All Community services articles – Page 59
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CommentDon't judge vanguards on what they weren't designed to do
If the NHS does, vanguards will fail
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HSJ Local£100m Devon procurement did not break rules, Monitor confirms
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group did not break procurement regulations when it selected a preferred provider for a £100m community services contract without going to tender, Monitor has concluded.
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NewsThousands of mental health patients still detained in police cells
Almost 4,000 people detained under the Mental Health Act are still being forced to stay in police cells rather than a hospital, despite a 54 per cent fall over the last three years.
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NewsExclusive: CQC to review care for newborns following baby’s death
A national review of the quality of care for seriously ill children is being launched by the Care Quality Commission following the death of a baby more than a decade ago.
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HSJ LocalNew GP federation and trusts in collaboration talks
STRUCTURE: A new GP federation covering North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent is in talks with local health bodies to examine proposals for more integrated working.
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HSJ LocalSouth Warwickshire FT and GPs plan joint contract bids
COMMERCIAL: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has established a partnership with a large scale GP federation, with the intention of bidding together for a local community services contract.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise named preferred bidder for community services
COMMERCIAL: A social enterprise has been named the preferred bidder to provide community services across north Somerset by the local clinical commissioning group.
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HSJ LocalCCG will no longer tender for stroke care pathway
A North Staffordshire clinical commissioning group has said it does not intend to go out to tender for a prime provider to cover stroke care across its region.
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HSJ LocalLast Staffordshire trust pulls out of £690m cancer consortium
COMMERCIAL: The main acute provider in Staffordshire has pulled out of a consortium bid to take on a £687m, 10 year prime provider contract for cancer services.
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HSJ LocalTrust calls for success regime to take over ‘shambolic’ procurement
COMMERCIAL: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has called for a controversial community services procurement to be taken over by NHS England or the county’s ‘success regime’.
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NewsHEE review: Primary care should be favoured for running community nursing
A series of recommendations have been set out by a major review of primary care workforce commissioned by Health Education England.
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NewsOut of area mental health placements increase suicide risk, inquiry warns
The practice of sending mental health patients up to hundreds of miles from home for a bed should be stopped because of the risk of suicide, a national inquiry has warned.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise wins £240m community services contract
COMMERCE: A social enterprise has been awarded a community services contract in Essex worth £240m.
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NewsCrisp: Mental health beds shortage actually a discharge crisis
A perceived crisis in the availability of mental health beds is actually caused by delayed patient discharges, according to an inquiry chaired by Lord Crisp.
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HSJ LocalTrust to complain to Monitor over £285m contract award
STRUCTURE: A foundation trust in Yorkshire is set to lodge a formal complaint with Monitor after a £285m contract was awarded to a rival group of bidders.
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HSJ LocalBristol Community Health appoints finance director
WORKFORCE: Bristol Community Health has appointed Jo Makinson as its finance director.
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NewsExclusive: NICE to publish A&E staffing guidance not wanted by NHS England
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will publish recommended nurse staffing levels for accident and emergency departments despite being asked by NHS England to drop the work, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalCCGs confirm winner of £285m 'prime provider' contract
STRUCTURE: Two Yorkshire clinical commissioning groups have confirmed that Locala Community Partnerships has been named preferred bidder to be their lead provider for a £285m ‘prime provider’ community services contract.
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HSJ Local
Social enterprise publishes clinical data via online database
TECHNOLOGY: A social enterprise which provides community services across south London has published anonymised clinical data onto a website created by the Greater London Authority to aid public scrutiny of the way services are run.