North West London ICS

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£4bn hospital group to appoint shared CEO

2025-07-30T11:40:00+01:00

The biggest hospital group in England is set to announce a joint chief executive, HSJ can reveal.

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ICBs agree merger to cover 4.5m population

2025-07-23T15:10:00+01:00

Two integrated care boards are set to merge to become the biggest system in England.

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CSUs are dead, long live the SSU

2025-07-01T04:06:00+01:00

The commissioning support unit (CSU) has had a strange history – it has also lasted much longer than your average non-hospital NHS organisation.

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London Eye: Wooden dollars

2025-05-28T11:10:00+01:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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NHSE tells ICBs to slow elective referrals

2025-05-22T05:05:00+01:00

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.

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Revealed: The systems set to gain and lose hundreds of millions

2025-04-10T05:49:00+01:00

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.

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High-profile trust to merge with neighbour

2025-04-09T05:36:00+01:00

A specialist mental health trust whose services have been under intense scrutiny in recent years is merging with a neighbouring provider.

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London Eye: Freedom to speak up

2025-04-02T12:12:00+01:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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City to simulate neighbourhood health service

2025-02-24T15:53:00+00:00

NHS England will be supporting a “simulation” of a “neighbourhood health service” in London this spring.  

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Ten-year plan must be clear on implementation, not just vision, say Dash and Nicholson

2025-01-29T05:24:00+00:00

The 10-year health plan must “be very clear on how [it] will be implemented” rather than just setting out a “vision”, two influential health leaders have told the HSJ podcast.

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NHSE commends ICBs for ‘strong leadership’

2025-01-20T05:43:00+00:00

The quality of leadership at 13 integrated care boards has been praised by NHS England in its latest formal assessment of their performance.

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Revealed: 14 ICBs cutting spend on the third sector

2025-01-16T05:00:00+00:00

Nearly half of all integrated care boards are due to cut their spending on voluntary, community and social enterprise services this financial year, HSJ analysis suggests.

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Revealed: All but three ICSs fall behind financial plans

2024-12-20T13:20:00+00:00

A total of 39 of the 42 integrated care systems have fallen behind their financial plans, new figures reveal.

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Four more ICSs told to hire consultants to review finance plans

2024-12-17T12:58:00+00:00

Four more integrated care systems have been told to bring in management consultants to review their savings plans by NHS England.

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Hospital with worst-performing A&E gets new CEO

2024-12-16T12:20:00+00:00

A new chief executive has been appointed to the trust with London’s worst-performing A&E department.

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London Eye: The plan this winter

2024-12-11T12:42:00+00:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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London Eye: Fantasy and reality in the capital

2024-11-27T12:45:00+00:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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HSJ Awards 2024: Modernising Diagnostics Award

2024-11-22T00:01:00+00:00

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London Eye: Streeting’s magic tree

2024-11-13T12:39:00+00:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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ICB still waiting for its accounts to be signed off after 19 months

2024-10-25T06:37:00+01:00

One of England’s biggest integrated care boards is still waiting to have its annual accounts for 2022-23 signed off, 19 months after the end of the financial year.