Northamptonshire ICS

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CQC examining possible 'criminal offence' by trust

2024-10-25T10:20:00+01:00

The Care Quality Commission is considering bringing a criminal prosecution against an NHS trust over the death of a 13-year-old girl from sepsis.

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‘No solution’ after firm’s closure leaves children waiting for diagnosis

2024-10-23T10:00:00+01:00

A trust has paused autism assessments of primary school-aged children after being unable to find a “cost effective” provider.

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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: 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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Eleven ICSs warned of ‘significant concern’ about overspending

2024-07-26T05:50:00+01:00

Around three quarters of England’s 42 integrated care systems have been unable to set balanced budgets for 2024-25, NHS England has revealed.

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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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ICB sued over ‘conflict’ in £40m contract award

2024-04-24T11:14:00+01:00

An integrated care board has denied its officials had conflicts of interest when awarding a £40m contract to run an urgent care centre, according to papers filed with the High Court in London.

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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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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.

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Six ICBs require staff to work from office at least one day per week

2024-03-26T12:38:00+00:00

Six integrated care boards have policies which require hybrid working staff to be in the office either one or two days per week.

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‘Inadequate’ hospital overturns second closure attempt

2024-03-07T05:28:00+00:00

An independent mental health hospital has been rated “inadequate” in every area and put into special measures by the Care Quality Commission. 

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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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Hospital chief on long-term absence after ‘group’ move

2023-12-12T12:57:00+00:00

The hospital chief executive which last month moved to shared leadership with a neighouring trust is on long-term absence, and may not be returning to the role, HSJ understands. 

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Joint CEO for trusts with £2bn turnover

2023-10-30T12:00:00+00:00

A joint chief executive has been appointed across three acute trusts in the East Midlands in the next stage of their “formal collaboration”.

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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: 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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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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Revealed: The integrated care partnerships with no public meetings or minutes

2023-05-09T10:19:00+01:00

Six integrated care systems have not held any public meetings of their ‘partnership’ boards – and nine have not published any ICP meetings or papers – nearly a year after they were set up.

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Revealed: the 14 ICSs admitting they will end the year in deficit

2023-02-27T12:22:00+00:00

At least 14 integrated care systems have now officially admitted they will end the year with a budget deficit, after just five areas said this at the start of the year.

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Trusts’ chair to leave amid CEO instability

2023-02-13T12:45:00+00:00

The joint chair of two hospital trusts is to step down, just weeks after the “group” named its third CEO in four months.