All Community services articles – Page 26
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The future of NHS procurement revealed
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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CommentHostile hospitals: how urban planning can help
Can hospitals stop being monoliths of mystery and isolation and join wider urban life, asks Layla McCay
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HSJ LocalTrust wins £14m after legal battle with government over car scheme
An acute and community trust is set for a £14m windfall after winning a judicial review against the government over VAT repayments for a car scheme, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalInquiry to examine 150 deaths at scandal trust
A second independent inquiry into the former Liverpool Community Health Trust has been announced by ministers this morning, and is expected to investigate around 150 deaths.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Private sector must change its offer
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ LocalFTs discuss potential merger
Two providers in the north west have begun talks about merging, amid wider plans to improve integration across services.
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HSJ LocalTrust in talks over running five GP practices
An acute trust in the north west is in talks over running several GP practices on its patch, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2019: Community health services redesign
Winner University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust: Find and treat – healthcare for homeless and vulnerable people The University College London Hospitals FT’s “find and treat” services target homeless and vulnerable people who are at high risk of tuberculosis, blood-borne viruses and other serious health problems. It uses state-of-the-art diagnostic ...
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HSJ AwardsThe partnership transforming patient experience
Gateshead Care Partnership brought together the local council, NHS trusts and local GPs to improve the way organisations worked together, and won the 2018 HSJ Award for Improved partnerships between health and local government
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CommentA 'Royal Community of Advocates' can help the NHS engage with the public
Laura Fulcher calls for a true partnership between the public and the NHS through the creation of a new body.
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HSJ Local
Trust reviews major pathways ahead of Epic overhaul
An acute and community trust is reviewing four of its main care pathways in an effort to avoid issues faced by other providers as it prepares to switch to the Epic electronic patient record.
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NewsStevens: NHS must act to prevent 'hollowing out' of DGHs
The NHS must rethink the district general hospital model to counter the risk of the health service deserting the “at-risk communities” many serve, Simon Stevens has warned.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Uncomfortable truths
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ LocalPrivate supplier drops NHS contract with just five days’ notice
A troubled private company has terminated a contract to provide dermatology services two months early and at very short notice, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' trust to share CEO with 'buddy'
Two East Midlands community and mental health trusts will share a chief executive, it has been announced.
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CommentNHS England bid to change CCG tendering rules could 'make things worse'
David Furness says that NHS England needs to rethink its proposals to legally change procurement rules as they are based on incorrect information
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HSJ LocalFirst joint chief executive for CCG and trust
A trust and clinical commissioning group today launched a plan to appoint a joint chief executive across both organisations.
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Expert BriefingThe CCGs with the most procurement challenges revealed
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black. This week by correspondent Nick Carding.
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CommentService users are best placed to design improvements
Emma Tiffin and Lois Sidney explain a new initiative in Cambridge and Peterborough that puts patients in the driving seat to improve mental health services
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NewsDementia fund could cut A&E admissions
A multibillion-pound dementia fund should be used to fund personal health budgets for dementia patients to address care inequalities, a former NHS science adviser has said.