Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICS

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Emergency prescribing and ‘shared care’ withdrawn by GPs

2024-11-20T12:15:00+00:00

Emergency prescribing and monitoring of patients with severe mental health conditions are among services being cancelled by GP practices as part of “collective action”.

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‘Bullying and racism’ provider faces NHSE investigation

2024-10-24T11:50:00+01:00

A community services provider at the centre of bullying and racism allegations is being formally investigated by NHS England over its governance arrangements, HSJ can reveal.

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ICB faces second lawsuit for patient transport procurement

2024-10-17T05:15:00+01:00

A health system broke procurement rules when it awarded a patient transport contract to a firm that went bust less than a month after it began providing the service, according to a legal claim brought in the High Court.

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Three ICSs responsible for a quarter of very long diagnostic waits

2024-10-08T04:57:00+01:00

Just three integrated care systems were responsible for nearly one in four 13-week waits for key diagnostic tests in recent months, HSJ analysis of official data has found.

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Provider investigating ‘racism and bullying’ complaints

2024-09-09T04:00:00+01:00

A community services provider has launched an investigation into its staff culture, following concerns including racism and bullying.

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CEO and chair resign from community services provider

2024-08-20T05:00:00+01:00

The chief executive and chair of a large community services provider in the south west have both resigned.

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Revealed: Three-fold variation in emergency response time by ICS

2024-08-09T04:33:00+01:00

A threefold variation in ambulance response for serious, urgent conditions has been revealed in new figures.

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Threefold ICS variation in GP phone access revealed

2024-07-12T05:35:00+01:00

Patients trying to reach their GP are almost three times as likely to fail to get through in the worst-performing integrated care systems than the best, according to analysis of new annual figures. 

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Exclusive: NHSE begins to claw back funding from ICSs to pay off historic debts

2024-06-20T11:14:00+01:00

Three-quarters of integrated care systems face funding cuts of up to £20m as a result of NHS England’s insistence they start paying back overspends from previous years, HSJ  analysis has discovered.

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New £2bn hospital group appoints chair

2024-04-26T11:10:00+01:00

Two trusts which are forming a hospital group have appointed a new chair.

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Revealed: The ICBs most reliant on private hospitals

2024-02-23T05:26:00+00:00

Up to 20 per cent of NHS elective patients are now being treated by private hospitals in some areas, analysis by HSJ  suggests.

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Manager and doctor ‘camaraderie’ eroded by strikes, ICBs warn

2024-02-20T04:25:00+00:00

“Camaraderie” between NHS managers and senior doctors has been eroded during the past year of medical strikes, a review by several integrated care boards has warned.

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‘Inadequate’ action on cap-ex changes leading to ‘suboptimal’ decisions

2024-02-05T05:19:00+00:00

Capital spending plans in some health systems are being adversely impacted by an accounting change that was not supposed to affect operational decisions.

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Nearly a third of ICSs admit finance plans will be missed

2024-01-30T12:25:00+00:00

At least 13 integrated care systems have now admitted they will miss the financial plans they signed up for at the start of the year.

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City’s two acutes to share CEO and chair

2023-12-06T16:29:00+00:00

A city’s two acute trusts have announced plans to share a chair and chief executive.

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Rush to reduce elective backlog increasing ‘never events’, report finds

2023-11-29T13:00:00+00:00

Moving less complex procedures out of operating theatres and into other care settings to free up capacity to support elective recovery has ‘inadvertently’ increased the risk of ‘never events’ at an acute trust, a report has warned.

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West Country Chronicle: ICBs learn different lessons from procurement debacle

2023-11-27T13:04:00+00:00

From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.

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ICB battling legal challenge over patient transport contracts

2023-10-11T11:20:00+01:00

The award of two patient transport contracts, worth a combined £42m, by an integrated care board is being challenged in court by the losing bidder.

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ICBs must pay £1.7m for competition failure

2023-10-06T11:25:00+01:00

Three integrated care boards have had to pay £1.7m to a technology firm, after commissioners manipulated a procurement, new figures reveal.

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Exclusive: Government and NHS in talks over £1bn funding gap

2023-10-04T03:50:00+01:00

Government is in talks with national NHS leaders over how to fill an urgent funding gap of at least £1bn this financial year, HSJ has learned, as new analysis shows all 42 local integrated care systems were behind their own plans less than halfway through 2023-24.