North East London ICS

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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.

Money finance

NHS set to breach planned annual deficit in five months

2024-10-01T05:32:00+01:00

Local NHS bodies have burned through almost all of their annual deficit target in just the first four months of the year, analysis of the latest finance reports by HSJ shows.

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.

Money

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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London Eye: The next big NHS care scandal?

2024-08-21T12:14:00+01:00

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

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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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Falsified patient records linked to 12 deaths

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

A mental health trust may have falsified records of up to 12 deceased patients, according to a coroner’s report.

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London Eye: Getting past the ‘bitter animosity’

2024-07-24T10:09:00+01:00

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

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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.

Money, finance and accounts

Rise in ICSs missing financial plans despite NHSE claim more would deliver

2024-06-03T04:00:00+01:00

The number of health systems that failed to meet their main financial commitment increased substantially last year, despite NHS England’s chief finance officer previously saying many more areas would “definitely” deliver on their plans.

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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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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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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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Revealed: The investment funds diverted to shore up NHSE accounts

2024-01-30T14:45:00+00:00

HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.

Money, finance and accounts

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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The importance of integration to making virtual wards work

2024-01-29T12:00:00+00:00

To ensure virtual wards succeed, they shouldn’t be seen as another new service but should be viewed as part of the existing ecosystem – not just in acute trusts, but across the whole ICB, writes Jardine Barrington-Cook