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NewsNHS 111 would be handed over to ambulance services under Labour
Ambulance services would take over the running of the non-emergency 111 telephone service under a Labour government, Andy Burnham has revealed.
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NewsTrusts forced to look overseas to plug paramedic gaps
Ambulance services across England are looking overseas to fill gaps in their paramedic workforce as trusts grapple with vacancy rates as high as 25 per cent, HSJ research has found.
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NewsNHS England chief defines 'multispecialty community providers'
The NHS England chief executive has set out nine requirements that define a ‘multispecialty community provider’, one of the key care models in his vision for the future of the NHS.
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HSJ LocalFirst of new NHS 111 contracts awarded
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has been left “deeply disappointed” after losing out on the contract to provide an integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours service in Somerset.
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NewsPlans to involve GPs in NHS 111 'naive'
NHS England has ‘lost’ time exploring the use of GPs for the NHS 111 phone line as there are too few in the workforce to support it, a leading clinician has said
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NewsCQC to inspect whole health systems
The Care Quality Commission will begin inspecting health systems across whole geographical areas from next year, its chief inspector of general practice has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow London Ambulance is preparing for winter pressures
Intelligent conveyancing helps to spread the load
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HSJ LocalStrained ambulance service to cut call-outs by 15 per cent
PERFORMANCE: London Ambulance Service Trust has announced it will cut the number of emergency calls that receive an ambulance response by 15 per cent, in response to staff shortages and rising demand.
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HSJ LocalSingle re-procurement planned for West Midlands NHS 111
COMMERCIAL: NHS 111 services are set to be re-procured for nearly all the West Midlands under a single large exercise, clinical commissioning group papers reveal.
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HSJ LocalSomerset shortlists for 111 and OOH
COMMERCIAL: Four bidders have been shortlisted to provide NHS 111 and out of hours primary care services in Somerset, in one of the first NHS 111 re-procurements to be run.
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HSJ Local
NHS 111 could be terminated in Norfolk
PERFORMANCE: The NHS 111 service could be terminated in Norfolk, as the East of England Ambulance Service Trust, which runs the service, has failed to secure sufficient funding.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall to design ‘integrated’ out of hours contract
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in Cornwall are to redesign the region’s out of hours GP service in order to “blur the lines” between in and out of hours care.
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NewsDH creates £250m fund for elective 'resilience'
The Department of Health is to provide an additional £250m to the NHS to help providers clear their planned care waiting list backlogs.
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NewsIntegrated hotlines could exclude smaller providers
Plans by clinical commissioning groups to jointly procure NHS 111 and out of hours hotlines have sparked concerns that smaller providers could be squeezed out of the market.
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NewsGPs in NHS 111 call centres would be a 'big mistake'
Mandating GPs in NHS 111 call centres as part of the revised specification for the service would be a “big mistake”, potential providers have told HSJ.
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NewsLabour dubs NHS 111 'fundamentally flawed'
Labour has accused the government of ‘vandalism’ by destroying NHS Direct, which formally closed on March 31.
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HSJ Local
Patients to access out-of-hours services via NHS 111
Patients across Devon will now access out-of-hours GP services by ringing their local NHS 111 provider.
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NewsHunt says NHS on track for patients' access to their GP records
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said 95 per cent of NHS patients will be able to access their GP care records online, free of charge, by the time of the next general election.
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HSJ Local
Dorset 111 service gets extra funding
FINANCE: Dorset CCG has had to provide South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust with additional funding for the provision of the NHS 111 service.