All articles by Henry Anderson – Page 11
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NewsPrivate hospitals ‘will turn away from NHS work’ unless tariff increased, they tell NHSE
Private hospitals will turn away from NHS work unless the health service increases the rates it pays, some of the country’s largest independent providers have told NHS England.
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NewsNHSE ploughed ahead with PbR return despite major trusts’ objections
NHS England pressed ahead with a controversial return to payment by results despite strong opposition from some of the service’s largest trusts, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsICSs’ £3bn deficit plans rebuffed by NHSE
NHS England has refused to sign off the spending expectations for local systems, after a second round of financial plans warned of a combined deficit of £3bn, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMore integration ‘metrics’ despite Hewitt’s call for fewer targets
New guidance has introduced a ‘wider range of metrics’ that will be used to measure the contribution made by systems and trusts to the development of integrated care – in the same week that a major report called for fewer national targets.
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NewsRecovering trust appoints new CEO
A trust which exited special measures last year has appointed a new chief executive.
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NewsHewitt contradicts new NHSE finance rules
Integrated care systems should be given the freedom to draw up their own payment systems, a government-commissioned review has said, which appears in direct contrast with guidance NHS England has just issued to local leaders.
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News£2bn ICS debt from ‘CCG screw-ups’ should be written off, says Confed
NHS England has been urged to write off £2.2bn in historic debts that integrated care systems could be asked to repay.
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HSJ LocalStretched A&E staff ‘rarely saw exec team’, review finds
Trust executives and senior managers have been criticised by a former national director for their lack of support for an under-pressure A&E.
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NewsPay deal may lead to band 9s being paid more than senior managers
The pay offer made to NHS staff on the Agenda for Change payscale by government yesterday could see an increasing number of senior leaders paid less than the staff they manage, the managers’ union has warned.
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NewsTwo-thirds of ‘new hospitals’ team are consultants
Two-thirds of the people working on the government’s flagship hospital building programme are staff supplied by external consultancies, data obtained by HSJ shows.
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NewsRevealed: £6bn deficit in first cut ICS plans
The draft financial plans submitted by integrated care systems for 2023-24 suggest a budget deficit of around £6bn, multiple sources have told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalEx-council boss appointed trust chair
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has appointed a new chair, who will join the organisation from an acute trust.
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News30pc cut to ICB staffing budgets
Integrated care boards have been told to cut their running costs — most of which is their staff — by 30 per cent.
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NewsNHS ‘notoriously bad’ at managing contracts, says procurement chief
NHS trusts are ‘notoriously bad’ at managing their contracts with suppliers, according to a former Department of Health and Social Care official who is now setting up a large-scale procurement team.
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NewsRevealed: the 14 ICSs admitting they will end the year in deficit
At least 14 integrated care systems have now officially admitted they will end the year with a budget deficit, after just five areas said this at the start of the year.
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NewsBoris office chief made DHSC director
Former senior Downing Street official Samantha Jones is to become a non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE set for £400m dentistry underspend despite ‘access crisis’
The national dentistry budget is set to be underspent by a record £400m this year, due to a shortage of dentists willing to take on NHS work, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalCelebrated service closes six years after opening
The closure of a much-celebrated mental health unit just six years after it opened demonstrates the struggle trusts have faced in utilising new investment into the sector, a local leader said.
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NewsICSs which ‘play the game’ offered extra funding
NHS England is offering extra revenue funding to systems that commit to hold their financial positions for 2022-23 at an agreed level, HSJ has learned.
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NewsThirty-five ICSs publish first ‘integrated care strategies’
Seven integrated care systems have not yet published a version of their integrated care strategy, despite government setting a deadline of the end of 2022 to do so.