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The Integrator: Baby steps again on specialised services

2023-11-09T13:08:00+00:00

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.

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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ICS accused of imposing ‘woefully low’ overtime pay

2023-08-24T04:42:00+01:00

An integrated care system’s new overtime ‘rate card’ has sparked a furious response from doctors who warned the “woefully under-market value” rates were directly undermining efforts to ensure safe staffing.

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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.

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Trust names interim CEO

2023-06-05T06:03:00+01:00

A mental health trust has named a managing director as its interim chief executive while the substantive post-holder is on secondment at the local integrated care board.

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.

Money, finance and accounts

ICSs get ‘significantly harder’ savings target of 6pc

2023-05-17T12:13:00+01:00

NHS organisations will have to make average efficiency savings of almost 6 per cent to meet their financial requirements this year, a report suggests, which is significantly higher than the levels demanded before the pandemic.

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Trust CEO named as interim ICB chief

2023-05-10T11:16:00+01:00

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board has appointed its third chief executive, and second interim, since it was established last July.

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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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HSJ Podcast: The NHS’s latest PFI problem

2023-04-21T11:39:00+01:00

A legal battle has erupted between a hospital trust and bank-backed PFI company over fire safety and payment refusals. We discuss why the case has potentially wider implications for other NHS trusts.

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ICB chair on ‘extended leave’ amid leadership turmoil

2023-04-19T05:25:00+01:00

An integrated care board’s chair is on a ‘period of extended leave’, amid wider concerns about unstable leadership, poor relationships and staff dissatisfaction at the organisation, HSJ  can reveal.

Money, finance and accounts

Revealed: the 14 ICSs admitting they will end the year in deficit

2023-02-27T12:22:00+00:00

At least 14 integrated care systems have now officially admitted they will end the year with a budget deficit, after just five areas said this at the start of the year.

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Medicines blackout threatens ICS prevention target

2023-01-30T07:06:00+00:00

The government’s target for England to become smoke-free by 2030 – which integrated care systems are expected to pursue – is being undermined by the unavailability of two smoking cessation medicines.

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Record waits for endoscopy as referrals soar

2023-01-24T06:56:00+00:00

The waiting list for endoscopies has broken the record set during the height of the covid pandemic, as referrals for suspected colorectal cancer surged, HSJ analysis shows.

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HSJ’s 10 most read integration stories of 2022

2022-12-30T06:23:00+00:00

As we get ready to say goodbye to 2022, HSJ takes a look back at the 10 most read integration stories of the year.

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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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Trust CEO drafted in to replace departing ICS leader

2022-09-29T10:35:00+01:00

The chief executive of a successful acute trust is to take over as the interim leader of an integrated care system.

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CEO quits under-pressure ICS

2022-09-26T14:34:00+01:00

A former Number 10 adviser who was made CEO of an integrated care board has become the first to leave since the organisations were created in July this year.

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The Integrator: Council/NHS rows flare

2022-07-14T11:15:00+01:00

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.