All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 153
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CommentPrimary care networks: getting into their stride?
Professor Judith Smith, Sarah Parkinson and Dr Manbinder Sidhu discuss in their evaluation, concerns pertaining to PCNs, its increasing progress and, its collective working with various practices.
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NewsPrimary care networks at centre of ‘mammoth logistical operation’ for covid vaccines
Vaccine stocks held centrally will be distributed to mass covid-19 vaccination sites operated by GPs through their primary care networks, NHS England has confirmed today.
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News£150m extra for new list of covid asks from GP practices
NHS England has announced £150m additional primary care funding, earmarked for a range of covid-related service improvements.
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NewsConfusion and tensions over PCNs despite their ‘early operational success’
Major system challenges have been uncovered during primary care networks’ first year of operation, according to a study for the National Institute for Health Research.
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HSJ Local
NHS England set to accelerate ‘radical’ changes to payment tariffs
NHS England is proposing to accelerate ‘radical’ changes to the way funding is distributed to providers, in a move that would hasten the demise of activity-based payments.
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NewsNHS staff to get twice-weekly home covid tests with immediate effect
The NHS will rollout twice-weekly asymptomatic testing for all patient-facing staff by the end of next week, according to a letter from NHS medical director Stephen Powis.
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PodcastPodcast: Can the NHS cope with covid?
Dave West, HSJ deputy editor, joins the Spectator magazine’s podcast to explain why dealing with a major covid outbreak at the same time as winter pressure would put an extreme strain on the NHS.
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News‘Significant risk’ to GP practices over clinical waste firm’s capacity problems
GPs across six counties in southern England are being affected by a major supplier of clinical waste services’ capacity problems, with some practices warning it could cause them to close.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Hardest-hit region may have passed peak of second wave
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Stevens trumps the NHS bashers
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the recent political mayhem, falling performance of the TAT programme and ill-informed attacks on the NHS.
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NewsCritical care nursing ratio diluted for second wave
Intensive care specialists have given their blessing to a diluting of the nurse-to-patient ratio in critical care for the second wave of covid in the UK — but they have warned the measure is ‘not sustainable in the long term’.
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CommentThe targets the NHS will have to hit this winter
Many trusts and some entire systems have met the phase three activity targets set by NHS England in July, but there is recognition at the centre that holding the service to them slavishly over the winter would be pointless and counter-productive.
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CommentJoined-up data can help allay winter pressures
Dr Jonty Heaversedge explains how London’s shared care record can support winter planning and resilience
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Legislation in the time of covid
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior integration correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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NewsNHS England reinstates central control powers as covid risk rating is increased
The NHS has been returned to the highest level of risk on its emergency preparedness framework, a move which allows national leaders tighter control over local resources and decision making.
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NewsSenior medics urge trusts to protect electives by boosting post-op care
Senior medics urge trusts to protect electives by boosting post-op careospitals are being urged to set up enhanced post-operative care services to free up critical care beds and protect electives in the face of a covid winter surge.
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NewsExclusive: Nearly 40,000 wrongly told to get a flu jab
The NHS has erroneously written to thousands of patients who have had glandular fever in the past asking them to get a flu jab from their GP.
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NewsICSs should have ‘accountability’ for public health, says new national lead
Responsibility for some public health services should sit with ‘integrated care systems’ once they are given a statutory basis, says the new chief executive of NHS Clinical Commissioners.
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals 70pc more full than April
There are 70 per cent more people in hospital now as when England was approaching its spring covid-19 peak, and twice as many non-covid patients, according to official figures leaked to HSJ.
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CommentStrengthening ICSs must not undermine local collaboration
As the NHS and its partners push forward with change, especially structural change, it’s important to not lose sight of the purpose of integration, writes Richard Murray.