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NewsAnalysis: England's changing GP landscape
Over 70 per cent of the country are covered by some form of scale GP group Just one in ten 10 CCGs in England do not have any “at scale” GP organisations in their area HSJ analysis reveals majority of large scale GP groups do not cover NHS England’s ...
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NewsMapped: The spread of large scale GP groups
HSJ has mapped all of the large scale GP groups working in England.
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NewsTrust A&E 'hours from closing' as locum pay row deepens
Lincoln County Hospital A&E was “hours from closure” after locums declined work NHS Improvement says it is unacceptable for locums to hold NHS to ransom Eleven doctors did not show up for work at UHNM’s A&E A hospital emergency department was “just hours from closure” last week after ...
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NewsNHS Improvement to hire regional procurement leads
NHS Improvement is appointing four regional procurement leads to spearhead the efficiency drive set out in the Carter review.
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News'Silly' bed closures made winter pressures worse, says NHSI chief
Many acute trusts reported capacity problems over the winter after being unable to discharge patients to community beds or care homes NHS Improvement estimated 8 per cent of out of hospital beds were closed compared to the previous winter Jim Mackey says local organisations must work better to understand ...
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NewsTrusts 'trying not to blink' in locum pay standoff
Jim Mackey has said NHS trusts are “trying to not blink” amid standoffs with locum doctors, agency nurses and private contractors over new tax rules introduced by HM Revenue and Customs.
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NewsMackey: 'We dropped a clanger' on agency staff rules
NHSI announced new rules in February to prevent trusts from using agency staff who are also employed by the NHS, but said it was “pausing” the policy last week Jim Mackey says “we dropped a clanger but we fixed it” NHS regulators have admitted they “dropped a clanger” ...
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NewsNHS should not tolerate 'return to bad days' of bullying
NHS Improvement chief says trusts should not “tolerate a return to the bad days, if that ever existed, even if it was perceived to exist – they shouldn’t tolerate it” Mackey: “I would encourage people, if they’re on the end of something that doesn’t feel right, to challenge it” ...
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NewsNHS England national director to step down next month
New care models director Samantha Jones is to step down next month to spend more time with her children, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalWhole STP buys shared care record in likely first
Dorset will become one of the first areas to deploy an STP-wide shared care record, after signing a deal with Orion Healthcare.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners get unexpected £20m bill after trust coding flaw
Trust admits it has “significant problem with coding” going back years CCGs presented with an unexpected invoice for £13m Wandsworth CCG is resisting paying “in the strongest possible terms” A major teaching trust has presented its commissioners with an unexpected £20m bill after discovering it has been inaccurately ...
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NewsExclusive: Mackey admits trust deficit cannot be cleared in 2017-18
NHS Improvement chief executive says provider sector will fail to break even in 2017-18 Sector could break even next financial year but factors are beyond trusts’ control, says Jim Mackey Discussions taking place about reporting on the joint financial performance of the NHS provider and commissioning sectors The ...
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust receives £30m to upgrade A&E
New £30m emergency unit intended to transform the way that care is delivered Development approved by NHS Improvement Marianne Griffiths spells out her priorities for troubled Brighton and Sussex trust NHS Improvement has approved £30m of new investment in emergency care facilities at a special measures trust, as ...
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HSJ LocalInadequate CCG's deficit reaches £60m
NHS England has expressed “significant concerns” over the financial future of an inadequate clinical commissioning group, which is set to end 2016-17 with a deficit of over £60m.
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NewsPrivate investors and councils key to capital investment, says Mackey
Limited access to capital funding means the NHS will need to design more funding schemes that are “off balance sheet”, potentially enabled by local authorities, Jim Mackey says.
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NewsLack of workforce plan 'biggest internal threat' to NHS sustainability
The lack of a “comprehensive long term workforce strategy” represents the biggest internal threat to the sustainability of the NHS, a new report says.
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HSJ LocalCompetition row treatment centre rated requires improvement
North East London Treatment Centre rated “requires improvement” Centre is at heart of hard-fought procurement process between local NHS trust and Care UK An elective treatment centre at the heart of a competition dispute has been rated requires improvement by inspectors.
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NHS in 'Mexican standoff' with locums due to new tax rules
New tax regulations for off-payroll staff come into force on Thursday Some locums and temporary staff are refusing to work at NHS trusts Trusts face “Hobson’s choice” over locums’ pay demands, says finance director Medical director says NHS “must hold the line” on pay cap The NHS is ...