Henry Anderson
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Two-thirds of ‘new hospitals’ team are management consultants
Two thirds of the people working on the government's flagship hospital building programme are staff supplied by external management consultancies, data obtained by HSJ shows. → Read More
Revealed: £6bn deficit in first cut ICS plans
The draft financial plans submitted by integrated care systems for 2023-24 suggest a budget deficit of around £6bn, multiple sources have told HSJ. → Read More
Ex-council boss appointed trust chair
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has appointed a new chair, who will join the organisation from an acute trust. → Read More
ICBs set for 30pc staffing cuts
Integrated care boards have been told to cut their staffing costs by 30 per cent. → Read More
30pc cut to ICB staffing budgets
Integrated care boards have been told to cut their running costs - most of which is their staff - by 30 per cent. → Read More
NHS ‘notoriously bad’ at managing contracts, says procurement chief
NHS trusts are 'notoriously bad' at managing their contracts with suppliers, according to a former Department of Health and Social Care official who is now setting up a large-scale procurement team. → Read More
Revealed: the 14 ICSs admitting they will end the year in deficit
At least 14 integrated care systems have now officially admitted they will end the year with a budget deficit, after just five areas said this at the start of the year. → Read More
Exclusive: Boris office chief made DHSC director
Former senior Downing Street official Samantha Jones is to become a non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ has learned. → Read More
Boris office chief made DHSC director
Former senior Downing Street official Samantha Jones is to become a non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ has learned. → Read More
NHSE set for £400m dentistry underspend despite ‘access crisis’
The national dentistry budget is set to be underspent by a record £400m this year, due to a shortage of dentists willing to take on NHS work, HSJ has learned. → Read More
Celebrated service closes six years after opening
The closure of a much-celebrated mental health unit just six years after it opened demonstrates the struggle trusts have faced in utilising new investment into the sector, a local leader said. → Read More
ICSs which ‘play the game’ offered extra funding
NHS England is offering extra revenue funding to systems that commit to hold their financial positions for 2022-23 at an agreed level, HSJ has learned. → Read More
Eight ICSs miss deadline for ‘integrated care strategy’
Eight integrated care systems have not yet published a version of their integrated care strategy, despite government setting a deadline of the end of 2022 to do so. → Read More
Eight ICSs miss deadline for ‘integrated care strategies’
Eight integrated care systems have not yet published a version of their integrated care strategy, despite government setting a deadline of the end of 2022 to do so. → Read More
Thirty-five ICSs publish first ‘integrated care strategies’
Seven integrated care systems have not yet published a version of their integrated care strategy, despite government setting a deadline of the end of 2022 to do so. → Read More
Thousands of patients recalled over eye damage concerns
Thousands of patients are being recalled for urgent eye checks after regulators raised safety concerns related to a product used in cataract surgery. → Read More
Systems to end year half a billion in deficit, NHSE admits
NHS England has admitted that integrated care systems are likely to post a combined deficit of around £600m for the current financial year. → Read More
NHSE rejects ‘unacceptable’ ICS deficit
NHS England has expressed 'significant disappointment' over the finances of an integrated care system and extended its regime of 'mandated oversight'. → Read More
‘Unauthorised payoffs’ made to senior staff at six NHS organisations
NHS England has been criticised by national auditors after a spate of unauthorised payoffs to departing commissioning staff, and warned that the move to integrated care boards may bring more. → Read More
Revealed: New elective activity targets for each ICS
NHS England has set new elective targets for each integrated care system in 2023-24, ranging from 3 per cent to 14 per cent above pre-pandemic levels. → Read More