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    STP sets publication date after MPs appeal for openness

    2016-11-11T11:46:00Z

    Health leaders in the north have set a date for publishing their sustainability and transformation plan, following calls for transparency from the region’s MPs.

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    CCGs warned over withholding payments from mental health providers

    2016-11-11T11:17:00Z

    New guidance published to help mental health sector move away from block contracts Contracts should be either a capitated or episodic and have a proportion of payment linked to outcomes and targets Warning that CCGs withholding outcome based payments from struggling organisations risk creating an “adversarial relationship” Local ...

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    Trust to take over running of more GP practices

    2016-11-11T07:00:00Z

    The Royal Wolverhampton Trust is set to partner with two more GP practices, increasing the number involved in its vertical integration programme to five.

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    NHS England loses landmark drug appeal

    2016-11-10T12:03:00Z

    Court of Appeal upholds judgment that NHS England has power to commission PrEP If NHS England commissions drug it could result in other treatments earmarked for funding not being commissioned Judge criticises Lansley reforms for creating “bureacratic squabbles” between NHS and local government on funding responsibilitie NHS England ...

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    Stevens: Some STPs 'short of leadership for the task ahead'

    2016-11-10T10:25:00Z

    Some STP footprints lack the leadership capable of “engaging in the task ahead”, says Simon Stevens NHS England chief executive admits there is a substantial gap between capital STPs are asking for and funding available New care model focus could shift to models covering populations of 30,000-50,000 Simon ...

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    Exclusive: Leaked STP calls for £160m for hospital services shake-up

    2016-11-10T14:44:00Z

    Health leaders in Lancashire and south Cumbria believe £160m is required over the next two financial years to deliver key changes to NHS services, according to a leaked draft of the region’s sustainability and transformation plan.

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    Delayed transfers of care continue to worsen

    2016-11-10T15:40:00Z

    Delayed transfers of care reach highest level with 196,246 delayed days in September NHS England figures show demand up and performance in most areas down NHS Providers warn demands “only likely to increase as we move into winter” Delayed transfers of care have continued to worsen and have ...

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    Exclusive: Vanguard hospital to trial private GP app provider

    2016-11-10T11:14:00Z

    Yeovil trust signs up to trial with app firm providing virtual GP consultations App to be offered free to trust staff, but if trial is successful it could roll out to NHS patients Some GPs are “anxious” but trust pledges to work “hand in hand” with doctors if changes ...

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    DWP to roll out jobs advisers for mental health patients

    2016-11-10T07:00:00Z

    Employment advisers will be integrated into the government’s flagship therapy scheme NHS England adviser said DWP and DH are planning to introduce more employment specialists to IAPT services next year DWP is “finalising” plans Employment advisers will be integrated into the government’s flagship talking therapy service as part ...

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    Private equity firm allowed to buy mental health hospitals

    2016-11-10T16:20:00Z

    Market regulators have given the go ahead for 22 private mental health facilities to be sold to an international private equity firm.

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    NHS cancer performance remains below target

    2016-11-10T12:03:00Z

    Trusts hit 62 day wait target 82.3 per cent of time against 85 per cent target Charity critcises “unacceptable” performance NHS has now missed the target for nearly three years NHS providers continued to miss the main national cancer target in the second quarter of 2016-17, according to ...

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    STPs will struggle without 'democratic' involvement, says council chief

    2016-11-10T11:28:00Z

    Councils’ involvement in drawing up sustainability and transformation plans has varied “significantly” across the country, Local Government Association chief executive Mark Lloyd has said.

  • Peter Carter
    HSJ Local

    Former RCN chief appointed chair of troubled trust

    2016-11-10T11:27:00Z

    The former chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing, Peter Carter, has been appointed interim chair at Medway Foundation Trust.

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    Exclusive: Trusts' deficit forecast more than £250m worse than feared

    2016-11-09T22:00:00Z

    Trust forecast figures suggest a deficit of £850m, compared to the planned £580m Mid-year trust forecasts are seen by NHS leaders as a key indicator of whether financial recovery plans have been successful Experts warn that performance could deteriorate further in second half of the year The NHS ...

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    Minister: Capita 'inadequately' prepared for primary care contract

    2016-11-09T12:48:00Z

    Minister claims Capita were “inadequately” prepared to take over primary care support services NHS England admits poor performance has impacted on patients Nicola Blackwood argues previous PCS service needed to change Capita promise to employ 500 extra full time equivalent staff at own expense A health minister has ...

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    Exclusive: Robert Francis calls for regulation of senior managers

    2016-11-09T07:00:00Z

    Sir Robert Francis says senior managers should be regulated as part of a reformed system The Mid Staffordshire public inquiry chair also questions the fit and proper person test Calls for professional regulators to change their focus to do more for patient safety Senior NHS managers should be ...

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    Suspended CCG chief resigns after critical investigations

    2016-11-09T07:00:00Z

    Joy Youart resigns as managing director of Kernow CCG, having been suspended since February She was suspended while investigations took place into the “structure, running and finances” of the troubled CCG She will receive no additional pay “other than outstanding contractual payments” The suspended managing director of Kernow ...

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    EU contribution to NHS highlighted by Awards shortlist

    2016-11-09T00:01:00Z

    The shortlist for HSJ’s special award celebrating the contribution to the NHS by staff from elsewhere in the EU has been announced.

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    Hospital FT to be removed from special measures

    2016-11-09T00:01:00Z

    The chief inspector of hospitals has recommended a troubled acute foundation trust be removed from special measures.

  • New Cross Hospital
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    Updated: CQC upgrades trust's ratings following inspection appeal

    2016-11-09T11:07:00Z

    The Care Quality Commission has upgraded nine of its service ratings for The Royal Wolverhampton Trust following an appeal from the provider.