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  • North Tyneside general hospital
    HSJ Local

    North East walk-in clinics to be replaced by urgent care centre

    2016-10-26T11:33:00Z

    North Tyneside CCG approves plans to replace three walk-in clinics and OOH service with single urgent care centre Governing body to begin procurement for site and provider of the new service Public consultation found preferred site was North Tyneside General Hospital, run by Northumbria Healthcare FT Trust refuses to ...

  • GP_doctor
    HSJ Local

    Concerns raised over sustainability of GP social enterprise

    2016-10-26T07:00:00Z

    Internal report says GP provider’s relationship with CCG had “deteriorated to the point where mutual confidence is low and new business contracts become unlikely” Trajectory against an NHS England contract at the start of September would “lead to around a £434,000 deficit” Community interest company says situation has changed ...

  • jonathan parry
    HSJ Local

    Updated: Trust chief to appeal 'vindictive' dismissal decision

    2016-10-25T14:58:00Z

    Jonathan Parry had been excluded from work at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust since August 2015 due to allegations made by a whistleblower Trust has never explained the nature of the allegations against him and three other senior officers who were also excluded Panel found evidence on seven counts ...

  • Generic pie chart
    News

    Exclusive: Survey reveals STPs' service change priorities

    2016-10-25T07:00:00Z

    The types of service changes and structural reform that will dominate sustainability and transformation plans are revealed in HSJ’s survey of senior local NHS decision makers.

  • 3002153 busy hospital
    News

    Survey finds few local leaders confident STPs will deliver

    2016-10-25T07:00:00Z

    Very few local NHS leaders believe STPs are likely to deliver the intended improvements to finance and performance in the next 18 months, an HSJ survey suggests.

  • Phone call
    HSJ Local

    Trust asked to maintain 111 service with 12 days' notice

    2016-10-25T12:08:00Z

    An ambulance trust has been asked to continue providing NHS 111 services with just 12 days’ notice after plans for a new provider to take over were delayed twice.

  • Oxford
    HSJ Local

    STP-wide commissioning team to take powers from CCGs

    2016-10-25T10:49:00Z

    “Commissioning executive” covering seven CCGs to be set up to help commission services across Buckingham, Oxfordshire and Berkshire STP Mental health, ambulance services and 111 will be under board’s new remit The executive will also be asked to sign off a single operating plan to cover STP footprint ...

  • Dave West
    Leader

    This precarious moment for STPs precedes a long, arduous slog

    2016-10-25T07:00:00Z

    Sustainability and transformation planning has reached a highly precarious moment – but the STP project will be a long and difficult slog, not a big bang, writes Dave West.

  • Cancer treatment
    News

    NHS England to invest £130m in cancer treatment equipment

    2016-10-25T00:01:00Z

    The NHS is to invest £130m to upgrade or replace key equipment for treating cancer, and will announce new proposals to reorganise radiotherapy services across England this week.

  • nina fraser
    HSJ Local

    West Midlands trust hires interim chief nursing officer

    2016-10-25T15:42:00Z

    University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Trust has appointed Nina Fraser as interim chief nursing officer

  • Ambulance
    HSJ Local

    Troubled ambulance trust launches patient harm review

    2016-10-25T11:35:00Z

    An ambulance service in special measures is to review whether any patients have been harmed by problems locating defibrillators during emergency calls.

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    News

    Second 'full' STP published as council hits out at process

    2016-10-24T15:32:00Z

    The second “full” sustainability and transformation plan has been published, by a London local authority which has criticised the STP process citing concerns over transparency and a lack of focus on adult social care.

  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
    News

    City becomes the first to publish its full STP

    2016-10-24T11:34:00Z

    Birmingham and Solihull STP published despite NHS England request to delay publication Single ‘lead provider’ for maternity care is mooted STP leads say there is ‘no expectation’ that the acute bed base in the system will reduce Four acute trusts will have a shared back office function and centralised ...

  • Northampton General Hospital
    News

    Acute services could merge under Midlands STP

    2016-10-24T16:07:00Z

    Single service models being developed for 10 acute pathways to “deliver efficiencies” Plans show that “political opposition”, “capital constraints” and “insufficient workforce” are all risks to implementation CCG plans MCP development and staff reorganisation that could result in redundancies STP wants to see “repatriation” of out of area NHS ...

  • David prior
    News

    Government review reveals plan to speed NHS innovations uptake

    2016-10-24T00:01:00Z

    Four years can be cut off up to estimated 12 years it takes to get some innovative treatments to patients, says review Transformation will require investment, including in ‘new, strengthened’ AHSNs An ‘accelerated access partnership’ should bring together key national health bodies Recommendations also include call for new NHS ...

  • North of England map
    News

    Mapped: Providers' new ratings from NHS Improvement

    2016-10-21T13:39:00Z

    This map shows the segmentation rating given to all NHS providers by NHS Improvement today. 

  • The Christie
    News

    Revealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust

    2016-10-21T13:37:00Z

    Each trust placed in one of four categories based on the level of support they require from NHS Improvement Trusts will be formally categorised next month as part of the regulator’s new “single oversight framework” Thirty-five out of 238 trusts will have “maximum autonomy” See every rating in the ...

  • Hinchingbrooke
    News

    Exclusive: Regulator's list reveals trusts slated for takeover or franchise

    2016-10-21T12:43:00Z

    HSJ obtains historic NHS Trust Development Authority “segmentation” list after lengthy freedom of information battle List from January 2015 shows Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust was slated for takeover, and East Cheshire Trust and Dartford and Gravesham Trust were earmarked for potential franchising NHS Improvement says catergorisation was “never ...

  • The Walton Centre
    HSJ Local

    Outstanding rating for 'world class' specialist trust

    2016-10-21T15:29:00Z

    Walton Centre Foundation Trust in Liverpool rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission Specialist spinal and brain service hospital becomes only second specialist hospital to receive top rating Ten out of 19 specialist hospitals have now had inspections published by the CQC The Walton Centre Foundation Trust has ...

  • Peter Homa
    HSJ Local

    Chief executive quits shared leadership role

    2016-10-21T13:02:00Z

    Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust