All articles by Dave West – Page 30
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Revealed: Leaders named for eight major STP patches
Work to plan the five-year transformation of NHS services in two of England’s biggest cities is to be led by local authority chief executives, NHS England revealed this afternoon.
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Mapped: The 44 confirmed STP footprints
HSJ’s map reveals the configuration of sustainability and transformation plan footprints, or health systems, across England.
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Expert Briefing
The Commissioner: Forty-four shades of grey
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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Stevens: 44 transformation patches will cover England
Half of sustainability and transformation plan patches are led by CCG chiefs NHS England expects to impose a lead for a small number which have no suitable leader Simon Stevens says STPs will be “umbrella plans” There will be 44 sustainability and transformation plan footprints, with half of ...
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Exclusive: Treasury tightens grip on CCGs with control of £800m fund
The spending of £800m of commissioning budgets will be subject to Treasury approval next year, it has emerged.
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Leader
STPs are being hampered by confusion and indifference
The new health system transformation plans and their leaders are crucial for keeping the Five Year Forward View on track, but the process needs to step up a gear
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Expert Briefing
Does my STP look big in this?
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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Mapped: Staff survey engagement scores
This map shows acute and specialist trusts’ overall engagement scores in the 2015 NHS staff survey at a glance.
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North of England: Staff survey best and worst performers
Analysis of the best and worst performers in the North of England region on key measures in the NHS staff survey 2015, released today.
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Midlands and East: Staff survey best and worst performers
Analysis of the best and worst performers in the Midlands and East region on key measures in the NHS staff survey 2015.
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Former DH finance chief joins consultancy
The former director general for finance and the NHS at the Department of Health has joined a leading health policy communications consultancy.
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CCG leaders expect surge in A&E reconfiguration
More than a third of commissioning group leaders responding to an HSJ survey expected the publication or implementation of plans to close or downgrade accident and emergency services in the next year.
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Expert Briefing
Welcome to The Commissioner; and the CCG scorecard that may never happen
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners. By Dave West
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Exclusive: Advisers on Hunt's CCG ratings may seek delay
Experts advising on new CCG ratings may seek a delay Jeremy Hunt has been seeking a new CCG indicator and scorecard system since 2014 Clinical area experts also concerned about using regulator style labels for ratings Experts appointed to oversee new “Ofsted style” ratings for clinical commissioning groups ...
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Health systems must pick single leader for transformation plans
Health systems have been told to nominate a single leader to oversee their sustainibility and transformation planning this year.
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Exclusive: Rocketing death rate provokes calls for national investigation
There were 5.4 per cent more deaths in England in Wales in 2015 than in 2014 – the biggest year on year increase in several decades Many of the deaths were during winter in early 2015 Potential causes include public spending cuts and constraint, problems with flu vaccine, and ...
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Exclusive: NHS Improvement executive director team revealed
NHS Improvement executive team names revealed The new organisation, replacing Monitor and the TDA, will today set out how it plans to work Announces new ‘improvement faculty’ and networks for clinical leaders No competition and cooperation director in top team NHS Improvement has appointed its executive director team, ...
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HSJ Local
Newcastle FT to take over some North Cumbria services
Newcastle FT will run some children’s services in north Cumbria Partnership set to be extended with cancer services considered a likely focus North Cumbria grappling with unsafe and unsustainable services, and senior leadership turnover North Cumbria University Hospitals in special measures and part of success regime Newcastle upon ...
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Commissioners 'must do more with voluntary sector'
Chair of government review of funding and links with voluntary, community and social enterprise says commissioners not doing enough to engage with sector Levers and incentives need to change, he says Call for use of wider mix of funding, including social prescribing, personal budgets and social investment Incentives ...
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Map: Which health systems are struggling the most?
This map shows which health systems are performing most poorly across a range of measures, and two which are performing well, according to HSJ’s analysis.