ICBs can scrap chief nurse and medic, says NHSE
Integrated care boards can now scrap the roles of chief nurse and chief medical officer – despite previous guidance saying they are required – NHS England has indicated.
Pay suppliers on time, NHSE tells trusts
NHS England has insisted it is committed to a policy that requires trusts to pay suppliers promptly.
NHSE tells cash-poor providers ‘to defer supplier payments’
NHS England has told some providers they may need to defer payments to suppliers to avoid breaching cash limits, it has emerged, after Wes Streeting’s local trust warned it is considering such a step.
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.
Two ICB chief executives to stand down
Two integrated care board chief executives have announced their resignations.
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.
Following the Money: Inside the sausage factory
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
Last-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.
City to simulate neighbourhood health service
NHS England will be supporting a “simulation” of a “neighbourhood health service” in London this spring.
Following the Money: Streeting’s deficit rhetoric won’t match reality
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
Surgeon and lawyer chosen to chair divorcing trusts
New chairs have been announced for two large trusts which are dissolving their group structure.
Revealed: All but three ICSs fall behind financial plans
A total of 39 of the 42 integrated care systems have fallen behind their financial plans, new figures reveal.
London Eye: Fantasy and reality in the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Streeting names and shames trust for ‘really poor’ care
The health and care secretary has singled out a trust for “really poor-quality care,” just moments after he said he was “not in the business of public humiliation.”
London Eye: Streeting’s magic tree
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Three ICSs responsible for a quarter of very long diagnostic waits
Just three integrated care systems were responsible for nearly one in four 13-week waits for key diagnostic tests in recent months, HSJ analysis of official data has found.
NHS set to breach planned annual deficit in five months
Local NHS bodies have burned through almost all of their annual deficit target in just the first four months of the year, analysis of the latest finance reports by HSJ shows.
NHS directors brought out of retirement to help tackle financial crisis
Former trust and regional finance directors have been drafted in to support the most financially-challenged integrated care systems by NHS England.
New ICS funding system ‘inherently unfair’, officials were told
Multiple commissioners and providers told officials they believed a new NHS England specialised services funding model is ‘inherently unfair’ as it will disadvantage some of the most deprived health systems, it has emerged.
London Eye: The next big NHS care scandal?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.