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Jim Mackey warns against 'trendy' transformation plans
STP plans must not rely on new organisational models, says Jim Mackey He cites collapsed £800m contract as example of what not to do Leaders selected to head up STPs by local areas may also be changed Local NHS organisations have been warned against building their sustainability and ...
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Specialised cancer services shake-up in Greater Manchester
Transformation team confirms plans to reduce the number of surgical centres for oesophago-gastric and urology cancers There are three OG surgery sites and five sites for urology cancer surgery NHS England previously announced plans to consolidate the services on two sites but failed to achieve a consensus Health ...
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Nursing director moves trust to be chief executive
APPOINTMENT: The director of nursing at Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust is to take over as chief executive of a neighbouring organisation.
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The influencers on our list hold sway across the health economy
Our third Top Chief Executives List is not intended simply as a historical record of who did well in their own organisation over the last year
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East Midlands trusts to share chair
APPOINTMENT: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has appointed Dean Fathers as its new chair.
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Exclusive: Don Berwick warns current level of NHS funding is 'risky'
Don Berwick says funding the NHS at 7 per cent of GDP should be seen as “ongoing experiment” Government should listen to staff feedback and make “adjustments” if there is evidence austerity is “too much” Also recommends longer term view of NHS finances and pooling of budgets with social ...
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Exclusive: Treasury tightens grip on CCGs with control of £800m fund
The spending of £800m of commissioning budgets will be subject to Treasury approval next year, it has emerged.
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Simon Stevens reveals first 10 'healthy new towns'
Simon Stevens unveils 10 sites to be part of Healthy New Towns programme NHS England aims to “design in” health focused features, including fast food free zones near schools and dementia friendly streets Clinicians, designers and technology experts to shape care provision in each location NHS England chief ...
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Berwick: CQC can be 'engine' for spreading best practice
Don Berwick welcomes CQC’s move towards more “risk based inspection” Says NHS Improvement can balance two roles to improve quality and grip finances Warns against regulators “yelling harder” and putting people’s “feet to the fire” Don Berwick has said the Care Quality Commission could become the “engine” for ...
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Stevens: 44 transformation patches will cover England
Half of sustainability and transformation plan patches are led by CCG chiefs NHS England expects to impose a lead for a small number which have no suitable leader Simon Stevens says STPs will be “umbrella plans” There will be 44 sustainability and transformation plan footprints, with half of ...
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Prestigious teaching trust restricts access to heart service
Cambridge University Hospitals temporarily restricts outpatient cardiology service for out of area patients Leaked letter says decision made to avoid “potential safety concerns” CUH cites increase in demand and staff shortages as reasons Waiting list for cardiology outpatient service rising by 50 patients a week ACUTE CARE: A ...
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Exclusive: Deficit trusts more likely to provide worse care, research finds
Providers with financial problems more likely to have quality concerns and operate from fewer hospital sites, according to Health Foundation research Report finds significant association between poor financial performance, spending on agency staff and the proportion of income received via the national tariff. No link found between financial performance ...
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Trusts offer nurses higher grade shifts to skirt agency cap
WORKFORCE: Nurses at some trusts are being offered shifts paid a grade higher than the job they are doing to get around the agency cap, HSJ has learnt.
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Winners of healthcare science awards revealed
A clinical scientist who leads a programme to improve medical devices has been named Healthcare Scientist of the Year.
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Revealed: BMA lawyers warned that judicial review would not prevent imposition of junior doctors’ contract
The British Medical Association’s lawyers have warned the union that its planned legal action against the government will “definitely not” prevent the health secretary from imposing a contract on England’s 37,000 junior doctors, HSJ can reveal.
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Report criticises ambulance chief over controversial pilot scheme
The chief executive of South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has come under pressure after leaked documents suggest he took the “ultimate decision” to delay ambulances in a controversial pilot project.
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Pharma firms to cover overspends on new cancer drugs fund
Cancer drugs fund will be a “managed access” fund from July Under new scheme money due for drugs will be set aside and retained by NHS England if CDF budget is overspent Pharmaceutical firms and cancer charity criticise changes NHS England has confirmed that its new Cancer Drugs ...
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Lord Darzi calls for trusts to invest in social care
Professor Lord Ara Darzi has said NHS providers should get into the social care business to take the pressure off acute trusts.
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STPs are being hampered by confusion and indifference
The new health system transformation plans and their leaders are crucial for keeping the Five Year Forward View on track, but the process needs to step up a gear
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Chief executive quits major teaching hospital trust
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust has resigned.