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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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CommentHow doctors, managers and others learned to be system leaders together
The South East London ICS leadership academy provides long-term training to people at all levels within the ICS and from both the NHS and voluntary sector and other partners, writes Ben Collins
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NewsFresh spending crackdown as NHSE is accused of ‘micro-managing’
Fifteen health systems that submitted deficit plans have been told to review all their staffing vacancies to ‘consider where the removal or freezing of posts is appropriate’.
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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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NewsTrust gets permanent chief after merger plans dropped
A specialist trust which had previously been the subject of takeover talks has appointed a new substantive chief executive.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Trusts wobble on consultant pay demand
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsMayor intervenes in NHSE reconfiguration row
The mayor of London is independently reviewing NHS England plans to reconfigure children’s cancer services in the capital, which were triggered when the commissioner finally accepted the current arrangements are unsafe.
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NewsRevealed: the ICSs that refused to set breakeven plans
More than half the integrated care systems in the north of England have refused to agree a balanced financial plan, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: What’s in Caroline Clarke’s in-tray?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust loses £85m contract for local services after winning work 200 miles away
A foundation trust has lost an £85m contract to provide healthcare services in its local prisons to a private company, after taking over the same services from the same company 230 miles away.
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NewsICSs get ‘significantly harder’ savings target of 6pc
NHS organisations will have to make average efficiency savings of almost 6 per cent to meet their financial requirements this year, a report suggests, which is significantly higher than the levels demanded before the pandemic.
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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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NewsICS gets new boss after eight-month wait
A new chair has been announced for South West London Integrated Care Board, eight months after his predecessor quit following a row over a ‘toxic’ working environment.
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NewsNAO alerted over impact of Barclay’s delay in signing off CQC board appointments
The Care Quality Commission has been unable to appoint any new non-executive directors for months because of delays in ministerial sign-off, leading to the regulator flagging its concerns about the potential impact on its governance with the National Audit Office.
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HSJ LocalTrust delays £450m IT system to ensure ‘safe’ implementation
One of England’s biggest NHS trusts has delayed the implementation of its new £450m electronic patient record to ensure the new system is launched ‘safely’, HSJ has learned.
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NewsThirty-five ICSs publish first ‘integrated care strategies’
Seven integrated care systems have not yet published a version of their integrated care strategy, despite government setting a deadline of the end of 2022 to do so.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read integration stories of 2022
As we get ready to say goodbye to 2022, HSJ takes a look back at the 10 most read integration stories of the year.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: ‘Am I in prison?’
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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CommentWhat London’s NHS can learn from Singapore
Singapore’s NHG and South East London integrated care systems’ evidence for new care models relies on a small number of health systems and their track record of replicating these models effectively remains highly variable, writes Ben Collins and Jonty Heaversedge
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Commissioning yourself
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.