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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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Revealed: The 22 areas testing radical changes to GP operating model

2024-09-25T04:51:00+01:00

HSJ can reveal the 22 primary care networks taking part in an unprecedented national programme designing a new “GP operating model” set to influence the national GP contract.

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Nineteen hospitals targeted for ‘urgent support’ before winter

2024-09-02T04:00:00+01:00

NHS England has revealed the hospitals it is targeting for “urgent support” to avoid deterioration in emergency care performance ahead of winter.

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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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One in five ambulance trips could be avoided, trust finds

2024-07-29T11:23:00+01:00

One in five ambulance trips could be avoided if community services were more readily available, according to a trust which has been a national outlier for long ambulance handovers.

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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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Revealed: One in seven callers could not reach GP in worst-performing ICS

2024-04-12T11:30:00+01:00

People attempting to contact their GP practice are almost three times as likely to report failing to get through in some integrated care systems than others, according to NHS England-commissioned data.

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NHSE acts as performance deteriorates in five systems

2024-01-31T06:25:00+00:00

Five integrated care systems face escalations in central scrutiny and support following “deterioration” against key urgent and emergency care targets.

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Health secretary told to intervene over ‘systemic’ ambulance deaths

2023-12-01T04:44:00+00:00

Ministers must intervene over systemic failures which are ‘too big for hospital or ambulance trusts to fix on their own’ and have led to multiple preventable deaths, a senior coroner 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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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.

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Revealed: the ICSs where delayed discharge rates have doubled in a year

2023-09-25T03:57:00+01:00

More than half of integrated care systems have managed to cut their rates of delayed discharges this year, but performance worsened in 16 ICSs.

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The Integrator: The race to the neighbourhood NHS

2023-07-20T09:45:00+01:00

Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.

Digital innovation

Revealed: First ICS digital maturity ratings

2023-07-18T11:51:00+01:00

HSJ  can reveal the first ratings given to every integrated care system for the ‘digital maturity’ of its NHS providers.

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‘Low morale’ trust appoints new CEO

2023-06-28T11:58:00+01:00

An acute trust in the South West has appointed a new CEO who joins from a neighbouring provider.

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Revealed: the tenfold regional difference in access to GP records

2023-05-10T04:56:00+01:00

Fewer than one in 10 GP practices offers patients access to their records in several areas of England, with significant variation across England, six months ahead of a new deadline.

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ICBs hire same tech provider following court order to redo procurement

2023-04-17T11:25:00+01:00

Two integrated care boards have hired the same tech supplier after a court order to re-procure due to a previous purchasing process being deemed unlawful.

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West Country Chronicle: Staff survey reveals a county of contrast

2023-03-27T12:35:00+01:00

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