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.
CEO to take on third trust
A CEO who leads two South Yorkshire trusts has been appointed to run a third on an interim basis.
HSJ 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.
Mackey must justify ‘highly irregular’ redundancy payment, demands peer
NHS England’s CEO has been challenged to explain a “highly irregular” £300,000 exit payout to a former integrated care board chief executive.
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.
ICB boss to lead regional team
An NHS England regional director is to step down after just over a year in the role, HSJ has learned.
Behave properly or leave, trust tells staff
A trust grappling with cultural challenges has told staff it is “drawing a line in the sand” on “disrespectful, dismissive, or undermining behaviour”.
CEO departs trust with leadership ‘disconnect’
A trust grappling with concerns about leadership and culture has announced the retirement of its CEO.
Trust announces ‘exceptional’ leader as new chair
A Yorkshire trust has appointed an experienced healthcare leader as its new chair.
ICB drafts in neighbour to review restructure
An integrated care board that was forced to reopen its consultation on staff cuts has called in a neighbour to review its plans.
Trust criticised over child death
The care of a five-year-old boy who died at a specialist hospital “did not meet the standards expected”, an external review has said.
ICB appoints new CEO amid reopening of staff consultation
An integrated care board has recruited a new substantive CEO, to replace an exec whose £300,000 exit payment faces ongoing scrutiny.
Ex-CEO’s £300k payout should be investigated, says MP
A £300,000 exit payment given to a former integrated care board CEO should be investigated, a senior Labour MP has told HSJ.
Giving mayors NHS role ‘will challenge founding principle’
The government is launching an experiment that will pitch local government and NHS-led models against each other to see which is the most effective in improving a population’s health and wellbeing, Wes Streeting has told HSJ.
‘Flawed and rushed’ consultation reopened by ICB
An integrated care board is reopening a consultation on its restructure and staffing cuts after unions said the process was “flawed and rushed”.
Revealed: The systems being denied deficit support
One system accounts for more than a quarter of the £460m of deficit support funding withheld from 13 systems by NHS England this year, HSJ can reveal.
Revealed: Seven systems now forecasting £400m overspend
Seven integrated care systems are now forecasting a combined overspend of £400m, according to an HSJ analysis of the latest official data.
Retiring ICB CEO received £300,000 exit payments
A chief executive who retired from an integrated care board received about £300,000 in payments for redundancy and in lieu of notice in October, it has emerged.
Contract 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.
ICB boss to retire after 18 years as exec
The chief executive of South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has announced he will retire next month.