All Integrated care articles – Page 39
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HSJ LocalCCGs bailing out trusts ‘shows progress in struggling STP’
Norfolk and Waveney commissioners have provided financial support to help two acute trusts agree control totals, in a deal they say shows progress in the challenged health economy.
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CommentA national people plan is fine but local labour markets require tailored responses
One of the main challenges with national plans long in gestation is that expectations are raised to heights the authors alone cannot possibly reach, writes Michael Wood
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NewsLocal NHS must give more support to PCNs, says government adviser
Local leaders have not provided enough support or investment to primary care networks, according to a senior GP who led a government review.
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CommentTrust is as important as money or staff for community services reform
Trust is needed as well as money and staff to deliver an unprecedented reform in community servicesservices, writes Matthew Winn as NHS England’s national director.
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NewsBabylon and NHS trust reveal ‘digital-first integrated care’ deal
Babylon has announced major plans to partner with a Midlands trust and launch “digital-first integrated care” across the region.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts told to join forces to boost overseas recruits
Trusts have been told to collaborate with others to increase the “efficiency and scale” of international recruitment, in new national guidance shared with HSJ.
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NewsIntegration pioneer trust hires director to join up services
A trust whose chief executive is also in charge of commissioning for its patch has appointed a director tasked with helping “join together” health and care services.
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NewsRegulator denies conflict of interest over McKinsey appointment
NHS England and Improvement believe there will be no conflict of interest from a senior partner at McKinsey becoming chair of an integrated care system, they have told HSJ.
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NewsNHSE must be flexible over ‘dictatorial’ network specs, says super-partnership boss
NHS England’s embattled plans for primary care networks are too prescriptive and not responsive to local needs, the chief executive of one of the largest GP super-partnerships has told HSJ.
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NewsDoctors’ union rejects NHSE’s PCN contract
The British Medical Association’s GP committee rejected NHS England’s primary care network contract in a majority vote last night.
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NewsMcKinsey boss among new ICS lead recruits
The five chairs who will lead London’s integrated care systems have been revealed by NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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Expert BriefingA PCN storm
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by primary care correspondent, Jack Serle.
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HSJ InteractiveSupporting the prevention agenda in the NHS plan
A panel of experts discussed the role played by charities in helping the NHS drive prevention and how collective interventions result in wide ranging improvements to communities
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HSJ InteractiveRoundtable: Scaling up joint working in health and local government
A panel of experts explored the common themes in successful joint working and how best practice can be replicated and scaled up
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NewsNew GP network rules face rewrite as criticism mounts
NHS England looks likely to row back quickly on its proposed requirements on GPs and primary care networks, after a deluge of strong opposition from GPs and others.
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HSJ LocalMerger an "option" as financially challenged trusts consider future
Two hospital trusts in a health economy with major financial problems are to explore joining together more formally.
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NewsLarge-scale GP providers’ role in PCNs revealed
There are seven primary care networks entirely made up of multi-practice GP providers, with a further 38 composed of a single very large practice, according to data collected by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingICS in name only
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. By integration correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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HSJ LocalSTP’s acute trusts split over major IT investment
Two of a sustainability and transformation partnership’s four acute trusts are yet to commit to rolling out a shared electronic record system, despite being asked to by NHS Improvement.
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LeaderThe NHS begins 2020 with good reason to hope for a better decade
The NHS stands at the threshold of a new decade facing both potentially its most difficult winter in decades and the most hopeful medium-term future since the 2008 financial crash.