Somerset and Wiltshire ICB – Page 2
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NewsRevealed: The ICBs with greatest ‘opportunity’ to avoid admissions
The systems which NHS England says have the greatest “opportunities” to boost their use of same-day emergency care can be revealed for the first time.
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NewsPrivate 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.
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NewsNHSE commends ICBs for ‘strong leadership’
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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NewsRevealed: 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.
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NewsFour more ICSs told to hire consultants to review finance plans
Four more integrated care systems have been told to bring in management consultants to review their savings plans by NHS England. North West London is required to enter I&I programme to access cash support Birmingham, Leicestershire and Dorset also in financial oversight tier four
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News‘Aggressive marketing’ fuels surge in patients seeking private referrals from GPs
Growing numbers of patients are requesting NHS-funded referrals to private providers “operating outside of agreed guidelines”, fuelled by long waiting lists and “aggressive direct marketing tactics”, GPs have warned.
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NewsFormer NHSE director to chair three trusts
The chair of an integrated care board in the south west is set to step down and take on a similar role at two trusts in a neighbouring system.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2024: Medicines, Pharmacy and Prescribing Initiative of the Year
WINNER NHS Dorset ICB’s Medicines Optimisation Team NHS Dorset ICB’s Only Order What You Need campaign
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NewsEmergency prescribing and ‘shared care’ withdrawn by GPs
Emergency prescribing and monitoring of patients with severe mental health conditions are among services being cancelled by GP practices as part of “collective action”.
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HSJ LocalICB chair steps down to join double-merger trust
An integrated care board chair is leaving her role to join an integrated trust in the West Country, it has been announced.
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NewsCEO appointed to run three trusts
Three hospital trusts in the South West have appointed a joint chief executive as part of a move to a “group model”.
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NewsPrivate provider takes over NHS services worth £1.3bn
A private firm has been awarded a contract worth around £1.3bn to lead community health services for an entire integrated care system for up to nine years.
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NewsThree 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.
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NewsFormer executive returns to chair same trust
A mental health trust has hired a new chair, who previously worked as its deputy chief executive and interim CEO.
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NewsNHS 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.
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NewsRevealed: The 22 areas testing radical changes to GP operating model
HSJ can reveal the 22 primary care networks taking part in an unprecedented national programme designing a new “GP operating model” set to influence the national GP contract.
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NewsNineteen hospitals targeted for ‘urgent support’ before winter
NHS England has revealed the hospitals it is targeting for “urgent support” to avoid deterioration in emergency care performance ahead of winter.
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NewsRevealed: 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.
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NewsEleven ICSs warned of ‘significant concern’ about overspending
Around three quarters of England’s 42 integrated care systems have been unable to set balanced budgets for 2024-25, NHS England has revealed.
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NewsThree trusts to share CEO and chair
Three trusts in the South West have announced plans to appoint a joint chair and chief executive, and form a new “group model”.