All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 204
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The cancer market
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: NHS local leaders’ views on four-hour target revealed
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: Trust bosses back threatened four-hour target
More than seven in 10 hospital trust board members want to retain the four-hour accident and emergency target, despite NHS England proposals suggesting it could be ditched next year, an exclusive HSJ survey has found.
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NewsTrust merger ‘inevitable’ despite ongoing funding issues
A trust chief executive has said merging with its leading neighbour is ‘inevitable’ despite ongoing failures to secure funding.
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NewsTwo private hospitals placed in special measures
Two Priory Group hospitals have been put in special measures after inspectors raised serious concerns about how staff treated patients.
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HSJ LocalLong-stalled hospital rebuild moves to next stage
A hospital reconfiguration project stalled for roughly 16 years is a step closer to being realised after commissioners and clinicians across regional boundaries signed off a joint business case.
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Community services get largest chunk of LTP funding
Community and young people’s mental health services will receive the lion’s share of the sector’s long-term plan funding, while inpatient services are promised very little, new guidance has revealed.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Tipping the scales
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsExclusive: Capital billions promised by ministers fail to reach ‘front line’
Only a fraction of the £2.5bn of capital funding announced and allocated by the government for the NHS since 2017 has actually been released to the service.
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CommentPrimary care networks are a quiet revolution
Primary care networks have huge potential, but how they interact with other NHS providers is crucial, argues Andrew Ridley
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CommentGovernment doesn’t yet have a winning team on prevention
Though the green paper on prevention incorporates some effective tactics as star player, it does not add up to a winning team, says Anna Dixon
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: STP traps and Boris
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsCCG regains financial independence after three years
Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group has regained full financial independence for the first time in nearly three years.
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NewsTrusts told to be ready for no-deal Brexit by end of August
NHS trusts have five weeks to make sure no-deal Brexit preparation teams are in place and that contingency plans have been tested, according to the latest NHS England guidance.
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NewsDoctors demand NHSE reconsider ‘watered down’ CCG merger rules
Doctors have demanded NHS England review how clinical commissioning group merger decisions are being made amid concern they are going ahead without clear approval from GPs.
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NewsTwelve trusts to stop reporting waiting times performance as part of trial
NHS England has announced the 12 trusts which will trial the proposed new elective waiting time standard.
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NewsLong-standing chief exec hired to deliver NHS workforce plan
A long-standing NHS chief executive is to lead on the development of the people plan.
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CommentThe NHS lags behind international peers on workforce
The UK lags international peers on investment in workforce and needs to start catching up, argues the NHS Confederation’s Layla McCay.
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NewsCQC guilty of maladministration in £200k fit and proper person case
The Care Quality Commission has been found guilty of maladministration over its handling of a fit and proper person test complaint which led to a £200,000 investigation by an NHS trust.
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NewsExclusive: Fresh A&E data fiddle concerns revealed
Several hospitals are trying to artificially boost their emergency waiting times performance data by exploiting a loophole opened up by the introduction of new emergency day care units, multiple sources have told HSJ.