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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Trust us, we’re the ICB
This week we talk about why an integrated care board in the North West is risking the wrath of GPs after cutting back its digital offering, in a move that has also raised concerns about its procurement practices.
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NewsICB orders all GPs to use ‘distrusted’ IT system
An integrated care board has ordered all of its 337 GP practices to use a single digital access system and is switching off five rival products to save money.
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NewsRevealed: ICBs where majority use private dentist
More people have access to a private dentist than an NHS one in nine integrated care board areas – mostly driven by poor NHS provision, according to new figures.
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NewsTech problem delays elective reform target
Concerns have been raised about NHS England watering down a key target for its controversial “advice and guidance” scheme, just weeks ahead of the October deadline.
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NewsGP leaders seek end to ‘hostilities’
The British Medical Association’s GP committee has voted against escalating its “collective action”, in a bid to “reset” its relationship with government and NHS England.
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NewsSix ‘neighbourhoods’ seek investors to ‘derisk’ expansion
Six “neighbourhood health” projects are being pump-primed by government to secure millions of pounds of private investment.
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CommentA more robust approach to GP registration for overseas visitors is needed
Optional identity verification and free care for short-term overseas visitors leave general practice vulnerable to serious information governance failures and rising taxpayer costs
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Putting advice and guidance on ice
This week the national safety watchdog effectively called for a pause in NHS England’s “advice and guidance” rollout after linking it to two deaths.
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News‘Serious failure of governance’ at ‘coach crash’ GP practice
The last remaining partner at a collapsing GP practice has admitted a “serious failure of governance” and likened its problems to a “coach crash”.
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NewsExclusive: Watchdog links patient deaths to controversial NHSE policy
A watchdog has called for a pause in the rollout of NHS England’s “advice and guidance” policy to protect safety, and linked it to two patient deaths, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsICB breached rules in £20m contract award
An integrated care board breached procurement rules while awarding a £20m general practice contract to a national corporate provider.
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NewsPatient safety brief upgraded in new DHSC team
Patient safety and public health have been upgraded to a ministerial responsibility, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.
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NewsGPs and ambulance trusts must do more to combat winter pressures, insists NHSE
Primary and community care will be expected to play a much bigger role in helping the NHS deal with winter pressures this year, NHS England has told the service.
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NewsSlow down shift to neighbourhoods, says GP leader
Plans to introduce neighbourhood provider contracts next year should be “reconsidered”, the Royal College of GPs’ president has told HSJ.
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NewsNeighbourhood providers to gradually replace PCNs
Integrated care boards will be expected to offer GP practices additional services and funding to drive them to form new “neighbourhood providers” – but will get no new national money to do so.
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CommentRespiratory care is the litmus test for neighbourhood health
Neighbourhood health offers a chance to transform respiratory care, but success will depend on sustained investment, community diagnostics and making lung health a national priority
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NewsCEO warns against ‘top slicing’ acutes for ‘well meaning’ neighbourhood schemes
Large acute trusts are shouldering unreasonable risk because their funding has been “top sliced” to pay for “well meaning” but unproven “neighbourhood health” schemes, a leading London CEO has told HSJ.
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NewsNew GP leader seeks ‘collaborative approach’
The British Medical Association’s general practitioners committee for England has chosen a new chair after only one candidate put their name forward.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Totally divorced from reality
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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NewsDash: Primary care has twice the space it needs
The NHS may have “twice as much” floor space for GP practices and associated services as it actually needs, the chair of NHS England has said.