All Integrated care articles – Page 6
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NewsICSs warned over free drug deals
Integrated care systems have been warned against signing deals with pharma companies offering medicines free-of-charge in order to access the market before they are properly assessed or commissioned.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Leadership change comes to the peninsula
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalTroubled ICS reveals ‘first in England’ shake-up of structure
Cornwall’s commissioning board and two providers are set to delegate authority to two new joint committees in what local chiefs claim is a first-of-its-kind governance shake-up for the health service.
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NewsImprove medicines use to ‘balance financial plans’, ICBs told
Integrated care boards must increase efforts to improve the effective use of medicines, in part to help systems ‘deliver balanced financial plans’, NHS England has said.
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Comment'We are very sorry' says ICB without a plan
A leading integrated care board has issued a statement explaining how its ‘forward plan’ fell behind and how it intends to aim to make up lost ground. By Martin Plackard (as told to Julian Patterson)
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Trust hails text messaging amid backlog pressure
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentThe NHS needs to better understand what the care sector can offer
Dan Hayes discusses winter preparedness, challenges in communication and data exchange with health systems, and the need for long-term funding to deliver sustainable care services for older people
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CommentNobody expects the system inspector
If you admire the Care Quality Commission for its work with NHS provider organisations, prepare to be blown away by its plans for integrated care systems. By CQC interloper Julian Patterson
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NewsAll but two ICSs publish new five-year plans
All but two integrated care systems have published new five-year ‘forward plans’, setting out how they will attempt to recover health services, improve health and wellbeing and mitigate inequalities.
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NewsFresh spending crackdown as NHSE is accused of ‘micro-managing’
Fifteen health systems that submitted deficit plans have been told to review all their staffing vacancies to ‘consider where the removal or freezing of posts is appropriate’.
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CommentThe cost of living crisis means ICSs need to rethink inequality plans
Amidst the cost of living crisis, more than 7,000 people shared how rising expenses affected their well-being. The resulting report by Healthwatch Hertfordshire reveals critical challenges for healthcare services across the nation, writes Neil Tester.
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NewsCQC to inspect first ICSs this summer
The Care Quality Commission has revealed the first two integrated care systems that it will inspect, as part of a pilot, this summer.
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HSJ InteractiveRoundtable: What does wound care show about how best to create value-based pathways across an ICS?
An HSJ roundtable, in association with Smith+Nephew, focused on the complex area of wound care to reveal what it takes to achieve joined-up, cost-effective care
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The race to the neighbourhood NHS
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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NewsRegulatory ‘burden’ has increased despite promises, say trust leaders
The majority of trust leaders have reported an increase in the ‘burden’ put on them by regulators, citing more demanding ‘ad hoc’ requests during heightened operational pressure.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Will this winter be better or worse?
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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CommentTackling the four fold regional difference in life saving stroke care
Thrombectomy stroke treatment is a life-saving procedure, but England’s low treatment rates are causing patients to miss out. Urgent action is needed to prioritise 24/7 access and improve outcomes
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News‘No more hard-nosed landlord behaviour’, says PropCo chief
The chief executive of NHS Property Services has accepted it may still need to win some people over as it moves forward from its historic issues.
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CommentDistrict councils are the NHS’s natural health improvement partners
District councils play a crucial role in addressing health inequalities and the wider determinants of health within integrated care systems, emphasising the need for prevention and local partnerships, writes Ian Fytche
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NewsICB failure creating ‘absolute nightmare’ for vulnerable patients needing covid treatment
Many vulnerable patients are struggling to access covid treatments after commissioning responsibility switched to integrated care boards this week, charities have warned.