All Community services articles – Page 54
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NewsNICE releases safe staffing evidence reviews to HSJ
NICE non-executive directors conclude publishing evidence reviews is in the public interest Sir Andrew Dillon had argued publishing the reviews could disrupt the management of the NHS Guidelines for A&E nurse staffing have not been published The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has today released to ...
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HSJ LocalVirgin Care wins Kent community contract
Virgin Care wins £18m a year, seven year contract to provide community services in Kent Incumbent Kent Community Health claims it scored higher on quality in assessment process Commissioners say “Virgin Care represents best opportunity to improve adult community services” COMMERICAL: Virgin Care has won a contract to ...
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NewsBetter care fund £1bn payment for performance scheme axed
£1bn of pooled health and social care funding will no longer be subject to national rules Providers and commissioners instructed to produce plans to cut delayed transfers New “streamlined” assurance process for better care fund plans Changes welcomed by CCGs and councils Ministers have axed the £1bn payment ...
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NewsExclusive: GP groups cover most of England but ‘lack ambition and priorities’
Large scale GP provider groups operating in 82 per cent of England’s CCG areas There are 268 federations up and running, HSJ research suggests It is estimated that these organisations cover 41 million patients Four fifths of clinical commissioning groups have at least one large scale GP provider ...
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NewsHealth Education England reveals plan to deliver 80k additional NHS staff
Health Education England’s third national workforce plan reveals 80,000 additional staff by 2020 Adult nurse training places increase for third consecutive year - a growth of 15 per cent since 2013 Numbers of hospital consultants and GPs to grow by 11,000 by 2020 More than 80,000 additional healthcare ...
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NewsNHS told to achieve nine 'must dos' during 2016-17
NHS providers across a quarter of England must meet four out of 10 clinical standards for seven day services during 2016-17 Local areas told they must achieve nine ‘must dos’ including eliminating NHS deficit Focus on achieving waiting time and care access targets Every local health system has ...
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HSJ LocalManchester eyes savings of £2.5m
COMMISSIONING: Commissioners in Manchester are to run a competitive tender process for some eye care services, which could save more than £2.5m in two years.
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HSJ LocalMental health trust drops foundation trust bid
STRUCTURE: Solent Trust has dropped its bid to be a foundation trust.
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CommentUrgent care services are overstretched – we need to fund the cancer strategy now
Rising demand for support after treatment must be met with funding
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HSJ Local£100m community services procurement edges toward completion
COMMERCIAL: The procurement of a £100m community services contract in Devon has moved a step closer to completion, after the preferred provider was judged to be value for money.
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CommentVanguards in action
The key to success of the new care models is strong partnerships involving health, social care and others
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NewsLandmark £800m outcomes based contract collapses after eight months
Major outcomes based contract collapses after being deemed ‘financially unsustainable’ £800m Cambridgeshire and Peterborough deal was one of the largest ever tendered by the NHS New older people’s service only went live in April NHS-owned ‘lead provider’ consortium will hand contract back to commissioners One of the biggest ...
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HSJ LocalFT 'disappointed' by community services tender
COMMERCIAL: A foundation trust is planning a joint bid with GPs to run out of hospital care after commissioners decided to run a competitive tender to improve local services.
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CommentThe frontloading of NHS investment comes as a relief
The comprehensive spending review brings breathing space for a squeezed system but questions remain over public health budgets
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HSJ KnowledgeShared Lives – empowering people to lead healthy lives
The power of mobilising people to improve health and care
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HSJ LocalNHS consortium preferred provider for Cornwall community services
COMMERCIAL: An NHS consortium has been named as preferred provider to deliver adult community health services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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NewsJudge rules minimally conscious patient should be allowed to die
Court ruling declared as a landmark decision that could affect future cases Patient will die after life sustaining treatment is withdrawn Judge says continuing care would be “disrespectful” to her wishes A woman in the end stage of multiple sclerosis will be allowed to die after a landmark ...
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CommentThe worrying truth about mental health services
Lack of money is frequently highlighted as a key barrier to providing high quality care in mental health
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HSJ LocalVirgin wins South West children’s health contract
COMMERCIAL: Virgin Care has won a £64m contract to be the single provider of community child health services in Wiltshire.
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News£75m fund to close learning disability hospital beds
Plans to close up to half of inpatient beds for people with learning disabilities following the Winterbourne View scandal have been announced by the NHS and local government bodies.