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Exclusive: NHSE begins to claw back funding from ICSs to pay off historic debts
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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Neighbouring providers aid cyber attack victim
Two pathology networks are coming to the aid of a neighbour, still largely paralysed following an unprecedented cyber attack on its IT system earlier this month.
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Three directors submit grievances about ICB’s leadership
Three directors have submitted grievances about the leadership of an integrated care board over the past three months, HSJ has been told.
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Trust plans to lose hundreds of substantive posts
A trust operating acute and community services is in talks with unions about reducing its substantive staff by 5 per cent this year, although it is not currently running a redundancy scheme.
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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.
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Streeting commits to hit four-hour target in first term
Wes Streeting has reiterated Labour’s commitment to hitting all the NHS’s headline performance standards in its first term, including the four-hour A&E target, if it wins power.
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Maternity services ‘overwhelmed with reporting requirements’, warns DHSC group
Government has been warned by its own advisory group that maternity services are being “overwhelmed with reporting requirements” which are hindering safety improvement work, according to documents seen by HSJ.
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CQC appoints interim chief inspector
The Care Quality Commission has appointed an interim chief inspector of healthcare to cover another director’s period of illness.
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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.
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Three ICSs spent £21m on vacant property last year
Three integrated systems spent £21m on empty space in buildings leased from NHS Property Services last year.
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Trust ‘exited’ 170 staff in three years due to poor behaviour
An ambulance chief has said his trust “exited” more than 170 staff due to culture and behavioural problems in the last three years.
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Pleas from services crippled by cyber attack rejected due to lack of capacity
London pathology providers are “running too hot” to give enough support to the large system hit by a cyber attack last week, HSJ has been told.
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‘Massive’ cybersecurity risk in NHS supply chain, trust and ICB leader warns
The NHS supply chain contains “absolutely massive” cybersecurity risks which have not “really been talked about”, an integrated care board and trust chair has warned.
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Three staff disciplined over death at ‘culture of impunity’ trust
Three staff have been put on “improvement plans” after a patient’s death which a coroner said nurses had been dishonest about, HSJ has learnt.
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‘Burdensome’ patient safety inquiries taking up too much time, says NHSE chief
NHS England’s head of patient safety has suggested too much time and resource is being spent on “burdensome” inquiries to investigate failings in the system.
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Progress on 65-week cases stalls as waiting list rises
The number of 65-week waiters has risen back up to more than 50,000, halting six consecutive months when the cohort was falling, NHS England’s monthly data shows.
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Trust merger delayed for second time
The creation of a new community and mental health trust has been delayed for a second time, HSJ understands.
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NHS can succeed where it previously failed in shifting care to community, says NHSE CEO
A “startling” change to system working along with other opportunities means the NHS can succeed where it failed in the past to shift more care into the community, the NHS England chief executive has claimed.
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ICB plans to ‘decommission outpatient clinics’
An integrated care board is planning to decommission secondary care outpatient clinics and replace them with primary and community care services.