All Somerset ICB articles – Page 2
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NewsRevealed: The systems with a third of dental budget unspent
Nearly a third of local dental budgets are going unspent in some areas of the country, according to data obtained by HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Rise in ‘free births’ raised with government and regulators
National leaders have been alerted to the risks from growing numbers of women choosing to give birth without midwifery or medical input – known as “free birthing” – HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLondon gets well over ‘fair share’ of specialised services while rural areas miss out
People in some more rural areas are missing out on specialist treatments they should be getting, while Londoners are receiving a lot more than their “fair share”, new NHS England figures suggest.
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NewsCore bed numbers fall in seven systems, despite NHSE plan
The number of ‘core’ acute beds has fallen in seven health systems since the summer, according to official sitrep data.
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NewsExclusive: Government and NHS in talks over £1bn funding gap
Government is in talks with national NHS leaders over how to fill an urgent funding gap of at least £1bn this financial year, HSJ has learned, as new analysis shows all 42 local integrated care systems were behind their own plans less than halfway through 2023-24.
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NewsRevealed: the ICSs where delayed discharge rates have doubled in a year
More than half of integrated care systems have managed to cut their rates of delayed discharges this year, but performance worsened in 16 ICSs.
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NewsRevealed: First ICS digital maturity ratings
HSJ can reveal the first ratings given to every integrated care system for the ‘digital maturity’ of its NHS providers.
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NewsRevealed: the tenfold regional difference in access to GP records
Fewer than one in 10 GP practices offers patients access to their records in several areas of England, with significant variation across England, six months ahead of a new deadline.
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NewsMore than half of ICSs lack ‘crucial’ health management systems
More than half of integrated care systems do not have a fully developed population health management system, despite this being a ‘core aim’, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSix systems pulled up by NHSE over poor cancer diagnosis performance
NHS England has demanded recovery plans from six systems with a poor record on delivering urgent cancer checks.
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NewsCEO of double-merger trust targets ‘powerful’ shift to out-of-hospital care
England’s largest integrated trust is aiming to transform its acute services on a scale comparable to the move away from mental health institutions to community-based care, its CEO has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalHarm caused by long cancer waits to be investigated by ICB
Commissioners have begun a ‘serious incident review’ across their integrated care system after early indications showed patients may have suffered harm due to long waits for cancer treatment.
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HSJ LocalGPs reject joining trust in favour of ‘John Lewis’ model
A GP surgery is believed to have become the first practice in England to switch to a ‘John Lewis’ ownership model after rejecting the prospect of joining its local integrated NHS trust.
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NewsHuge variation in referrals to flagship ‘urgent response’ service
Groundbreaking new data on community services appears to show enormous variation between areas in the number of referrals for a ‘two-hour urgent response’ being recorded.
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NewsFour in five ICSs a long way from IT ‘convergence’
Four out of five integrated care systems are a long way off achieving the ‘convergence’ of electronic patient record systems sought by NHS England, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsRevealed: ICSs which had the biggest rises in face-to-face GP appointments
There was an increase in the share of GP appointments conducted face to face in September, according to new NHS Digital figures.
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HSJ LocalTrust says ‘game-changing’ deal will expand capacity by 25pc
An integrated trust has opened a “game-changing” first-of-its-kind imaging facility together with a private company in a bid to “sustainably” increase diagnostic capacity amid rising backlogs of patients, according to its chief executive.
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NewsAll but eight health systems have given the covid jab to more than half of 45- to 49-year-olds
The great majority of England’s health systems have given first doses of the covid vaccination to more than half of those aged 45 to 49 in their area, according to the latest NHS England data.
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