All Local government articles – Page 6
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Expert BriefingThe 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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NewsNHS 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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CommentICSs 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 LocalNew 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 PartnersICSs 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 InteractiveHow 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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NewsNHS 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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CommentOur 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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CommentYou 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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NewsHealth 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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CommentFive 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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NewsTrusts 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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NewsPHE 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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NewsPatients 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.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2020: System Led Support for Carers Award
WINNER: Devon County Council and Devon CCG – Together for Devon Carers Hospital Service
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2020: Health and Local Government Partnership Award
WINNER: Healthy London Partnership and Greater London Authority – The London Homeless Health Response to Covid-19
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Hancock’s ‘bonus prizes’ for Simon Stevens
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning by senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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HSJ LocalTrust chiefs complain to Hancock over his ‘restructure on a whim’
Trust chief executives and a senior Tory MP have contacted Matt Hancock to object to plans to redraw NHS boundaries, which are understood to be driven personally by him, HSJ has learned.
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Comment‘If you are not at the table, you are likely to be on the menu’
A vision for how integrated care system reform can lead to a more democratic, equitable and human health and care system, by Charlotte Augst and Alex Fox.
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CommentBudget lacks clear direction of travel for health and social care
The chancellor’s “whatever it takes” pledge must include the resources to tackle the long-term ramifications of the pandemic, argues Eleanor Roy