All NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG articles – Page 2
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HSJ LocalLandmark reconfiguration held up by capital funding squeeze
Healthier Together reconfiguration delayed due to constraints on capital funding The project in Greater Manchester requires £35m-£61m of capital funding, but only £3m has so far been confirmed Local leaders revisit implementation plan to “send clear message that commissioners are committed” FINANCE: Health leaders in Greater Manchester have ...
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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 LocalTrust reports dozens of 12 hour trolley waits in single month
Official data for March shows there were 137 “trolley waits” of at least 12 hours at Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust Trust says a new internal system had skewed the numbers, so the true number of 12 hour breaches was around 70 – still the highest in England There have ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Will savings require job cuts?
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ LocalTrust leaders accused of focusing on 'institutional preservation'
Sir Richard Leese said Pennine Acute’s business plan under previous management “prioritised institutional preservation” Manchester council is leading a review of hospital services in the city HSJ has previously highlighted tensions over the future of North Manchester General Hospital The leader of Manchester City Council has accused the ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Reconfiguration by the backdoor
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ LocalTrust silent over status of operations director
A troubled acute trust in Greater Manchester has refused to comment on the apparent departure of its director of operations.
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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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NewsSir David Dalton to run two acute trusts
Sir David Dalton, chief executive of Salford Royal Foundation Trust, is to take over the leadership of another major provider in Greater Manchester.
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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 Local£110m integrated care contracts attract just one bidder
COMMISSIONING: A tender process for four elective care contracts attracted just one bidder following a formal procurement process in Greater Manchester.
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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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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 LocalManchester trust warns council over transformation plans
STRUCTURE: A major hospital trust has told Manchester City Council that any transformation of acute services in the city must sit within the context of its existing plans.
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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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NewsExclusive: GP groups cover most of England but ‘lack ambition and priorities’
Large scale GP provider groups operating in 82 per cent of England’s CCG areas There are 268 federations up and running, HSJ research suggests It is estimated that these organisations cover 41 million patients Four fifths of clinical commissioning groups have at least one large scale GP provider ...
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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 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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