealed: The systems with a third of dental budget unspent
Nearly a third of local dental budgets are going unspent in some areas of the country, according to data obtained by HSJ.
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News‘Untenable stalemate’ is halting GP practice upgrades, say ICBs
An “untenable stalemate” in funding has virtually halted GP practice building work, despite national commitments to expand primary care, multiple NHS organisations are warning.
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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