All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 275
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NewsLandmark study finds link between staffing levels and patient outcomes
New research funded by NHS England suggests registered nurse numbers linked to improved patient outcomes Study questions use of Carter review’s care hours per patient day metric as a safe staffing tool Paper concludes staffing link to outcomes is real and can be calculated An innovative new study ...
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NewsMapped: All 44 STPs published – full coverage
Download every STP and see HSJ’s coverage of the plans on our map
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NewsCCGs' financial forecast deteriorates by £70m in a month
The forecast overspend by clinical commissioning groups this year has increased by almost £70m in the last month, as local leaders struggle to hit efficiency targets.
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HSJ PartnersHow's your followership? It's key to delivering in tough times
Leaders need to achieve a fine balance between setting challenging goals and ensuring their staff are on board
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NewsMapped: Nearly all areas a long way behind on GP access
Nearly half of clinical commissioning groups are not providing “full” extended GP opening hours anywhere in their patch, HSJ analysis of the latest official data shows.
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NewsWhat's new in care models: Half a loaf is better than no bread at all
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View. By integration reporter David Williams.
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NewsSTPs not doing 'justice' to mental health face intervention
NHS England to offer support to STPs not doing mental health “justice” Claire Murdoch says some STPs have “beautiful” plans for mental health, but others do not After contract negotiations for 2017-19 are completed, her team will begin working with STPs to improve mental health plans Warns contracts must ...
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NewsExclusive: Transformation fund could be raided for social care
Greater Manchester has projected a £176m gap in social care funding by 2021 Senior leaders say additional government spending will be “too late” As part of devolution deal, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership has £450m transformation fund A dedicated pot of transformation funding could be used ...
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HSJ LocalInvestigation finds major service failure related to second child's death at hospital
Second case of a child failed by Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital Luke Jenkins died after major heart surgery in 2012 but was let down by staff, according to PHSO Ombudsman report contradicts findings of a review commissioned by NHS England A new investigation into the death of a ...
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NewsCCGs complain to NHS England 'in strongest terms' over budget cuts
NHS Clinical Commissioners says it has written to the national body “in the strongest terms” over the potential impact of the tariff on CCG finances As a result of the new payment system, CCGs’ allocations will reduce by a combined £156m in 2017-18 and £158m in 2018-19, in comparison ...
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Simon Stevens on: general management, social care and contracting
Stevens: “It is a matter of fact that most management in the NHS is already done by clinicians” “I very strongly think it would be a mistake to try and mandate one single solution to social care integration across England” Contracting “is in a much better place” than previously ...
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News'Huge appetite' for primary care at scale, says NHS England chief
Simon Stevens pledges more investment and support for “primary care home” model “Thousands” of practices will become involved in collaboration at scale in coming years MCPs will not cover the majority of the country “any time soon” Simon Stevens has signalled a major extension of the “primary care ...
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Keeping NHS England happy
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Comment“Safe space” proposals could worsen relationships between patients and the NHS
Whilst protecting staff from inappropriate actions from bad employers is good, preventing patients from knowing the full truth would have serious consequences
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HSJ LocalExclusive: CCG challenged after 'inadequate consultation' on MCP
Local GPs say there has been “inadequate consultation” from Wakefield CCG over MCP development GPs fear “automatic” progression to fully integrated MCP model Concerns raised that GPs will be forced to participate in MCP due to funding issues Wakefield CCG has applied to expand MCP coverage to whole district ...
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HSJ LocalMajor children's services contract awarded to independent-led partnership
Partnership of non-profit and NHS organisations awarded £34.6m a year children and young people’s community services contract in Bristol and south Gloucestershire Led by Sirona Care and Health and includes Bristol Community Health CIC, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust and University Hospitals Bristol FT Contract to provide ...
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NewsCCGs could be 'forced into wrong decisions' by spending deadline
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG says award of funding is “over shadowed” by challenging timeframe According to the CCG, the 2016-17 allocation of the ETTF must be spent before the end of this financial year. Some CCGs are unable to fund increased rental costs of premises developments, says BMA official ...
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NewsUpdated: DH refuses to release key funding details of Hunt’s NHS management scheme
Jeremy Hunt promises to double amount of NHS graduate scheme places from 100 to 200, then rising to “up to 1,000” Leader: Hunt’s demand for more clinical managers is based on a false premise The Department of Health and Health Education England have refused to say how much ...
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CommentCapital financing options are plentiful, STPs need to think differently
One common STP priority where the gap between ambition and reality seems particularly exposed is that of capital finance
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NewsCut medical locum rates or close services, Stevens tells trusts
Trust leaders have been told to close services that cannot be run without paying locum doctors a rate worth more than £150,000 a year.