All articles by Lawrence Dunhill – Page 55
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NewsRevealed: The leaders chosen for 41 of England's STPs
NHS England confirms the leaders for 41 of 44 “sustainability and transformation plan” footprints List includes 18 provider chief executives, 18 CCG leaders and three from local authorities Three areas yet to confirm their STP lead NHS England has confirmed the individuals who will lead five year transformation ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Working on the chain gang
HSJ’ s new weekly email briefing on NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester.
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HSJ LocalA&E failure may trigger national intervention in Manchester devolution
NHS England could intervene in devolution if performance on the headline A&E target drops Several Greater Manchester trusts among worst in England for A&E performance CCGs will not have to maintain a 1 per cent surplus individually Initial arrangements described as “synthetic” devolution PERFORMANCE: A number of performance ...
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NewsExclusive: Department of Health’s 'desperate' bid to not blow spending budget
Big four accountancy firms sent into NHS organisations by the Department of Health Focus areas include “overly prudent” accounting around deferral of income and “unnecessary provisioning” for restructuring Described as an “act of desperation” by finance expert The Department of Health has sent accountancy firms into NHS organisations ...
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NewsRevealed: Trusts told to improve bottom line by tens of millions
HSJ has obtained financial “control totals” for nearly a third of acute trusts NHS Improvement has already released “sustainability and transformation funding” allocations for every provider for 2016-17 King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust must deliver the biggest improvement compared to 2015-16 Regulators are banking on a major turnaround ...
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NewsSir David Dalton to run two acute trusts
Sir David Dalton, chief executive of Salford Royal Foundation Trust, is to take over the leadership of another major provider in Greater Manchester.
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HSJ LocalAlarm raised over trust's 'risky' proposal to run A&E without specialist consultants
Scarborough Hospital has long struggled to recruit emergency medical consultants Senior clinicians believe a new model can be devised whereby patients could initially be seen by “advanced clinical practitioners” RCEM described proposal as a “highly risky strategy” Simon Stevens has spoken of the need to “reinvent a viable model ...
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HSJ Local111 provider told to improve just weeks into five year contract
PERFORMANCE: The provider of the largest 111 contract in the country has been issued an “improvement notice” by commissioners, just weeks into a five year deal.
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HSJ Local700 community staff to be transferred twice in months
WORKFORCE: More than 700 community staff in Greater Manchester will have to transfer to a new employer twice in quick succession.
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NewsBudget 2016: Sugar tax and changes to NHS pensions
Most of the £520m raised in the first year of the tax will be used to boost school sports NHS England says levy is a “major first step to what must be a comprehensive childhood obesity strategy” Employers will have to contribute an extra £2bn to public sector pensions ...
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NewsDevo Manc leaders seek private investment for NHS
Greater Manchester looking at non-NHS sources of funding due to the constraints on capital funds at the DH and NHS England “Exploratory discussions” with institutional investors will gauge appetite for creating private investment fund LIFT and PFI type schemes likely to be considered Council leaders in Greater Manchester ...
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News'Essential' NHS anti-fraud training to be axed
NHS Protect’s role to change from “direct operational support” to “standard setting, benchmarking and assurance” Body wants to address risk that NHS boards would “not properly take ownership of local anti-crime risks” However, its business plan for 2015-16 stressed the importance of local support and training, and made no ...
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News'No convincing plan' for NHS to save £22bn, says scathing report
PAC accuses government of being too slow to address hospital deficits “Not yet a convincing plan” for closing the £22bn efficiency gap by 2020-21, report says “Unacceptable” for officials to blame excessive agency costs as source of trusts’ difficulties Data used by Carter review to assess hospital efficiency was ...
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HSJ Local300 CSU staff to transfer to CCG
About 300 support staff for Greater Manchester to move to Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group Option of transferring staff to another CSU rejected for fears it would undermine devolution project There have been at least 22 redundancies About 300 commissioning support staff for Greater Manchester are set to be ...
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National bodies avoid revolt over 2016-17 tariff
The national tariff proposals for 2016-17 have effectively been accepted by NHS providers.
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NewsCCGs to be paid for improving GP appointment access
Incentive scheme for CCGs introduces two national measures around GP services One payment triggered if 85 per cent of GP patient survey respondents say they “had a good experience of making an appointment” Payments linked to mental health improvements dropped, including around quality of life and waiting times for ...
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NewsTrusts must reduce staff stress to get bonus payments
NHS providers will be expected to reduce stress and musculoskeletal problems among their staff to access incentive payments next year.
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HSJ LocalTrust challenges decision to hand contract to private firm
COMMERICAL: An NHS trust has challenged commissioners in Lancashire over the awarding of community equipment contract to a private provider.
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NewsThirty worst A&E trusts called to London summit
NHS Improvement chief raised concerns over “organisations who consistently deliver very low levels of performance” January was “a very difficult month” for A&E departments, Jim Mackey said Trusts “left in no doubt whatsoever that there needs to be a sustained improvement” The 30 worst performers on the accident ...
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NewsRegulator lobbied government to increase trust chairs’ pay
Letters reveal how TDA chair lobbied ministers to increase the salary cap for NHS trust chairs Sir Peter Carr referred to perceived “injustice” felt by some trust chairs, whose salaries were in “stark contrast” to those at FTs Department of Health has no plans to increase standard rates ...