ICSs fail to recruit chief executives

Five integrated care systems in the Midlands have failed to appoint a chief executive designate for their integrated care boards.

The five systems are : Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent , Black Country and West Birmingham, Coventry and Warwickshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and Birmingham and Solihull.

To date, 24 of the 42 ICS chief executive positions has been confirmed, with another five systems in other parts of England unable to appoint.

Full story in the HSJ, 15 November 2021