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NewsTwenty ICBs to control specialised services from April
Integrated care boards in three out of seven NHS regions will take over budgets for 59 specialised services from April, although the commissioning staff will remain employed by NHS England for another year.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The migration surge helped social care – but not enough
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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HSJ PartnersThe observation ‘challenge’ and the role of technology in mental health care
Tracey Wrench reflects on the transformative impact of Oxehealth’s Oxevision in enhancing patient safety and supporting healthcare staff, emphasising the need for technology to align with quality care
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HSJ LocalTrust reveals major data breaches involving over 22,000 patients’ data
A major teaching trust mistakenly released private information belonging to more than 22,000 patients in two major data breaches.
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CommentGovernment approach to combating delayed discharge in not fit for purpose
Local health and care systems lack a shared understanding of the causes of hospital discharge delays in their area and of the best ways of tackling them, says a report from The King’s Fund.
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NewsConsultants vote ‘no confidence’ in trust board
The consultants committee at a mental health trust has passed two ‘no confidence’ votes in its board, after the medical director was unexpectedly ‘removed’ from his duties.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: A not so private matter
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalTrust considers closing hospital in favour of new integrated hub
An acute trust is formally considering closing one of its hospitals and replacing it with a town centre health campus instead.
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NewsNHSE to curb ‘completely out of control’ procurement routes
Local leaders’ use of different procurement routes has been ‘completely out of control’, NHS England’s chief procurement officer has said, as she revealed there will be new restrictions from April.
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HSJ LocalCity’s two acutes to share CEO and chair
A city’s two acute trusts have announced plans to share a chair and chief executive.
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NewsNew firm takes over 60 GP practices from US insurer
American health insurance giant Centene is selling its English primary care arm to UK firm HCRG Care Group, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Treat it like covid
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentCollaboration must not be pushed to the sidelines
NHS Confederation, the Health Foundation, and Q community unite to propel health and care systems towards impactful improvement, fostering collaboration, innovation, and peer learning across the UK, write co-authors Matthew Taylor and Penny Pereira
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NewsTrusts entering care market ‘threaten viability of existing providers’
A local authority where a foundation trust has registered to provide social care has warned the move may destabilise other organisations, and encouraged NHS providers to focus on community health services.
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NewsRevealed: Outsourced care spend doubles in waiting list push
The amount spent by NHS trusts on outsourcing activity to other providers has doubled since the period before covid.
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NewsICB tenders £1.8bn contract to shake-up community services
An integrated care board is advertising a contract worth around £1.8bn in what will represent a major shake-up of community health services, and the biggest such deal from an ICB so far.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The onerous bonus
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ PartnersInsourcing at a system-wide level is vital if we are to tackle the elective backlog, and 18 Week Support is leading the way
Insourcing plays a crucial role in alleviating unprecedented NHS pressures, reducing waiting lists, and enhancing patient care
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NewsJunior doctors announce strike in first week of January
The British Medical Association has announced nine days of further strike action by junior doctors after extended talks with the government failed to produce an offer the union felt could be put to members.
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NewsStaff set to miss out on ‘covid bonus’ despite government U-turn
Staff in some organisations providing NHS services – including in trusts’ subsidiary companies – are likely to miss out the one-off ‘covid bonus’ paid to other health service staff, despite an apparent government agreement to fund it, HSJ has been told