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CommentStick with IHOs to drive health and prosperity
Integrated health organisations – such as the one we are developing in Northumbria – can boost population health and employment, but we will require both sustained support and flexibility from the centre.
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NewsLead provider role creating ‘potential conflicts of interest’, review finds
A lack of clarity around lead provider and commissioner roles at a mental health trust collaborative is creating “potential conflicts of interest”, a review has found.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Restructuring all over again
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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NewsICBs told to redraw boundaries again
Integrated care board boundaries will be redrawn again after Andy Burnham pledged they would match new local government footprints by 2029.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Burnham’s plan to save billions for the NHS
This week, we’re talking about the latest on neighbourhood health, and what prime minister Andy Burnham’s push for social care reform means for the NHS.
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NewsBurnham wants NHS savings to help pay for social care
Ministers will look at how much can be saved from NHS budgets by improving adult social care before increasing taxes to fund the reforms, Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsHospital group pioneer to chair four trusts
A former acute chief who steered a major London trust out of quality special measures has been named chair of the four trusts that make up England’s biggest hospital group.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The ICB redundancy row
This week we discuss why a £300,000 exit payment to a former ICB CEO has proved so controversial, and how NHS England has tried to justify it.
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CommentThere is no Plan B if we fail on neighbourhood health
Neighbourhood health needs more than policy ambition – it requires smarter investment, better data, and a clear strategy to shift resources from hospitals into community-based care
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NewsMake us feel ‘safe’ while we drive reform, ICBs tell NHSE
Greater “air cover” from NHS England and “assurance” that commissioning leaders will not suffer from making difficult decisions has been demanded by integrated care boards.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Can ICBs still deliver SEND?
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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NewsSlow down shift to neighbourhoods, says GP leader
Plans to introduce neighbourhood provider contracts next year should be “reconsidered”, the Royal College of GPs’ president has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: How many beds are enough?
Addressing urgent and emergency care recovery, including reducing A&E wait times and corridor care, remain top operational priorities for the NHS. This week’s Recovery Watch newsletter, by deputy bureau chief Matt Discombe, reports on progress towards these goals.
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CommentNHS management consultants need recognition and support
New research offers the first systematic mapping of internal consulting teams operating across the NHS - and argues that, with greater visibility and investment, they could form a genuine alternative to expensive external advisers
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NewsFirst trusts win IHO status
Two trusts have become the first to win national approval to hold an integrated health organisation (IHO) contract.
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NewsNeighbourhood providers to gradually replace PCNs
Integrated care boards will be expected to offer GP practices additional services and funding to drive them to form new “neighbourhood providers” – but will get no new national money to do so.
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NewsICB CEO temporarily steps down after three months
The interim chief executive of an integrated care board cluster has temporarily stepped down after just three months in the role.
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NewsHealth experience no longer ‘essential’ for ICB chiefs
A new NHS England template job description for integrated care board chief executives has dropped a requirement for “executive healthcare experience”, HSJ has learned.
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CommentRespiratory care is the litmus test for neighbourhood health
Neighbourhood health offers a chance to transform respiratory care, but success will depend on sustained investment, community diagnostics and making lung health a national priority
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The DHSC needs an offer on devo
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 Mimi Launder.