Policy and regulation – Page 19
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NewsRevealed: The targets the NHS no longer has to meet
NHS England has shelved priorities on long covid and diversity and inclusion – as well as a wide range of other areas – in its latest slimmed down operational planning guidance, HSJ analysis shows.
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CommentOne million managers: some predictions for 2023
Here are the highlights for 2023, by Jon Restell, CEO of Managers in Partnership
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Comment'Merry Christmas, you're fired'
The NHS Blithering board meets to celebrate another 12 months of integrated progress and to set out overarching ambitions for a system-wide 2023. Julian Patterson circulates the minutes
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NewsCQC delays ‘targeted’ inspection overhaul after staff protest
The Care Quality Commission has delayed rolling out its new approach to inspections by almost a year, following concern from its staff and a need to give ‘providers time to prepare’.
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HSJ LocalTrust drops from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’
A teaching hospital that was lauded for its culture and championed by ministers has been downgraded from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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CommentTop holiday gift ideas for NHS leaders
It’s the thought that counts, but if you can’t be bothered to give present buying any, here’s a list of Christmas gift ideas for the special measures person in your life. Selected by Julian Patterson
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NewsICSs risk becoming ‘rebadged CCGs’ warns Hewitt
Integrated care systems could become ‘rebadged clinical commissioning groups’ or ‘another layer of performance management’, former health secretary Patricia Hewitt has warned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Freedom, or nothing left to lose
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsICS has ‘strained and challenging’ relationships, review finds
Relationships between commissioners, providers and the local authority in a troubled integrated care system are ‘strained and challenging’, according to an external review it commissioned.
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NewsNeighbouring trusts placed in ‘special measures’
NHS England has moved two Devon trusts into its successor for the special measures regime, meaning all of the county’s acute trusts are now in the bottom tier of the oversight framework.
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NewsRevealed: Members of government’s new ‘elective taskforce’
Ministers have set up a new taskforce to ‘focus on how the NHS can [better] utilise independent sector to cut the backlog’ and boost overall elective activity, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.
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CommentCan integrated care systems survive their birth?
Nicholas Timmins draws conclusions from the recent interviews held by King’s Fund, highlighting concerns of leading ICS chairs as well as their optimism on the progress that can be made
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NewsGovernment reveals pension changes but no change to tax allowances
No direct changes to either annual or lifetime allowance have been revealed in the government’s announcement on pension proposals today, despite these issues having previously been blamed for forcing clinicians to reduce hours or leave the health service.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What’s the future of ICSs?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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HSJ LocalGive us more power to deal with trust performance, says ICS chief
The leader of a prominent health system says integrated care boards should be given more responsibility to manage the performance of trusts in their area.
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CommentPeople harmed by the NHS are still being left to fend for themselves
A recently published report highlights the shortcomings in care provided by the NHS. Peter Walsh, Joanne Hughes and James Titcombe emphasise how millions could be saved if people were empowered early on to have their needs met without the need to turn to litigation
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NewsRevealed: Nurses at half of South West trusts to strike in December
Nurses at half of the trusts in the South West are going on strike in mid-December, compared with just one in 10 in the South East.
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CommentHunt has averted a crisis - but for how long?
An additional £3.3bn per year for NHS England in both 2023-24 and 2024-25 was a better outcome than most people probably expected. But how far will this additional funding go toward meeting the challenges that services face? writes, Anita Charlesworth
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CommentThe NHS cannot be rebuilt without industry's help
Axel Heitmueller and Mark Kewley emphasise the need for joined-up policy making to transform pathways sustainably and innovatively
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CommentFreedom? No thank you
Regional team director Anne Roach delivers devastating news to the Blithering Integrated Care Board: they could soon be running the show for real. Julian Patterson reports