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NewsRevealed: £260m deficit support withheld from 10 systems
NHS England has withheld over £260m from 10 local systems due to concerns over finances, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsContract awards go ahead as ICBs plead they are running out of staff
Integrated care boards have told a court imminent redundancies meant they needed to be able to award more than £100m in contracts while they still had the staff.
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NewsICB staff told to work in the office
everal integrated care boards are telling staff they must work a lot more in the office.
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NewsStruggling trusts form group
Two small and struggling trusts have announced they are forming a group, with a shared chair and chief executive.
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CommentBetter clinical homecare is crucial to an effective neighbourhood health service
New data from a pharma-funded study shows clinical homecare keeps people out of hospitals and must be part of the new National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme, writes Stephen Cook
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NewsICB chief moves to lead neighbour
Two integrated care board chief executives have been confirmed in the South East, including one incumbent moving to lead their challenged neighbour.
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NewsSeventh ICB chief steps down in string of departures
An integrated care board CEO has announced he will leave this autumn, becoming the seventh in a string of departures from ICBs which are not clustering or merging.
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NewsICBs set to miss government cost-cutting target
A series of integrated care boards have said they will not be able to meet the deadline to cut staffing costs by the end of 2025, due to a lack of central funding for redundancies, HSJ has learned.
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NewsWe will no longer tolerate ‘negative behaviours’, pledges ICB
An integrated care board has apologised to staff and pledged to no longer tolerate a range of “negative behaviours” identified by a report into the organisation’s culture.
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NewsTrust in merger talks with social enterprise community services provider
A community trust is exploring a merger with a neighbouring social enterprise.
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NewsNHSE declares £1.5bn of ‘risk’ in financial plans
A large number of local trust and commissioner financial plans are still “high risk”, NHS England has said.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Streeting ends deficits
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsNine systems get extra deficit funding
Nine integrated care systems have been allowed to set higher planned deficits than last year, new figures show.
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NewsNHSE tells ICBs to slow elective referrals
NHS England has told integrated care boards they need to slow down elective referrals dramatically – nearly eliminating year-on-year growth – with high-profile waiting list targets under threat.
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NewsLast-minute ICS bailouts ‘fuel distrust with NHSE’
Integrated care systems across the country have received last-minute bailouts to improve their financial positions at the end of 2024-25, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDirectors accuse NHSE of ‘imposing solutions’ on systems and trusts
A network representing data chiefs in the NHS has raised concerns about “programme drift” in the national federated data platform (FDP) programme.
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NewsICBs missing checks on vulnerable children
Integrated care boards are warning they are failing to carry out health checks for vulnerable children in care because of a lack of paediatricians and rising demand, HSJ has found.
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NewsHospital chief moves to nearby trust
The chief executive of a trust awaiting a critical Care Quality Commission report has been appointed to lead another provider in the region.
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NewsTrust blames £1.8bn tender for going six months without board meeting
A community trust is set to go six months without a public board meeting – giving winter pressures and a large community services tender as its reasons.
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NewsSpecialist unit a step closer after 13 years in planning
A long-awaited hyperacute stroke unit could finally be opened – 13 years after it was first mooted.