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NewsNHS ‘should give councils more grief’ on health
The 10-Year Plan’s focus on the NHS risks sidelining the need for more effective action by national and local government on prevention, public health directors are warning.
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NewsNHSE vows to end ‘bombardment’ of trusts
NHS England has vowed to ”reduce duplication and prevent providers from being bombarded with conflicting instructions”, including by removing integrated care boards’ performance management role.
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NewsNHSE admits ‘devaluing of commissioning’
NHS England hopes to tackle “a perceived devaluing of commissioning” and enhance “the skills and professional identity of commissioners”, as part of the future of integrated care boards, a leaked document reveals.
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NewsICBs will have to merge, says ex-NHSE chief
Some integrated care boards will need to merge in order to cut their running costs in half, according to Sir David Nicholson — leaving trust groups such as the one he now chairs well placed to organise local services.
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News‘Reform standstill’ threatened over ICB cuts
Service reform and “strategic commissioning” may be “brought to a standstill” by steep cuts to integrated care boards, leaders have warned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: ICBs in limbo and under pressure
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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News‘Foundation ICSs’ considered for 10-Year Plan
Ministers have been advised to create a “foundation” status for high-performing integrated care systems by one of their policy groups – shortly before government decided to slash 50 per cent from systems’ management costs – HSJ has been told.
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News‘Brutal’ cuts to ICBs and NHSE slammed by ex-health secretary
Dame Patricia Hewitt has raised “deep concerns” about the major restructure of the NHS’s central bodies – and criticised the “appalling” treatment of staff and the “absolutely brutal” manner in which the cuts are being managed.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Do ICBs have a future?
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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NewsNo extra funding for government’s urgent appointment pledge
Integrated care boards have been told to commission their share of 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments, but will be given no extra funding for them, the government has confirmed.
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NewsICBs ‘detached’ from patient safety risks
A new reporting system has left integrated care boards “detached” from patient safety incidents, a watchdog has found.
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NewsTrusts to take on ICB responsibilities next year
Some trusts will take over responsibility for the “planning and transformation” of services from integrated care boards by March next year, according to the 2025-26 national planning guidance.
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Expert BriefingReform Watch: What the new elective plan means
With the launch of Labour’s plan for elective care, Recovery Watch becomes Reform Watch. This newsletter will track the new government’s plans to “re-imagine” the NHS.
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NewsRegion targets prescription cuts under ‘enormous financial pressure’
All but one of a region’s integrated care boards have stopped prescribing gluten-free products to save money, with a charity saying the move will exacerbate inequalities and risk “debilitating symptoms”.
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NewsCouncil reorganisation may lead to ICS boundary changes
Government wants health organisation boundaries to “align” with devolved regional authorities in the long term, it says in a white paper published today.
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CommentGreater clarity is still needed on the roles of trusts and ICBs
The new emphasis on ICBs’ strategic role needs to be followed through in NHSE’s revised oversight and assessment framework, writes Saffron Cordery
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NewsPerformance management role stripped from ICBs
NHS England — not integrated care boards — will be solely responsible for the performance management of trusts, the chief executive of NHSE has announced.
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NewsICS told it’s ‘top down’ and ‘lacks effective leadership’
An under-pressure integrated care system has been told it lacks “effective leadership” and is “too centralised and top-down” in a survey of partner organisations.
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CommentPatient choice: two decades on and in need of reform
Adam Sampson, chief executive of the Association of Optometrists, explains why we need to put systems and structures in place to underpin real choice for patients, while having a grown-up discussion about the role of private providers
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NewsAppointing trust leaders as ICB chiefs ‘essential’ to region’s success
The large size of integrated care systems in the North East and Yorkshire region — and the ex-trust CEO leaders they attracted — has underpinned their relatively strong performance, a new report suggests.