Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS

Ambulance cycle unit: man on a bike

NHSE accused of cutting action to protect staff from violence

2024-11-20T05:30:00+00:00

A union has accused NHS England of trying to save money at the expense of reducing violence against healthcare staff, as several national initiatives face the axe.

CT scanner

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.

Simon Worthington

NHS directors brought out of retirement to help tackle financial crisis

2024-09-23T04:10:00+01:00

Former trust and regional finance directors have been drafted in to support the most financially-challenged integrated care systems by NHS England.

Gesticulating hands in meeting

Revealed: ICBs which cut staff by a fifth in 12 months

2024-09-16T12:03:00+01:00

Several integrated care boards have cut their staffing by up to a fifth in a single year – after being asked to reduce management costs – but significant variation exists, HSJ  analysis shows.

Louise Shepherd CBE

NHS England names new regional director

2024-09-04T13:28:00+01:00

NHS England has appointed a long-serving trust chief executive as its new regional director for the North West, it confirmed today.

Emergency workforce

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.

Emma Woollett

Ex-management consultant to chair ICB

2024-08-28T11:33:00+01:00

An integrated care board has appointed a former management consultant as its new chair.

Map ambulance response

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.

Money finance

Revealed: ICSs planning the largest deficits

2024-08-01T05:12:00+01:00

The integrated care systems facing the biggest planned deficits in the year ahead are today revealed by HSJ research.

Money, finance and accounts

Consultants sent in to tackle overspending at nine ICSs

2024-07-16T05:18:00+01:00

NHS England has ordered nine integrated care systems to bring in management consultants to find ways to immediately bring down spending because of concerns over their finances, HSJ can reveal.

Mobile phone

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. 

money coins finance

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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North by North West: Running rings around the ICB

2024-05-20T13:00:00+01:00

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North by North West: Funding still pending as new hospital opens

2024-05-10T12:08:00+01:00

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North by North West: Patient safety or administrative convenience?

2024-04-20T00:41:00+01:00

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Jim

ICS £230m in the red hails ‘positive’ financial performance

2024-04-19T04:00:00+01:00

Leaders in Lancashire and South Cumbria searched for positives as they were told the integrated care system would miss its financial plan by £150m.

Doctor at GP surgery

Revealed: The ICSs ‘diverting’ the most GP referrals through controversial model

2024-04-09T04:10:00+01:00

There is huge regional variation in the rate at which health systems are preventing patients joining the elective waiting list through “advice and guidance” to GPs, according to analysis by HSJ.

North by North West: Same culprits on handover delays

2024-04-08T12:06:00+01:00

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North by North West: Skin in the game

2024-03-25T13:23:00+00:00

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North by North West: Coming up with the wrong answer

2024-03-11T11:53:00+00:00

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