North Central London ICS

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Local authority leader appointed ICS chair

2024-10-11T11:32:00+01:00

A former local authority leader has been appointed chair of an integrated care board.

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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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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.

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Five GP contracts terminated after company ‘breaches trust’ with ICB

2024-09-03T15:59:00+01:00

An integrated care board has decided to terminate and retender five GP contracts after the firm which holds them was sold to private equity without the commissioners’ permission.

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New ICS funding system ‘inherently unfair’, officials were told

2024-08-29T11:27:00+01:00

Multiple commissioners and providers told officials they believed a new NHS England specialised services funding model is ‘inherently unfair’ as it will disadvantage some of the most deprived health systems, it has emerged.

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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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London Eye: From shared chair to where?

2024-07-10T08:28:00+01:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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London Eye: ‘A period of not very well managed decline’

2024-07-03T12:46:00+01:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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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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Trust’s lead governor resigns after recruitment row

2024-06-07T10:00:00+01:00

A foundation trust’s lead governor has resigned and been judged by the FT to have breached its “values” and code of conduct, HSJ has learned.

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London Eye: The NHS in the election campaign

2024-05-29T10:00:00+01:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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London Eye: We had three NYEs last week

2024-05-15T13:43:00+01:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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Recovery Watch: The ICBs on the slide against the main elective target

2024-05-08T13:51:00+01:00

Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.

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Lead governor’s suspension over vice-chair row a ‘terrible move’

2024-05-03T10:56:00+01:00

The lead governor of a foundation trust has been suspended after she criticised the handling of a recruitment process to appoint its vice chair, HSJ has discovered.

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ICBs challenged over ‘untenable’ GP workload

2024-05-02T11:22:00+01:00

Integrated care boards must do more to tackle the operational failings that saddle GPs with “untenable workloads”, a group of local medical committees have warned.

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London Eye: ‘The plans are mainly b*&^%~ks’

2024-05-01T11:20:00+01:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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London Eye: Who gets what care

2024-04-17T12:20:00+01:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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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.