Revealed: The ICBs closest to hitting new access target
More than one in five clinically urgent GP appointments were not seen on the same day – but some areas are coming close to delivering the NHS England access requirement in 90 per cent of cases – new data reveals.
Accounting error forces trust to downgrade forecast by £6m
The NHS’s worst-performing mental health trust had to adjust its accounts to record a £2.9m deficit after external auditors found it had wrongly classified £6m as an efficiency saving.
Trusts cancel joint staff service with neighbours
Three trusts have cancelled a joint occupational health service after a row over standards.
ICBs 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.
Ten ICBs accused of blocking access to private care
Private providers have accused 10 integrated care boards of blocking access to eye care, which they argue is redirecting tens of thousands of patients to A&E and GPs.
GP upgrades ‘stuck in layers of approval’
A string of bureaucratic barriers are still holding up development of buildings for primary and community care, multiple NHS and industry organisations have warned.
ICBs told to strengthen relationships
Nine integrated care boards have been told to improve partnership working, in NHS England’s latest formal assessment of their performance.
ICBs pay trust £23m after contract dispute
Six integrated care boards in the West Midlands have reached a settlement with an ambulance trust to compensate for delays handing over patients to emergency departments.
‘High risk’ patients waiting years for struggling service
Several reviews are under way of a hospital’s struggling ophthalmology service, after it reported backlogs of hundreds of patients at high risk of harm.
Exclusive: Provider settles with former exec after leadership exodus
A GP federation has paid to settle an employment claim brought by a former executive director, following a string of other senior departures, HSJ has learned.
Revealed: The areas where a quarter of primary care estate needs replacement
Five integrated care systems claim that more than a quarter of their primary care premises are not fit for purpose, HSJ research has revealed.
ICBs’ bill for post-discharge care rockets to £900m
Integrated care boards’ spend on post-discharge care for patients detained under the Mental Health Act has rocketed by 42 per cent in two years to total nearly £1bn, according to figures obtained by HSJ.
Patients lost sight due to poor care, trust admits
Multiple glaucoma patients have suffered significant harm, including loss of sight, after treatment guidelines were not followed by more than one member of staff over a number of years at the same trust, HSJ has learned.
Five systems lose £100m deficit support
Five integrated care systems have had their deficit support funding withheld as a result of overspending or failing to deliver savings, NHS England has revealed.
NHSE 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.
Hospital sends GPs 15,000 letters in a single day
A “technical failure” caused a hospital trust to send 15-20,000 discharge letters to local GP practices on the day before the Easter bank holiday weekend, some of which dated back four months.
Revealed: The systems set to gain and lose hundreds of millions
Nine integrated care systems are set to lose hundreds of millions in NHS funding relative to others in coming years – while eight stand to make big gains – under new NHS England funding policy.
ICBs in dispute with provider over ‘ticking timebomb’ drug costs
Multiple NHS commissioners are embroiled in a legal row with a private company they say is “intensively” marketing its online weight-loss drugs service, which could cost them hundreds of millions of pounds a year.
Revealed: The ICBs with greatest ‘opportunity’ to avoid admissions
The systems which NHS England says have the greatest “opportunities” to boost their use of same-day emergency care can be revealed for the first time.
NHSE commends ICBs for ‘strong leadership’
The quality of leadership at 13 integrated care boards has been praised by NHS England in its latest formal assessment of their performance.