All Community services articles – Page 48
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NewsNew £2bn training supplier framework created for NHS
NHS Shared Business Services creating new framework for apprentice training supplies The framework available free of charge to the NHS Potential market value for is estimated at £2bn by 2021 NHS Shared Business Services is creating a new framework for suppliers of apprenticeship training with a potential market ...
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HSJ LocalCCG to put £1.3bn MCP contract up for tender
Commissioners in Yorkshire, who are not one of NHS England’s national vanguards, have signalled their intention to tender a new care model contract worth more than £1bn, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Vanguard project cuts A&E admissions of over 65s
A Nottinghamshire MCP vanguard has had 23 per cent fewer emergency admissions for care home residents, new analysis has revealed Health Foundation report shows lower A&E attendances and admissions of residents in the Principia MCP but no link to lower elective admissions or outpatient attendances NHS England and the ...
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HSJ Local'Incompetent' regulator cancels troubled services takeover
NHS Improvement stops takeover of Liverpool community services Bridgewater Community Healthcare was the preferred bidder but the transfer was paused in February after trust was rated requires improvement Alder Hey Children’s FT will provide the services on a short term management arrangement until an “alternative option” is found ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Circle signs trust's wish list to mitigate impact of new contract
Circle signs agreement to reduce financial impact on trust which lost contract Includes termination clause if planned MSK activity levels at Lewisham and Greenwich Trust fall Trust will deliver care from five community hubs Circle Health has agreed to a set of actions designed to reduce the financial ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: CCG planning for single £340m MCP contract
CCG at heart of MCP vanguard hopes to bring the service under a single contract by 2018 Sunderland CCG is working with the council on how the £340m contract will be procured Health leaders will write a business case on what form the new MCP provider will take ...
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HSJ LocalHospital trust creates primary care company
Chesterfield Royal Hospital FT to create new arm’s length company The new body will provide services to more than 30,000 patients Development follows trust taking on five GP surgeries Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has created a new arm’s length limited company to provide GP services to more ...
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HSJ LocalHunt to have final say over flagship hospital reforms
Health secretary will have final say over maternity reconfiguration proposed by success regime Cumbria CCG agreed changes to acute and community services last week County council has now referred the CCG’s decision over maternity services to Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt will have the final say over whether service ...
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HSJ LocalCCG decides minor injury units to be closed and replaced
CCG governing body decides to close three minor injuries units and replace three others with urgent care centres East Riding of Yorkshire CCG also approved plans to create an integrated community and intensive rehabilitation centre The CCG will commission 15 “time to think” beds for the region, but close ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The unproven case for extended GP access
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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NewsCommunity providers face new staffing requirements
Community service providers need better tools to meet safe staffing levels District nursing providers should review staffing annually and benchmark their services, NHSI says Report is the latest safe staffing guidance to be published by the regulator Providers of district nursing services lack the tools to plan staffing ...
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NewsExclusive: Full £800m NHS 'priorities' fund to offset trust deficits
Contingency fund held back from CCGs will be used to offset financial deficits among NHS trusts. Simon Stevens said the money would otherwise have been available for mental health, community and primary care services The fund was created after Department of Health breached spending limit in 2015-16 About ...
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NewsLatest safe staffing guidance unveiled
Mental health providers told to carry out evidence based strategic staffing reviews New guidance follows suspension of NICE safe staffing work in 2015 Document says professional judgement alone cannot be relied on to set staffing levels Mental health trusts must carry out evidence based reviews of staffing levels ...
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NewsCommunity social enterprise first to be rated outstanding
Nottingham CityCare Partnership rated outstanding CQC says it has rated four community interests companies, with Nottingham CityCare the first to get the top rating The partnership was singled out for the responsiveness of urgent care services and support offered by end of life services The Care Quality Commission ...
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NewsHospitals must be 'lippy' over use of increased social care funding
New social care funding must deliver benefits for the NHS delayed transfers No formal NHS influence over spending in 17/18 Government to publish green paper on future of social care NHS organisations should be vocal in demanding that the extra £1bn committed to social care next year is ...
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NewsAlmost half of NHS staff say wards are understaffed
Almost half of NHS staff say there are not enough staff at their trust to do their job Midwives, consultants and nurses complain of staff shortages in latest survery Best performing acute trust on this measure was Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT Almost half of NHS staff say ...
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CommentMind the growing gap between health and social care
It’s vital that in the forthcoming budget the government makes some bold political decisions that will set the course for putting care and support on a sustainable footing
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HSJ LocalStruggling CCG bids to resolve 'financial crisis' with service review
Shropshire CCG to review clinical and financial sustainability of several services to address “financial crisis” Commissioners to look into why some GP practices have higher levels of emergency admissions than others STP to review MSK and orthopaedic services A financially challenged CCG has announced it will carry out ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: How not to transform the NHS
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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NewsExclusive: Morecambe Bay inquiry chair to lead new investigation
Bill Kirkup to lead investigation into care and death of Elizabeth Dixon in 2001 Case has been highlighted by HSJ after NHS England pulled out of joint inquiry with CQC Jeremy Hunt says he is “determined” to get to the bottom of what happened to the baby girl ...