All articles by Jack Serle – Page 23
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NewsNHSE integrated care lead to leave
NHS England and Improvement’s director of primary care and system transformation is leaving to become chief operating officer at a foundation trust.
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NewsPrimary care networks begin management recruitment drive
The first wave of job adverts for the new workforce going into primary care networks have been posted online, including various new managerial roles.
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HSJ LocalDiscovery of 2000 skeletons delays hospital funding boost
Building work being carried out by the charity of a major teaching hospital has been delayed after around 2,000 skeletons were discovered at the development site.
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HSJ LocalFirst chief chosen to lead both trust and CCG
A trust chief executive will jointly lead its local clinical commissioning group from October, as part of a shared management structure established by the two bodies.
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HSJ LocalFT accuses Treasury of being inflexible over PFI buyout
A leading foundation trust says inflexible Treasury rules are preventing it from buying out a private finance initiative contract, which could deliver savings of £30m a year.
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NewsReal terms budget cut for community pharmacy
Funding for community pharmacy will be cut by 9 per cent in real terms under a new deal in which the sector will be expected to provide more clinical services.
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NewsPCNs at risk from ‘rough and ready’ legal paperwork
Many of the legal documents that underpin the agreements uniting GPs in the NHS’ flagship primary care scheme may be “rough and ready” and need redrafting, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Three CCGs removed from special measures
Three clinical commissioning groups in north east London is no longer in financial special measures, it was announced today.
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CommentThe Bedpan: The poor can’t afford to follow public health advice
This week: Professor Sir Michael Marmot, professor of epidemiology and public health at University College London
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NewsGP appointment problems still growing, patients report
Patients say they are finding it harder to access their GP services while their satisfaction with their overall experience has continued to dip, according to data released today.
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HSJ LocalInterim appointed after trust chair’s sudden departure
A north London trust has appointed a non-executive director as interim chair after its chair stepped down three months early.
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NewsTop GP provider to close practice after ‘big reduction’ in doctors
The prominent GP “super partnership” Modality will close one of five GP surgeries it runs in Hull, which it says will make its services in the city safe and sustainable.
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HSJ LocalCapital’s CCGs consolidate leadership pending mergers
There will be just two chief executives covering the 12 groups in south London from October, ahead of planned mergers in April next year.
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NewsFirst community services spec will tie it to primary care
The NHS will create the first national specifications for community health services, which will be closely linked with primary care requirements, as NHS England seeks to get rid of the divide between the two sectors.
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NewsGPs to form 1,300 primary care networks
GP practices have formed 1,259 primary care networks across England, ranging from populations of less than 20,000 to more than 50,000.
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HSJ LocalDGH launches service to grab market share from teaching hospitals
A north west London trust has launched a new vascular centre to challenge the capital’s major teaching hospitals a year after it was found to be struggling to provide adequate procedures
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NewsFunding announced for projects to fight antibiotic resistance
The government has unveiled some of the research projects awarded funding from its multi-million-pound fund for fighting anti-microbial resistance.
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NewsDeputy clinical directors will share the primary care network load
Commissioners in the East Midlands are hiring deputy directors to support the clinical directors leading its primary care networks.
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NewsBabylon PCN is a temporary arrangement, confirms NHSE
A primary care network composed only of Babylon’s GP at Hand is only a temporary measure while NHS England conducts a review of digital first providers and out of area registration.
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HSJ LocalPension tax worsens gastroenterology backlog
The pension tax has stopped a major London trust from dealing with the growing number of patients waiting over a year in one of its specialisms.