ICB CEO returns to role after national secondment
A CEO who was seconded to lead integrated care system development at NHS England is returning to his ICS.
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.
‘Overfunded’ ICBs offer better IVF access
Three of the most “overfunded” integrated care boards are offering greater access to IVF than most of their peers, HSJ can reveal.
Revealed: ICBs spending the most and least on staffing
New figures shared with HSJ reveal how much each integrated care board spends on its staffing, with a two-fold variation per head of population.
Private NHS provider hit by cyber attack
A major private provider of NHS services has been hit by a cyber attack, taking down its network and potentially breaching patient data.
Revealed: 14 ICBs cutting spend on the third sector
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.
Patient transport service failing on most fronts, data reveals
A company providing patient transport services across an integrated care system has massively underperformed against key indicators, HSJ can reveal.
‘Safety concerns’ over provider with £500m new contracts
A patient transport company which is taking over contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds is grappling with concerns about service performance and risk to patients.
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Former doctor to chair trust
An acute trust has appointed an experienced chair and former medic to help it provide “sustainable high-quality health services”.
Trust in row with BMA over ‘regional rate card’
A large hospital trust’s attempt to reduce its medical rates for extra shifts to bring them in line with other trusts in the region has sparked a row with the British Medical Association
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.
Revealed: Three-fold variation in emergency response time by ICS
A threefold variation in ambulance response for serious, urgent conditions has been revealed in new figures.
Threefold ICS variation in GP phone access revealed
Patients trying to reach their GP are almost three times as likely to fail to get through in the worst-performing integrated care systems than the best, according to analysis of new annual figures.
Exclusive: NHSE begins to claw back funding from ICSs to pay off historic debts
Three-quarters of integrated care systems face funding cuts of up to £20m as a result of NHS England’s insistence they start paying back overspends from previous years, HSJ analysis has discovered.
Revealed: Trust’s plan to offer ‘ethical’ private ops in new NHS-funded unit
A trust is considering offering private operations in its new NHS-funded elective centre, which would be “positioned in an ethical way”, board papers reveal.
First time trust CEO quits suddenly after two years
The chief executive of an acute trust has stepped down to spend more time with her family and to return to education.
ICB warned of ‘large financial risk’ from HCA wage claim
NHS organisations across Surrey are to review healthcare assistants’ pay in the face of potential strike action at one trust.
2,500 missing waiters push back ICS’s elective target
Two acute trusts in the same integrated care system have discovered nearly 2,500 “missing” elective waiters, meaning it has abandoned a local target for reducing 65-week waiters.
ICS picks permanent CEO
An integrated care system has appointed a substantive chief executive after her predecessor joined NHS England.
Trust seeks ‘dialogue’ to avert court row with ICB
Providers who are taking legal action against commissioners have called for a “dialogue” over the risks an underfunded tender would pose to local children and families.