All Integrated care articles – Page 18
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News
Sustained rise in long-stay patients stuck in hospital, leaked figures reveal
The number of hospital bed days occupied by people who are medically ready to be discharged has been growing steadily since the spring and is now higher than in the winter, according to data seen by HSJ.
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Comment
The Blithering Chronicles: Aligned for success – your ICS questions answered
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Summer, salaries, systems and shielding
This week’s NHS Health Check podcast is dedicated to all matters staffing: The Agenda for Change pay deal, how much integrated care system chiefs should get paid, and shielding staff not getting risk assessments.
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Comment
PCNs need right support to manage local population health
A new report looks back at the successes in the last two years and challenges ahead for primary care networks, writes Kat Dalby-Welsh.
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News
Calls for ICS chiefs’ pay to be set higher
NHS England should set higher pay rates for integrated care system directors than most currently receive, if the posts are to attract people who can “hold the ring” among provider trusts, some NHS leaders have told HSJ.
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HSJ Partners
Data will pave the way to earlier, more targeted interventions across integrated care systems
Data-driven targeted early interventions would go a long way towards helping integrated care systems to address the wider determinants of health and wellbeing, and to improve outcomes, writes Brian Waters
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: How the government is trying to build back cheaper
A letter obtained by HSJ’s Nick Carding revealed the government has told eight of the most advanced “40 new hospitals” trusts to put produce plans to build much more cheaply — he discusses what it means on the HSJ Health Check podcast.
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Expert Briefing
What the leaked draft ICS constitution tells us
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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News
Named: the first 25 integrated care board chairs
The chairs have been chosen for 25 of the 42 NHS integrated care boards which will plan health services from April.
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HSJ Local
Councils issue ‘confrontational’ list of ‘red lines’ for ICS working
Nine councils have angered NHS leaders by issuing a series of ‘red lines’ and pre-conditions which they say must be met for an integrated care system to be successful.
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HSJ Partners
Patient data-driven insights can help reduce health inequalities
A new approach to population health planning and collaboration in health systems is required to tackle health inequalities – and data is the key vehicle for social change, says David Sharp
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HSJ Local
Joint leader for four trusts with £3bn income
The four acute trusts in north west London will appoint a joint chair, in the latest move towards greater collaboration between the system’s providers.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Why the NHS needs fewer chairs and chiefs than ever
The sharp increase in shared NHS trust chairs and CEOs has been notable in recent months, with more key appointments made in London and the North West just this week.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: A long-term workforce plan, at last?
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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Comment
How the new payment system for the NHS could succeed or fail
The direction of travel for NHS payments, away from payment by results, towards a blended system, remains the right approach, write Matthew Bell, Anita Charlesworth and Richard Lewis
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HSJ Interactive
Embedding digital in the ICS landscape
As integrated care systems take shape across England, how can they ensure that digital is firmly embedded in their plans – and what should their digital priorities be? An HSJ webinar, supported by Cisco, explored these important questions. Jen Trueland reports
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: A nasty surprise for trusts – and preparing for 19 July and beyond
Trusts received an unpleasant surprise last Friday when they were told they must do more elective procedures to receive money from the national £1bn ‘elective recovery fund’.
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News
NHSE accused of shifting ‘the entire pitch’ on elective care recovery funding
Local systems will need to carry out more planned procedures to receive cash from the elective recovery fund following NHS England and Improvement’s decision to increase the activity thresholds required.
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Comment
The nation's love for the NHS is a blessing and a curse
We need to move spending and activity within our health system away from crisis provision and into communities, where health can be created, and not just managed, notes Jessica Studdert
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Comment
NHS' role in tackling obesity
By investing in locally produced, sustainable foods, NHS organisations can invest in their local economy and shape their local food supply chains which could increase availability of healthier foods for the population. By Jonathon Holmes