All NHS Oxfordshire CCG articles – Page 2
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NewsCQC finds 'no evidence of commitment' to integration in challenged system
Patients in Oxfordshire “did not always receive safe discharges home”, a report by the Care Quality Commission has revealed.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust warns funding shortage will mean patients waiting longer
A major teaching trust has warned it may “not receive enough money” from its commissioner to stop its patients waiting longer than 18 weeks for treatment in 2018-19.
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NewsSignificant savings from mental and physical health integration pioneers
Providing talking therapies to patients with long term conditions saved nearly £200,000 for physical health services in one trailblazing site, data shared exclusively with HSJ shows.
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HSJ LocalCCG pushes search for permanent chief into new year
Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has hired an interim chief executive and will not seek a permanent replacement for the outgoing accountable officer until next year.
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NewsCCGs facing 'significant financial risk' after generic drug price surge
Clinical commissioning groups are facing “significant financial risk” this financial year due to supply issues pushing up the prices they have to pay for generic drugs.
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NewsTrust chief exec appointed to lead 'advanced' STP
A trust chief with more than 20 years experience has been appointed “executive lead” of the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsPeople with learning disabilities 'less likely to have care errors picked up'
An investigation into the deaths of people with learning disabilities has revealed they were “less likely” to have mistakes in their care “picked up”.
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HSJ LocalHospital downgrade faces legal challenge
A new legal hearing has been granted into the proposed downgrade of an Oxfordshire hospital.
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HSJ LocalHospital downgrade approved despite pending appeals to Jeremy Hunt
Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has approved controversial plans to downgrade maternity and intensive care units at the Horton General Hospital – despite Jeremy Hunt considering appeals against the plans.
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NewsChair and chief to leave reconfiguration row CCG
The two senior leaders of one of the largest clinical commissioning groups are leaving the roles, they have announced.
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NewsExclusive: Where mental health spending misses national target
Four sustainability and transformation plan regions have failed to raise mental health spending as mandated by national leaders, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCouncil refers long running reconfiguration to Jeremy Hunt
Oxfordshire health overview and scrutiny committee refers Horton General Hospital maternity downgrade to secretary of state Committee chair told HSJ the referral was the “only solution” to the ongoing emergency downgrade four months ago Oxfordshire CCG consulting on plans to make the downgrade permanent The ongoing controversial decision ...
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NewsPrivate provider withdraws from regional urgent care deal
Care UK has pulled out of a contract to provide NHS 111 and out of hours services across several clinical commissioning group areas six weeks after it was awarded, putting the intended launch date of the service at risk.
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NewsNational officials 'ensuring' STPs plan 'right skilled' staffing
NHS England “ensuring” an STP “will put in place the right skilled workforce” Draft STP plan proposed savings through “reduction of nursing grade input” NHS England has told HSJ it is working with a sustainability and transformation plan on ”ensuring they will put in place the right skilled ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trusts and GPs to create 'ACO'
Oxford University Hospital and Oxford Health Foundation to create not for profit organisation with GP federation The partners must agree contractual and organisational model by next week to enable some joint commissioning for 2017-18 Oxfordshire CCG will devolve all but its statutory accountabilities to the new organisation Two ...
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NewsRegion plans shake-up of nursing skill mix to save millions
Changes in workforce skill mix with more support workers and reduced registered nursing input to deliver £34.2m savings National regulators will sit on Buckingham, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West STP board to ensure finance and quality targets are met Potential future restrictions on treatments as STP aims to save £60.2m ...
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HSJ LocalSTP-wide commissioning team to take powers from CCGs
“Commissioning executive” covering seven CCGs to be set up to help commission services across Buckingham, Oxfordshire and Berkshire STP Mental health, ambulance services and 111 will be under board’s new remit The executive will also be asked to sign off a single operating plan to cover STP footprint ...
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HSJ LocalPolitical 'changing goalposts' blamed for GP extended access delay
Oxfordshire CCG blames “national political decisions” around GP access fund eligibility criteria for delays to extending services Plans collapsed as funding “was pulled away” and had to start again CCG says core requirements for the fund were changed in July but would not confirm if it has received any ...
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NewsCounty CCG plans 'significant' hospital consolidation
HSJ told Horton General Hospital is “not sustainable in its current form” Transformation plans looking at reducing the number of community hospitals and centralising inpatient care CCG savings taskforce looking at “all areas of spend” to generate funds to invest in service reconfiguration Oxfordshire health services ...
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HSJ LocalOxfordshire hospital confirms maternity unit downgrade
Doctor led maternity services will be suspended at Horton General Hospital from 1 October Oxford CCG is reviewing “long term future” of maternity services at Horton as part of STP John Radcliffe Hospital will remain as the only obstetric service in Oxfordshire STRUCTURE: Horton General Hospital will suspend ...