All Integrated care articles – Page 55
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Expert Briefing
What's New in Care Models: Franchising vanguard breaks cover
Everything that’s new in care models and tracking the progress of the Five Year Forward View, by our senior correspondent on integration David Williams.
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News
CCG supports bid to scrap county council in major reorganisation
Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has backed a bid for a major reorganisation of local government in the county, which would see the abolition of the county council.
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News
New BCF rules to safeguard CCG finances
New rules will still divert better care fund cash to acute sector Much delayed guidance comes after weeks of talks between NHS England and social care leaders Guidance seeks to minimise risk of overstretching CCG budgets CCGs reminded they can fine councils over delayed transfers Protracted negotiations between ...
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News
Mapped: How has your region performed on transfers of care?
Full analysis: The best and worst regions for delayed transfers of care HSJ’s exclusive map of delayed transfers of care performance illustrates the full extent of variability across the country in this increasingly important indicator.
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News
Analysed: The best and worst regions for delayed transfers of care
Delayed transfers of care have risen steadily for the past two years and are becoming a major area of policy focus during 2016. HSJ’s detailed analysis of local delayed transfers figures reveals:
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HSJ Local
Financially challenged Devon makes devolution bid
“Heart of the South West” bids for five year devolved budgets for health, care and public health Region includes Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG, which has the biggest CCG cumulative deficit in England Somerset CCG and South Devon and Torbay CCG also part of the bid DEVOLUTION: ...
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News
'Clear objectives' needed before health devolution
Areas should shun health devolution if integration initiatives with social care are working well.
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News
£1.2bn contracts tender paused following Cambridgeshire fiasco
Staffordshire CCGs pause awards of outcomes based contracts Controversial cancer and end of life care deals worth £1.2bn combined NHS England instructed local leaders to wait for Cambridgeshire review The largest outcomes based contracting tender exercise in the country has been paused in response to the collapse of ...
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HSJ Local
Health on the back burner in southern devolution bid
Complex integration left to later stage by Surrey, East and West Sussex
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News
Quarter of CCGs’ BCF contributions to shrink
Nearly a quarter of clinical commissioning groups will be allowed to contribute less to the better care fund next year than the minimum requirement in 2015-16, NHS England has confirmed.
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News
Government opens less radical route for NHS devolution
Devolution bill passes final stage in the Lords - bill now awaiting Royal Assent Lords accept amendment allowing a less radical version of devolution in which NHS commissioners would remain accountable NHS organisations will be able to share NHS responsibilties with local government as part of new ‘devolution’ ...
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News
Better 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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Comment
The unique role of general practice is being undermined
If we really want joined up care, then GPs need to reclaim their position as the conductors of the healthcare orchestra. Dr Jonathan Shapiro writes
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Leader
The 21 questions the NHS must answer this year
2016 is one of the NHS’s rare ‘years of opportunity’. The questions below will determine whether it is a success or failure
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News
Poorer councils to get more better care fund cash
Councils which will have limited ability to raise additional funds through the council tax social care precept will get a bigger share of the extra better care fund cash promised by the chancellor in the spending review.
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News
London health 'devolution' pilots announced
Five “devolution” pilots will pave the way for a “revolution” in the delivery of health and social care in London, chancellor George Osborne has said.
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News
Exclusive: Stevens casts doubt over NHS devolution outside Manchester
“Probably not many” areas beyond Greater Manchester will take on devolved health budgets, says NHS England chief Simon Stevens says “a lot of work” still needed before Cornwall is ready Integration of NHS and social care unrealistic without a “viable social care funding proposition” Simon Stevens has said ...
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Comment
The Cambridgeshire contract fiasco must be explained
It is troubling that neither commissioner nor provider has been able to explain the rapid collapse of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s £800m older people’s services contract, writes David Williams
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News
Extra BCF cash worth £100m in first year
The extra better care fund cash promised to local government in the spending review is expected to be worth just £100m in 2017-18.