All Local government articles – Page 5
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Comment
Letter from Scotland: The 'once for Scotland' recovery plan
In his regular dispatch from north of the border, Henry Anderson discusses the Scottish government’s ambitious plans to fast track the health service’s recovery with the help of a new organisation
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Comment
ICSs should focus on relationships as much as governance
Integrated care systems must combine the software of relationships with the hardware of governance, writes Sir Chris Ham
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HSJ Local
Hospital and primary care leaders at odds over ICS boundary changes
Primary care leaders in Essex and Suffolk are at loggerheads with some of their acute counterparts over proposals which would make integrated care systems coterminous with the county council boundaries.
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News
Council chief executive applies to be next NHS England CEO
A leading council chief executive has applied to succeed Sir Simon Stevens as the chief executive of NHS England, HSJ understands.
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News
ICS boundary changes will worsen patient care, Hancock warned
Plans to change integrated care systems’ boundaries risk worsening patient care, the health secretary is warned today.
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Comment
Inclusiveness should be seen as a competence and not a virtue
To strengthen board diversity in the NHS, there must be commitment from the top, starting with national commitment and NHS boards, and public transparency is imperative, writes Joan Saddler
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Tussles for ICS influence are coming soon
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
NHS England reveals who will sit on ICS boards
NHS England has set out who will be required to be on the NHS board of each integration care system.
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Comment
ICSs and the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities
Andrew Fenton reflects on a re-energised NHS focus on health inequalities, and the vital role of ICS and place-level partnerships
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HSJ Local
New leader pledges support for controversial single county ICS
The new Conservative leader of Essex County Council Kevin Bentley has put himself on a collision course with senior NHS leaders in his area by throwing his support behind the health secretary’s vision for a single county integrated care system.
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HSJ Partners
ICSs should secure genuine consumer involvement
To achieve better outcomes for people and place, ICSs need to change how they talk to patients about defining need and the ways in which those needs can be addressed, writes Michael Kitts
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HSJ Interactive
How ICSs can secure the best outcomes for local populations
Against the backdrop of the latest step in joining up health and care systems, an HSJ and IMPOWER roundtable discussed what ICSs can do to deliver the best outcomes for their populations
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News
NHS chiefs press Treasury for ‘game-changing’ discharge fund
NHS leaders are pressing government for a ‘game changing’ discharge fund to be made permanently available.
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Comment
Our ICS promises partners they will own what they create
Helen Hirst discusses the approach adopted to design the ICS and ICPs, and manage the changes to clinical commissioning framework for serving local communities
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Comment
You can’t legislate for a collaborative culture
Greater Manchester has been designing a model that builds on the strong partnership that has already taken place at a city-region level and at place but continues to address challenges, writes Sir Richard Leese
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News
Health secretary could prop up unsafe services with new power, say NHS leaders
New powers given to the health secretary as part of proposed legislation could make local services unsafe, NHS Providers has warned the House of Commons health select committee.
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Comment
Five priority areas for scrutiny in the forthcoming Health Bill
Chris Hopson outlines five key concerns that should be addressed in the upcoming health and care bill to avoid potential pitfalls
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News
Trusts drop business rates battle against councils
Eleven NHS trusts have dropped a long-running bid to pay business rates at a discount usually reserved for charities, according to the Local Government Association.
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News
PHE staff to be split between DHSC and new health security agency
The government today said Public Health England’s health improvement functions will be folded into the Department of Health and Social Care while the health protection elements form part of a new government agency.
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News
Patients left waiting after specialist trust closed outpost centre 20 miles away
Scores of patients have been left waiting more than a year for treatment and hundreds more making lengthy journeys, after a specialist foundation trust closed its outpost treatment centre based in another trust 20 miles away.