London Eye: Fantasy and reality in the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Local authority leader appointed ICS chair
A former local authority leader has been appointed chair of an integrated care board.
Three ICSs responsible for a quarter of very long diagnostic waits
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.
The Integrator: The influence of ‘place’ is being chipped away
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder.
NHS set to breach planned annual deficit in five months
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.
Nineteen hospitals targeted for ‘urgent support’ before winter
NHS England has revealed the hospitals it is targeting for “urgent support” to avoid deterioration in emergency care performance ahead of winter.
New ICS funding system ‘inherently unfair’, officials were told
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.
London Eye: The next big NHS care scandal?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Streeting pressed for decision on controversial service change
Wes Streeting will have to consider whether to “call in” a long-awaited, contested restructure of children’s cancer services in south London.
Revealed: Three-fold variation in emergency response time by ICS
A threefold variation in ambulance response for serious, urgent conditions has been revealed in new figures.
London Eye: Getting past the ‘bitter animosity’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Consultants sent in to tackle overspending at nine ICSs
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.
Threefold ICS variation in GP phone access revealed
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.
London Eye: From shared chair to where?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
London Eye: ‘A period of not very well managed decline’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
London Eye: The questions piling up
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Trust CEO: We only use ‘good’ providers but being ‘choosy’ is difficult
The chief executive of a London trust has said it only sends patients to private providers rated at least “good” by the Care Quality Commission.
ICB boss and chief nurse awarded top honours
An integrated care board chair who was previously the Department of Health’s finance lead, and a long-serving chief nurse, were among those named in the King’s birthday honours list.
London Eye: No end in sight after ‘evil’ attack
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Cardiac surgery and maternity displaced by cyber attack
Cardiac surgery and complex maternity cases are among the work the hospitals hit by a cyber attack earlier this week have been forced to transfer to other providers, HSJ understands.