All Integrated care boards articles – Page 4
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NewsICB clusters told to merge
Clustered integrated care boards should merge by next April, even if it is likely they will cut across future regional government footprints, NHS England has said.
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NewsWe have ‘minimised’ Health Bill power grab, says minister
The government has sought to “minimise” the new powers given to the health and social care secretary in its Health Bill, according to the minister leading it through Parliament.
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NewsTrusts ‘should recruit more managers locally’
NHS organisations should recruit more managers and leaders from local communities rather than conventional entry routes, health minister Karin Smyth told HSJ.
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NewsCharity commits £250m to ‘neighbourhood health’
A charity will invest £250m over the next three to five years in a government-backed scheme testing a new funding model for neighbourhood health.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: How place got lost
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by deputy editor Dave West and correspondent Caitlin Tilley.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Cyber awks
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover and Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsFirst ‘neighbourhood contract’ links GP income to A&E attendances
Some £1.7m of primary care revenue will be tied to A&E attendances from next year, under a first-of-its-kind “neighbourhood” contract deal.
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CommentPolitical whim should not drive NHS restructures
As Parliament debates the Health Bill, the focus should be on not only new structures, but on whether repeated NHS reorganisations deliver meaningful change
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: NHSE takes aim at ‘cost shifting’
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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CommentThe benefits of slow leadership
Under relentless NHS pressure, speed is replacing judgement. Leaders risk losing reflection, moral clarity, and safe decision-making in this constant acceleration
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NewsGovernment accused of ‘disconnect’ in policy over new ICB role
The government’s decision to give integrated care boards partial responsibility for delivering a new £1.8bn special needs programme is creating “real tension” with their plans to cut staffing and focus on commissioning, system leaders have warned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Are PCNs finished?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by deputy editor Dave West
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NewsGrowing private services creating ‘regulatory gap’, claims watchdog
There is a growing “regulatory gap” around several NHS services where private provision has grown rapidly, the Parliamentary watchdog has told HSJ.
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CommentThe growing management crisis risks undermining NHS reform
A new NHS workforce plan must finally address the overlooked management workforce needed to drive improvement, innovation, and reform
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NewsNeighbourhood plans ‘in danger’, says top five trust leader
The government’s neighbourhood health agenda is “in danger of not happening” amid a lack of clarity over governance structures and funding, the chair of England’s fourth-largest trust has claimed.
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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 BriefingThe Integrator: NHS reform after Streeting
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by deputy editor Dave West
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NewsMinisters take powers to overrule ‘unresponsive ICBs’
The government is taking a raft of new powers over the NHS – including one that will enable them to direct integrated care boards on virtually any of their functions – in its new Health Bill, published on Thursday.
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NewsCEO: ICB must take ‘urgent action on shameful situation’
The boss of a trust where a child recently spent over two months in A&E has urged other local system leaders to take “urgent action” to help resolve the “shameful situation” concerning vulnerable children.
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NewsThree times more GPs leaving some ICBs
Some systems saw fully qualified GPs leave their roles at three times the rate of other patches last year, according to new figures.