All NHS Bolton CCG articles – Page 2
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HSJ LocalTwo major trusts could give up 'sovereignty' to hospital chain
’Hospital chain’ set to have two categories of members, with some relinquishing a greater degree of sovereignty Salford Royal Foundation Trust and Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust could become ’full integrated members’, with Wigan and Bolton trusts as ’associates’ There have been ‘divergent views’ over how the chain should operate ...
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HSJ LocalManchester vanguards will not access national fund
The new care model vanguards being developed in Greater Manchester will need to be funded from the region’s already allocated transformation fund, not the national pot.
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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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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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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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HSJ LocalManchester GPs could start ‘shadow’ voluntary contracts from April
GPs could begin adopting shadow MCP type contracts in April Discussions around shadow contracts at advanced stage, HSJ understands GP federation chair says their work is influencing national contract discussions STUCTURE: Primary care providers across Greater Manchester could start operating population based contracts in shadow form from as ...
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HSJ LocalThird trust considers joining Dalton’s ‘hospital chain’
Bolton was previously reluctant to join Salford Royal and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh in their foundation group Trusts expected to retain separate boards under the new model, but could be run by a joint executive team The three FTs have begun discussions over reconfiguration of breast surgery and women’s ...
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NewsNHS England ‘tightly in control of the purse strings’ for devo Manc
Details of the devolution arrangements for 2016-17 show key changes affecting specialised services Main changes involve budgets being delegated to a Greater Manchester chief officer, an employee of NHS England. Local leaders say arrangements are “consistent with what we set out to do by this point” King’s Fund experts ...
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HSJ LocalRevealed: CCG and councils planning to form ‘one organisation’
Councils and clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester are being encouraged to integrate their commissioning functions, as part of the region’s devolution project.
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HSJ LocalGreater Manchester CCGs call for region-wide ambulance contract
Commissioners are exploring whether they can form a new contract for emergency ambulance services across Greater Manchester.
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HSJ LocalDeficit reduction 'outside' Greater Manchester's £450m transformation pot
Greater Manchester leaders “very pleased” with £450m transformation fund Strategic plan says deficit management will be the “responsibility of the NHS” FINANCE: Greater Manchester will receive £450m of “transformation funding” through a direct allocation from NHS England over the next five years.
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HSJ LocalFinance director reveals how trust bucked national decline
Bolton’s financial position has improved since 2012-13, bucking the national trend. Finance director says turnaround was achieved by devolving budget responsibility, rather than ramping up “central control”. Trust avoids external consultants and interims, despite being warning of “gross error”. INTERVIEW: The financial turnaround at Bolton Foundation Trust has ...
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HSJ LocalRCS review raises concerns over Bolton surgical errors
RCS review says surgical checklists not consistently followed by some senior staff Bolton FT must reassure staff that “quality is more important than numbers” Trust says action has been taken and checklist compliance is now “excellent” PERFORMANCE: An independent review has raised concerns that approved surgical checklists were ...
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HSJ LocalGreater Manchester GPs asked to be 'early adopters' of new contract
WORKFORCE: Health leaders in Greater Manchester want their GPs to become an “early adopters” of the government’s new contract.
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HSJ LocalTrust's rationale for moving high risk surgery 'not supported'
Pennine Acute Trust say transfer of emergency and high risk general surgery has “implications” beyond those described during consultation All non-elective inpatient surgery to be transferred out of North Manchester General Hospital Reconfiguration leaders “do not recognise or support” the trust’s view RECONFIGURATION: Leaders at a major acute ...
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HSJ Local'Inaccurate' email sparks row over Manchester hospital reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Doctors have been accused of distributing ‘inaccurate’ information as part of their campaign to retain emergency and high risk general surgery at a major teaching hospital in Manchester.
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HSJ LocalDoctors seek judicial review of Manchester emergency surgery shake-up
STRUCTURE: A group of doctors is set to launch a judicial review of the decision to remove emergency and high risk general surgery from Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester.
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HSJ LocalFT secures £30m to upgrade IT system and A&E
FINANCE: A North West trust has secured capital funding of £30m to upgrade its IT system and estate.
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HSJ LocalLeading North West FTs to create 'foundation chain'
STRUCTURE: Work has started to create a ‘foundation chain’ between two leading hospital trusts in the North West, HSJ has been told.
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NewsUpdated: Greater Manchester CCGs set up shared support service
Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester have established a shared support service function.
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