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NewsDispute flares up over health centre development
An integrated care board is in dispute with one of its primary care networks over a bid to convert a former police station into a health centre.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Looking inward – just in time for Burnham
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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NewsRevealed: Promised ‘neighbourhood health centres’ already met requirements
Nearly all the first wave of “neighbourhood health centres” – currently being developed for launch by next year – were already doing the job required of the model, government documents reveal.
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HSJ InteractiveWatch on demand: Experts discuss how connected care can help reduce health inequalities
Reducing health inequalities is central to the 10-Year Health Plan. But achieving this with limited resources will mean “working smarter”, according to a former cabinet minister speaking at an HSJ webinar, held in association with Sciensus.
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CommentInvolving patients and charities is the key to making neighbourhood health work
Voluntary sector partnerships and patient involvement are essential to delivering preventive and effective neighbourhood care
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CommentReducing hospital demand is not the right test for neighbourhood care
The idea that neighbourhood care can reduce demand on hospitals is not the given many claim it to be. But is it even the right question to ask?
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What makes an advanced foundation trust?
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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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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CommentGet services right for neurodiverse patients and they’ll work for everyone
Neurodivergent patients expose hidden burdens in NHS pathways, revealing how fragmented services often rely on patients to coordinate care
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CommentThe invisible constraint on patient flow
As pressures on health and social care grow, community equipment services offer a powerful opportunity to improve outcomes, efficiency and patient experience
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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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CommentThe government must not renege on its promise to make welfare part of neighbourhood services
The government’s neighbourhood health framework failed to mention debt advice, despite initial promises. The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute has published principles to help local leaders deliver effective welfare alongside NHS treatment
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HSJ LocalBoss leaves troubled trust after six months
The managing director of one of England’s worst-performing trusts is leaving after just six months, in a move her boss acknowledged could raise “understandable questions”.
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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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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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NewsExclusive: NHSE pays three trusts £1m each to remove patients from waiting lists
Three trusts were paid more than £1m for removing patients from their waiting lists through “validation” exercises last year, HSJ can reveal.
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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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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 BriefingImPatient: Keeping tabs on the ‘so what’ of engagement
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsConsultants sought to help ICBs control £7.5bn care spend
NHS England is developing plans to procure external expertise to help it cut the cost of the £7.5bn all-age continuing care services on a “no saving, no payment” basis.