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Trust to reconfigure children's heart services
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has announced plans to reconfigure its children’s heart surgery services in order to meet NHS England standards and futureproof its service.
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Outstanding CCG leader to run struggling neighbour
The leader of an outstanding clinical commissioning group is to become the chief officer of its struggling neighbour.
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Commissioners to take over leading CSU
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and North Durham STP sets out the proposal to convert commissioning support unit into a community interest company After the transition the North of England Commissioning Support Unit will be jointly owned by its CCG customers The CCG owners will be the 11 commissioning groups ...
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PHE-led panel calls for target to increase preventative spend
New report recommends north east NHS and local authorities “radically increase” funding in preventative care Report focuses on tacking health inequalities and and close the health and wealth gap in the region Recommends a dedicated investment pot and suggests increasing funding £160m a year by 2020-21 Public sector ...
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Fenwick fears running a chain would take his 'eye off the ball'
Sir Leonard Fenwick worried that hospital chain would mean taking his “eye of the ball” of Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust Longest serving NHS chief executive attributes outstanding rating to “good relationship with staff” Newcastle being “brought back into the fold” to help with “salvage” of North Cumbria ...
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First teaching hospital rated outstanding
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT becomes first teaching hospital to be rated outstanding by the CQC Trust is second in the North East to be awarded the top rating, after Northumbria Healthcare was rated outstanding last month Newcastle is led by Sir Leonard Fenwick, the NHS’s longest serving chief ...
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North East CCGs could take over CSU
STRUCTURE: Plans are being drawn up to turn the North East’s commissioning support unit into a company owned by its customer CCGs.
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Newcastle FT to take over some North Cumbria services
Newcastle FT will run some children’s services in north Cumbria Partnership set to be extended with cancer services considered a likely focus North Cumbria grappling with unsafe and unsustainable services, and senior leadership turnover North Cumbria University Hospitals in special measures and part of success regime Newcastle upon ...
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Selbie to chair North East health devolution commission
Public Health England chief executive Duncan Selbie has been appointed chair of the North East’s commission for health and social care integration.
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Exclusive: 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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CCG Barometer: Leaders call for merger 'ban' to be lifted
Nearly 60 per cent of CCG leaders said NHS England should lift its informal ban on mergers Majority said it was likely substantial CCG responsibilities would be transferred to providers by April 2017 More than half of clinical commissioning group leaders would like NHS England to lift its ...
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Exclusive: CCGs call for NHS allocations to account for social care cuts
Newcastle and Liverpool CCGs call for NHS allocations to account for size of social care cuts HSJ analysis of accounts indicates greatest cuts generally in the north east and parts of the north west. Read full analysis here King’s Fund assistant director warns against recognising care cuts in CCG ...
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Exclusive: Leeds, Newcastle and Sheffield say no to NHS devolution
Several major city regions in the north of England have decided health and care will play no major part in their bids for devolved powers, HSJ has learned.
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Outside scrutiny has become ‘unforgiving’, warns longest serving NHS chief
The NHS’s longest serving chief executive, who has just marked 50 years in the service, says regulation and unreasonable expectations are making senior leaders’ roles more difficult than at any other point in his career.
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Commissioning support unit wins European award
COMMERCIAL: The North of England Commissioning Support has been recognised at the European Shared Services and Outsourcing Network Excellence Awards.
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First merged CCG comes into operation
STRUCTURE: The first new clinical commissioning group formed as a result of a merger comes into operation today.
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Trust borrows £3m to cover capital ‘slippage’
FINANCE: Northumberland Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust plans is to loan £3m from the Department of Health’s independent trust finance facility to cover a shortage of funds for capital projects this year.
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Investment firm funds first NHS social impact bond
FINANCE: An investment firm has put £1.65m into what it claims to be the first social impact bond in the health service.
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NHS England hires local director as another joins Optum
A NHS England sub-region directors is leaving to join private health firm Optum, while another of the posts has been filled by a former primary care trust chief executive.