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NewsICBs given three years to ‘begin’ IHO rollout
Integrated care boards have been given three years to begin implementing outcome-based contracts, including integrated health organisations.
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CommentBig tech has stuck its foot in the NHS’s front door
AI tools are becoming the public’s first port of call for health advice, challenging the NHS’s ability to control demand
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NewsDHSC sets first targets for neighbourhood health
The first targets for neighbourhood health have been set in long-awaited government guidance.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Making ‘advice and guidance’ mandatory
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by primary care correspondent Caitlin Tilley.
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CommentThe NHS does not know where it is succeeding or failing
The 10-Year Health Plan’s promise to spread best practice through greater transparency risks falling short. Many ICBs lack the basic data needed to track whether services meet national standards or identify what works best
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CommentDon’t blame the government – NHS ‘conservatism’ is holding back change
Neighbourhood health has momentum and support, but without structural reform to funding and authority, the NHS risks slow implementation
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NewsICB cuts an ‘absolute shitshow’, say leaders
National policymakers are “working it out as they go along”, and integrated care board staff are “on their knees” amid a confused restructure, local leaders have reported.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Hospital discharge policy is stranded
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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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The remaking – or breaking – of the ‘local state’
Leading ICB and council CEOs join HSJ Health Check to talk about the earthquake that is shaking relationships between local government and the NHS.
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CommentWe must not deny the interdependence of local government and the NHS
Closer collaboration between councils and the NHS is essential to tackle inequality, personalise services and deliver meaningful prevention locally, says Rob Webster
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NewsHospitals exit special measures after seven years
An acute trust has come out of NHS England’s “recovery support” regime, more than seven years after it was placed in special measures.
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NewsNHS has ‘hollowed out’ community care, says government adviser
The NHS has “hollowed out” community and primary care and become a “national hospital service”, according to the influential lead of a government review of social care.
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NewsNHSE delays staff transfer to ICBs
NHS England is once again delaying the transfer of specialised commissioning staff to integrated care boards.
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NewsICBs strip digital and workforce directors from top teams
Most chief digital officers and chief people officers are being wiped out of integrated care board top teams in a wave of restructures.
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HSJ PartnersImplementing the Rare Diseases Action Plan: learnings from amyloidosis care
Networked models of care have the potential to provide better access to specialist care for rare diseases in the NHS. The government committed to establishing an innovative networked model of care for amyloidosis in the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024.1 Successful roll-out could address inequities in care for amyloidosis ...
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NewsReform of £10bn integration fund delayed
A move to combine the £10bn “Better Care Fund” with “neighbourhood” plans – and to cut mandatory NHS contributions to social care – has been delayed for at least another year.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Patient choice, ICB cost
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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HSJ PartnersFrom long-term vision to in-year savings: digital solutions for today’s NHS
Digitally enabling solutions must deliver (in-year) cost savings as well as show demonstrable value in driving up productivity across the NHS
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CommentData must be used to better inform decisions, not simply justify them
In a data-rich NHS, the question is no longer how much information is collected, but why so little of it is translated into meaningful improvement
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NewsRevealed: Seven systems now forecasting £400m overspend
Seven integrated care systems are now forecasting a combined overspend of £400m, according to an HSJ analysis of the latest official data.