All Integrated care articles – Page 17
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Regulator intervenes on ‘chaotic’ A&E
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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News
ICSs face test to take on billions worth of services
England’s 42 health systems will be assessed in November and December this year on whether they are ready to commission 65 specialised services that the centre has said should be delegated, NHS England announced today.
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Leader
Dr Fuller sets out ICSs’ inheritance, and it’s tough
Claire Fuller seeks to underline a new era for primary care under integrated care systems — and it’s going to be a difficult one.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Exploring the exodus of NHSE directors
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: The ‘integrated’ in ICS
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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News
Government announces ‘ambitious’ dementia strategy
The government has announced a 10-year strategy for dementia.
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News
‘One last chance to get it right’ for ‘inadequate’ trust, says chair
The chair of what may be England’s most challenged trust has rejected suggestions that it needs a ‘wholesale reorganisation’ but said it is on its ‘last chance to get it right’.
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Comment
A licence to act for progressive primary care leaders
The Stocktake report, set out to understand how leaders can support better primary care integration, highlights a number of key issues hoped to be addressed through it. By Matthew Taylor
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: The place is the thing
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Comment
Our ICS thrives on disagreement
NHS Blithering chief executive Joy Hunter publishes an inspiring monthly blog for staff and patients as part of the ICS’s ‘commitment to communicate’, writes Julian Patterson
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Unpickling primary care
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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HSJ Partners
EPRs are in the spotlight (again) – but ICSs will bring new opportunities to the table
EPRs that are custom designed for ICSs and the NHS are vital for collaborative, data driven, preventive and supportive care. By Dr Jonathan Bloor
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News
Majority of ICSs admit purchasing plans still work in progress two months before launch
Most integrated care systems have not appointed a procurement lead despite NHS England directing the new local bodies to have a dedicated director in place by April, an HSJ analysis suggests.
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News
New time limit for government to decide on reconfigurations
The government will have a time limit of six months to consider any local reconfiguration proposal it calls in, and will have to publicly justify its interference, under changes ministers have accepted to their Health and Care Bill.
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Leader
ICSs face irrelevance unless the devolution frenzy is curbed
Integrated care systems face becoming lost in a jungle of Byzantine governance – and becoming irrelevant to current challenges – unless the current mantra of devolution and subsidiarity is curbed.
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Comment
Lost in time at an NHS imagineering session
As Blithering’s head of transformation plans a Big Conversation, Dr David Rummage uncovers devastating news of a rival scheme. Julian Patterson reports from the scene
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Comment
The money for the fight against covid is drying up
If the NHS is going to emerge from the next 12 months in robust shape, politicians and senior leaders need to make the hard choices and back managers who are facing some very tough decisions, says Jon Restell
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News
ICSs must seek permission to bust £170k pay cap for directors
Integrated care systems must make the case to NHS England and ministers if they want to pay executives more than £170,000, leaked guidance reveals.
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Comment
Making virtue part of everyone’s job
A new unit will professionalise virtue-signalling and oversee a national humility strategy, reports Julian Patterson
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Thorn in the flesh
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence. Mental Health Matters is written by HSJ’s new mental health correspondent, Emily Townsend. Tell her what you think, or about issues she could write about, by emailing her in confidence at ...