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NewsNew 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.
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NewsNHSE delays delegation of key services to ICBs
NHS England’s delegation of vaccination and screening to integrated care boards will not happen for another 20 months, it has announced.
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HSJ PartnersEmbracing integrated care to combat regional inequalities in chronic kidney disease
Joe Wildy of CSL Vifor outlines the importance of delivering integrated renal services through adopting whole person care for people living with CKD in England, looking at the opportunity that delegated commissioning of specialised services provides in achieving this.
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NewsICB hires overseas CEO for new £1.5bn commissioning job
An integrated care board has brought in a senior executive from overseas to lead the commissioning of £1.5bn worth of delegated specialised services for the East of England.
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NewsEx-CQC boss to lead £85m deficit trust
A former Care Quality Commission chief executive is to take over as chair of a high-profile trust with long-running financial problems.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The specialised commissioning lottery
HSJ recently revealed the dramatic differences in access to specialist medical treatments around the country.
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NewsLondon gets well over ‘fair share’ of specialised services while rural areas miss out
People in some more rural areas are missing out on specialist treatments they should be getting, while Londoners are receiving a lot more than their “fair share”, new NHS England figures suggest.
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NewsTwenty ICBs to control specialised services from April
Integrated care boards in three out of seven NHS regions will take over budgets for 59 specialised services from April, although the commissioning staff will remain employed by NHS England for another year.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Baby steps again on specialised services
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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NewsSpecialised delegation delayed again for largest ICBs
Several of the largest integrated care boards will not be given responsibility for specialised services – as was previously planned — in April next year, they have said.
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NewsNine regions to take over £13bn specialised services spend
Nine regional committees will commission specialised services worth £13bn from April, NHS England has decided.
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NewsTransfer of multi-billion pound fund to ICSs delayed until 2024
NHS England is set to delay delegating commissioning budgets worth billions of pounds to integrated care systems until 2024 amid concerns about financial risk and destabilising services, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Commissioning yourself
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust’s future under question as specialist service shut down
NHS England is closing the current gender identity clinic for children and young people following a critical independent review, replacing it with two new services in London and the North West of England.
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NewsICSs face test to take on billions worth of services
England’s 42 health systems will be assessed in November and December this year on whether they are ready to commission 65 specialised services that the centre has said should be delegated, NHS England announced today.
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NewsBig hospitals warn NHSE of dangers of ICS takeover
Moving specialised services commissioning from NHS England to integrated care systems risks fragmenting provision, creating post-code lotteries and diluting quality and expertise, a group representing some of the largest tertiary trusts has told NHS England.
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NewsDoctors say NHS England ‘unfair’ in decision to remove surgery from some hospitals
Serious concerns have been raised about an ‘unfair’ tender process which will lead to specialist surgery being withdrawn from multiple hospitals.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The ‘new hospital’ playbook lie
This week’s HSJ Health Check podcast discusses the government comms “playbook” which, as revealed by HSJ, told trusts they should describe new wings, units and refurbishments as “new hospitals” — which they are not.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The rocky road ahead for integrated care systems
With seven months to go, we discuss what ICSs have to do before they become statutory on 1 April, amid brewing rows over who might sit on the board.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Are covid visiting restrictions damaging patient safety?
An HSJ investigation revealed this week that coroners have raised multiple concerns pandemic hospital visiting restrictions may have had a damaging effect on patient care.