Black Country ICS

David Loughton

40-year CEO chooses not to ‘keep going forever’

2023-10-12T13:59:00+01:00

A group CEO who is one of the longest-serving leaders in the NHS is retiring after four decades as a chief executive.

Money, finance and accounts

Exclusive: Government and NHS in talks over £1bn funding gap

2023-10-04T03:50:00+01:00

Government is in talks with national NHS leaders over how to fill an urgent funding gap of at least £1bn this financial year, HSJ has learned, as new analysis shows all 42 local integrated care systems were behind their own plans less than halfway through 2023-24.

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Exec paybill rose to £800k despite trust being deemed ‘too small’

2023-09-07T11:39:00+01:00

A new NHS trust deemed ‘too small’ after taking on just £24m worth of services has reported a significant increase in spending on its executive team.

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‘Great’ trust seen as ‘insular and dismissive of integration’

2023-07-26T11:34:00+01:00

A “great” ambulance trust’s “uncompromising” focus on outcomes and its own performance has been a barrier to system working and affected relationships with partners, an external review has advised it.

Digital innovation

Revealed: First ICS digital maturity ratings

2023-07-18T11:51:00+01:00

HSJ  can reveal the first ratings given to every integrated care system for the ‘digital maturity’ of its NHS providers.

Dudley

Pioneering trust facing last-ditch talks as merger bid fails

2023-06-19T14:50:00+01:00

Local NHS bosses are holding last-ditch talks over the future of a trust which was supposed to hold a ‘landmark’ integrated care contract worth £360m, after efforts to merge it with other organisations failed, HSJ has learned.

Money, finance and accounts

Revealed: the ICSs that refused to set breakeven plans

2023-06-02T04:45:00+01:00

More than half the integrated care systems in the north of England have refused to agree a balanced financial plan, HSJ has learned.

Julian Kelly

Third of ICSs fail to set balanced budgets

2023-05-19T03:42:00+01:00

A total of 14 integrated care systems are forecasting a combined deficit of £650m in 2023-24, NHS England’s chief finance officer said on Thursday.

West midlands

Staff suspended after ‘sleeping in patient’s bed’

2023-05-18T05:43:00+01:00

Staff were suspended by their trust after they were found to have been sleeping in a patient’s bed, a Care Quality Commission report has revealed.

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Revealed: the tenfold regional difference in access to GP records

2023-05-10T04:56:00+01:00

Fewer than one in 10 GP practices offers patients access to their records in several areas of England, with significant variation across England, six months ahead of a new deadline.

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Revealed: The integrated care partnerships with no public meetings or minutes

2023-05-09T10:19:00+01:00

Six integrated care systems have not held any public meetings of their ‘partnership’ boards – and nine have not published any ICP meetings or papers – nearly a year after they were set up.

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Former NHSE chief named chair of two more trusts

2023-03-14T17:26:00+00:00

A former NHS chief executive is taking the helm at two more acute trusts in the West Midlands, it has been announced.

Steve Field

Chair retires after contentious trust takeover

2023-02-13T18:12:00+00:00

The joint chair of two Midlands hospitals is stepping down after a four-year term.

Dudley

‘Landmark’ integrated trust faces axe

2023-01-20T05:19:00+00:00

Health leaders in the Midlands are considering winding down or merging an NHS trust that was supposed to hold a ‘landmark’ integrated care contract worth £360m, according to trust papers.

Money, finance and accounts

Revealed: Impact of new payment tariff on every local system

2023-01-11T12:43:00+00:00

Trusts in the south of England are expected to see a lower rate of income growth under the planned new payment tariff for 2023-24.

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NHSE estimates mortality rate for autistic people is 51pc higher

2022-12-13T12:24:00+00:00

Autistic people in England who do not also have a learning disability are approximately 51 per cent more likely to die in a single year compared to the general population, according to a leaked document which estimates the mortality rate for the first time.

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Six ICS chiefs to lead regional decision-making group

2022-10-07T04:00:00+01:00

Six integrated care boards across the West Midlands are proposing to establish a joint committee of chief executives to make shared decisions on key issues impacting the region, it has emerged.

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Revealed: Best and worst areas for GP patient satisfaction

2022-07-26T05:18:00+01:00

Analysis of a major patient survey suggests wide variation between GP services in different health systems.

NHS 111

Ambulance trust to hand back key NHS 111 contract

2022-07-25T11:13:00+01:00

An ambulance trust which took on running NHS 111 services to provide consistent care quality is handing back a major contract for the service.

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Former NHSE chief made chair of two trusts

2022-07-22T13:26:00+01:00

Two acute trusts in the Black Country are to share a former NHS England chief executive as their joint chair.