All articles by Jack Serle – Page 19
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HSJ Local
Finance director makes swift U-turn to stay at troubled trust
The finance director who opted to quit his hospital trust to ”be held to account” has now decided not to resign after all.
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HSJ Local
Growing waits at major teaching trust worry commissioners
The number of patients waiting more than a year for elective treatment at a major London teaching hospital has ballooned over the past 12 months.
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HSJ Local
Troubled acute trust appoints another interim CEO
A troubled north London trust has appointed another interim chief executive before it forms a new provider group with a neighbouring trust.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Crunch time for PCN relationships
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by primary care correspondent, Jack Serle.
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News
PCNs permitted to pay charities’ management costs
NHS England has made it easier for charities to be involved in primary care networks — by allowing ringfenced budgets to be used to pay for third party management costs.
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HSJ Local
Trust chair accused NHSI of ‘lacking backbone’ over estates project
An acute trust chair accused NHS Improvement of lacking “backbone” over an estates project that was allegedly scrapped due to political pressure from Jeremy Corbyn, court papers have revealed.
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News
Conservatives pledge primary care funding boost
The Conservative party has promised to invest £2.4bn over four years from 2021-22 to increase the numbers of doctors and other clinicians working in primary care.
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News
Revealed: The NHS trusts acting as PCN "bankers"
Four NHS trusts have established a foothold in primary care networks, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Revealed: 40 per cent of PCNs flout NHSE guidance on size
Two in five primary care networks fall outside the recommended population thresholds set by NHS England to help maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of the new structures, HSJ analysis shows.
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News
Stevens names three ‘tests’ for PCNs
Simon Stevens has identified three top “real world tests” for primary care networks.
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News
Mapped: The hospital builds in PM’s pledge
The trusts which will benefit from a share of £2.7bn to rebuild hospitals, or £100m to develop business cases for future schemes, announced by the prime minister today.
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News
Government promises £3bn hospital building programme
The government has announced a £3bn capital investment plan to rebuild hospitals and replace diagnostic equipment.
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HSJ Local
Trust’s CQC visit drawn out ‘as inspectors not available’
A London hospital trust has said its Care Quality Commission inspection has been drawn out “due to availability of inspectors” – though the regulator insists it is fully staffed.
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HSJ Local
Senior MP wants lawyers investigated for role in whistleblower case
A senior MP wants regulators to investigate a leading law firm in relation to its conduct during a series of legal challenges by a junior doctor between 2014 and 2018.
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News
Exclusive: Region ordered to hold back ‘risk reserve’ of almost £100m
Providers and commissioners in the East of England will have their income and allocations top-sliced by the region’s NHS England and Improvement board to create a risk reserve.
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News
Public health will get 1pc real terms growth, Selbie reveals
The public health grant is due to increase by 1 per cent in real terms next year, the Public Health England chief executive has said, adding that it should spell the end of cuts to the budget.
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News
‘No clear evidence’ for key long-term plan policy, says PHE
The effectiveness of social prescribing, a critical component of the NHS long-term plan, lacks high quality evidence, a Public Health England policy review has warned.
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HSJ Local
Plan to merge eight CCGs pushed back a year
A second London health system has opted to delay plans to merge its clinical commissioning groups into a single organisation.
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News
NHSE confirms national primary care director
Simon Stevens has confirmed a former GP commissioning leader will be NHS England’s permanent national director of primary care.
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News
NHS must better tailor young people’s care, says new report
The care and support given to young people with long-term conditions is too variable and some providers need to better tailor their services to individuals, according to new research.