News – Page 660

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    London trusts seek major savings through pathology consolidation

    2016-08-24T10:57:00Z

    Imperial College Healthcare, Chelsea and Westminster FT and Hillingdon Hospitals FT to consolidate pathology services Service will run on a “hub and spoke” model, with £96m of savings expected over 10 years Pathology targeted by NHS Improvement for major in-year savings drive STRUCTURE: Three trusts in north west ...

  • Harrogate
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    'Outstanding' CCG announces £8m savings target

    2016-08-24T07:00:00Z

    Harrogate and Rural District CCG was given the top rating by NHS England last month CCG now says growing and ageing population is putting strain on its finances and it expects an £8.4m shortfall for 2016-17 FINANCE: A Yorkshire clinical commissioning group rated as outstanding last month has ...

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    Daily Insight: Commissioners aim for marginal gains

    2016-08-23T17:30:00Z

    HSJ’s round-up of Tuesday’s must read stories

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    Private provider beats trusts and GP federation to community contract

    2016-08-23T12:05:00Z

    COMMERICAL: Virgin Care has been named preferred provider to provide adult community services in the south of England as part of an alliance contract, ahead of a bid from local trusts and a GP federation.

  • Social care
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    Commissioners insist Virgin Care will make no 'margin' on Bath contract

    2016-08-23T11:34:00Z

    Bath and North East Somerset CCG and council claim Virgin Care will make no “margin” on £69m community services contract Commissioners say company’s proposed information system “almost feels like nirvana” Contract will cap Virgin Care’s “management and organisational costs” COMMERICAL: A CCG and council in the South West ...

  • Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
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    Southern Health services continue to be disbanded

    2016-08-23T10:57:00Z

    Hertfordshire Partnership University FT will take on some of Southern Health’s specialist learning disability services Contract covers people living in Buckinghamshire and will focus on community care Southern Health divested of services after recognising it could no longer offer the area a “safe and effective” service RECONFIGURATION: Hertfordshire ...

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    HEE to re-run job appointment after royal college complaint

    2016-08-23T09:58:00Z

    Health Education England has said it will re-run the appointment process for the head of Yorkshire and the Humber School of Radiology after the appointment of a radiographer led to complaints by a medical royal college.

  • Office
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    Revealed: £6m spent on redundancies at closed CSUs

    2016-08-23T07:00:00Z

    The bill for redundancies following the shutting of two commissioning support units reached more than £6m, HSJ can reveal.

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    NHS Improvement alert aims to improve acute kidney injury care

    2016-08-23T06:00:00Z

    NHS Improvement patient safety alert issued with new resources for providers Help includes guidance on improving recognition and treatment of acute kidney injury Improvement in treatment of AKI is included in national CQUIN payments A patient safety alert has been issued by NHS Improvement to help NHS providers ...

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    Daily Insight: Knocking heads together

    2016-08-22T17:30:00Z

    The must read stories and talking points from Monday

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    Trust approves £300k increase in nurse spending following inspection

    2016-08-22T16:04:00Z

    A trust in Wiltshire, which was told to improve staffing levels earlier this year, has earmarked nearly £300,000 for additional nursing staff.

  • Birmingham
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    Acute trust looks to be lead provider in Midlands MCP

    2016-08-22T07:39:00Z

    Sandwell and West Birmingham chief executive says trust would look to be lead provider within vanguard The organisational form Modality MCP will take is still unclear, says Toby Lewis Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust working with Your Health Partnership to take on GP consultants STRUCTURE: The chief executive ...

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    Patients redirected as CQC uncovers safety concerns at abortion provider

    2016-08-19T17:56:00Z

    CQC inspection of Marie Stopes International uncovers “serious concerns” About 250 women a week will be diverted to other providers after range of termination of pregnancy services suspended NHS England has launched confidential helpline for those with concerns and questions About 250 women a week will be redirected ...

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    Daily Insight: Fab four trusts power up

    2016-08-19T17:00:00Z

    HSJ’s round-up of Friday’s must read stories

  • Oxford
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    CCG plans major procurement after providers fail to integrate services

    2016-08-19T15:07:00Z

    CCG plans major procurement after providers fail to agree on how to integrate care Community provider moves towards setting up MCP with GP federations CCG has £17m shortfall in the year to date Community trust says acute provider wanted to “take operational control of all services” Commissioners in ...

  • Salford Royal Foundation Trust
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    Four trusts given power to lead hospital chains

    2016-08-19T12:00:00Z

    NHS Improvement grants four high performing trusts the power to lead groups or chains of hospitals The foundation group leaders will be able to head up buddying, partnerships and federations of hospitals or begin mergers and acquisitions The accreditation aims to give the four trusts the power to bring ...

  • Colchester Hospital
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    CQC launches inquiry into trusts failing to improve

    2016-08-19T07:00:00Z

    Only six out out of 21 trusts re-inspected by the CQC in 2015-16 showed overall improvement Review commissioned to discover “underlying reasons” why trusts are struggling to improve Colchester chief executive calls for single “oversight committees” to become more common The Care Quality Commission has set up an ...

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    Talks under way for more mental health care model pilots

    2016-08-19T07:00:00Z

    Talks are already under way to create more pilot sites to take on new commissioning powers and develop models of care for tertiary mental health services, HSJ can reveal.

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    New £5m pot for perinatal mental health services

    2016-08-19T00:01:00Z

    NHS England announces £5m perinatal community services development fund STPs, commissioners and providers can bid for money to expand services for women with mental health problems during or after pregnancy Fund is part of £365m plan to expand perinatal support to an extra 30,000 women a year by 2020-21 ...

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    Daily Insight: Obesity strategy slimmed down

    2016-08-18T17:30:00Z

    The must read stories from Thursday