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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.
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Former chief constable named chair of trust
A former chief constable has been appointed to chair an ambulance trust which has seen huge response time delays in recent years.
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Revealed: Government has failed to ‘level up’ innovation funding
The share of government-controlled health research funding going to the north of England has been static over the last decade, with London and the South East maintaining its dominant position.
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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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Whole health system’s IT goes down
An ICS is dealing with a “catastrophic” IT failure that is believed to have affected all health providers in the region.
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Regional ‘medical rate card’ plan revealed
NHS organisations across the South West are planning a “regional medical rate card” in a bid to reduce pay for additional work.
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HSJ Local
Review of maternal deaths at 'inadequate' unit
A trust has launched an external review into deaths at its “inadequate” maternity unit after concerns were raised about its mortality rate.
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Revealed: ‘Postcode lottery’ for £645m recovery programme
There is a seven-fold variation between integrated care systems in the uptake of a flagship government primary care access scheme, data has revealed.
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NHSE finance chief reveals services exempt from national staffing squeeze
Clinical teams in mental health and maternity services should be exempt from the national squeeze on workforce costs this year, NHS England’s chief financial officer has revealed.
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HSJ Local
‘Rolls-Royce’ EPR still being driven ‘like a Ford Focus’ admits trust CEO
The chief executive of an acute trust operating in one of the country’s most troubled healthcare economies has admitted his organisation is struggling to get the most from its top of the range electronic patient record system three years after rollout.
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Four regions still without extra ambulances promised by NHSE
Four regions that successfully bid for dedicated ambulances for mental health patients are still without the specialist vehicles, despite growing concerns the NHS is unable to respond to people in crisis.
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40% of funding targeted at improving emergency care goes unspent
Fourty per cent of the £150m capital funding pot NHS England made available to incentivise urgent and emergency care improvements was not distributed, data shown to HSJ reveals.
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South East gets biggest share of new trainees
Ministers have announced the locations of 350 additional medical training places for 2025–26, with the largest share going to the South East region.
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Joint ICB/trust committee given binding powers to improve system’s care quality
An integrated care system has agreed to establish a unique body comprising both commissioners and providers, which will be empowered to make binding decisions affecting the entire health economy.
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Shared EPR plan for three trusts gets go-ahead
An integrated care system in the South West has had plans to install a shared electronic patient record system across its three acute trusts approved by NHS England.
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HSJ Local
New £2bn hospital group appoints chair
Two trusts which are forming a hospital group have appointed a new chair.
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NHSE director lined up for trust with worst A&E problems
An NHS England director is set to be appointed to the board of a trust with some of the worst A&E problems in recent years, including the most hours lost to ambulance handover delays last year.
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HSJ Local
ICSs too focused on patients stuck in A&E, warns CEO
Integrated care systems are too focused on getting mental health patients out of A&E and should do more to improve support from non-mental health providers, a departing trust chief executive has warned.
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Abusive patients told ‘we have the right not to treat you’
A trust’s CEO has warned patients they could be refused treatment and asked to leave if they become abusive towards hospital staff.