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NewsSpecialised commissioning process 'lacks transparency', NHS England told
Specialised commissioning is “very hard to probe”, resulting in “unusual decisions”, stakeholders warn NHS England made funding U-turn on two treatments it had previously deemed “unaffordable” but provided little detail about why FOI request for minutes of specialised commissioning funding body denied ABPI says “major reassessment” of whole process ...
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NewsSTPs to be told how to make integrated care savings
Each STP to be sent a tailored report on improving integration between physical and mental health services The reports will also outline what savings can be made through closer integration NHS England commissioned the reports and data packs compiled by Midlands and Lancashire CSU All 44 sustainability and ...
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NewsNew £2bn training supplier framework created for NHS
NHS Shared Business Services creating new framework for apprentice training supplies The framework available free of charge to the NHS Potential market value for is estimated at £2bn by 2021 NHS Shared Business Services is creating a new framework for suppliers of apprenticeship training with a potential market ...
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire still unsustainable after 'failed' Mid Staffs dissolution
Staffordshire CCGs receiving £15m a year additional support from NHS England University Hospitals of North Midlands is forecasting a deficit of £100m in 2017-18 Trust special administration process described as a “failed experiment” and “zombie policy” NHS organisations in Staffordshire are facing huge deficits after the Mid Staffordshire ...
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HSJ LocalChildren's lives put at risk at Stafford hospital, royal college warns
Royal college review backs closure of children’s emergency centre Earlier review highlighted “potentially life threatening” management of cases Concerns follow a review in 2006 highlighting similar fears for safety Children’s lives were put at risk because of unsafe emergency services at Stafford Hospital, a review by the Royal ...
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HSJ LocalTrust chief: Hunt referral won't stop hospital tackling staffing problems
North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust will continue with maternity services overhaul plans despite pending reconfiguration decision from Jeremy Hunt Trust chief Stephen Eames says the decision will not stop the organisation tackling recruitment problems in west Cumbria Cumbria CCG’s decision to keep two consultant led units at the trust ...
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NewsDaily Insight: Taming the wild west
HSJ’s round-up of the must read stories and talking points in health
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HSJ LocalCCG to put £1.3bn MCP contract up for tender
Commissioners in Yorkshire, who are not one of NHS England’s national vanguards, have signalled their intention to tender a new care model contract worth more than £1bn, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalNew CCGs reveal leaders and budgets following split
Newly formed North Cumbria CCG appoints Jon Rush as chair The CCG was formed after GP practices in southern Cumbria split from Cumbria CCG to form Morecambe Bay CCG Jon Rush replaces Hugh Reeve who was based in south Cumbria A chair has been appointed to ...
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Conditions attached to £2bn social care cash revealed
Conditions attached to the additional £2bn for social care announced at the budget have been revealed.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England wants to end 'wild west' primary care
National primary care lead says GP structures are like the “wild west” Arvind Madan says NHS England plan to have more “unity” in primary care coverage Working in groups of four to five practices allows GPs to get more done, he says The national primary care lead has ...
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NewsDaily Insight: The NHS's priorities to 2020
The must read stories on the next steps for the 5YFV and the Naylor review
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HSJ LocalGreater Manchester trust chief to retire
A hospital trust in Greater Manchester is preparing for leadership changes after its chief executive and chief nurse said they will retire at the end of the year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNaylor review: NHS needs £10bn increase in capital funding
Funding gap could be filled by land sales and private capital but extra Treasury cash also needed, review says Trusts should not get central capital funding unless they have credible plan and hit new benchmarks Review also calls for incentives including allowing STPs to retain sale receipts from locally ...
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NewsNHS 'must become more commercial' to raise £6bn from land sales
Trusts could raise between £2.7bn and £5.7bn through land sales Hitting upper target requires NHS to take ‘far more commercial approach’ and gain new skills Sir Robert calls for more London trusts to follow Moorfields’ example Trusts could generate nearly £6bn from redeveloping and then selling land but ...
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NewsOfficials plan new metric to measure patient flow
A new set of metrics is being developed to assess patient flow across the NHS and social care system, Local Government Chronicle reports.
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NewsTrusts to team up with 'exemplars' to copy IT systems
Majority of hospitals will no longer choose their own IT vendor and systems They will instead partner with leading hospitals and roll out their ‘blueprints’ Next Steps plan also confirms four more global digital exemplars NHS England has outlined fresh details of a major shake-up of how trusts ...
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NewsProvider deficit will be 'at least £500m' in 2017-18
Next financial year is supposed to be when the provider sector returned to financial balance Chris Hopson warns providers are heading for at least a £500m deficit in 2017-18 He says the financial “gap” across the NHS could be £1bn next year NHS trusts are heading for a ...
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NewsMackey: New agency staff rules put on hold
NHS Improvement pauses new rules on employing agency staff RCN says plans were “ill conceived” and delay is welcome Jim Mackey says other planned changes announced in February will go ahead NHS Improvement has delayed “until further notice” bringing in new rules to prevent trusts from using agency ...
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NewsNext steps for the forward view – what you need to know
HSJ’s brings you everything you need to know about the year’s most important NHS policy document.