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Significant 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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Trust 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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Seven more CCGs approved to merge in nationwide shake-up
NHS England has approved clinical commissioning mergers in a further two areas, bringing together seven more CCGs.
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Exclusive: Leading GP vanguard expands into third region
A large GP partnership, running a one of the country’s most advanced new care model vanguards in the West Midlands, has extended its reach to Berkshire.
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Exclusive: 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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Private 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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STP-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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Chair appointed to 'facilitate' accountable care system
Luke March appointed as chair of West Berkshire accountable care system Chair will be a “facilitation role” and does not have powers to mandate cooperation ACS is developing new alternative payment approach and GP clinical strategic group An independent chair has been appointed to Berkshire West’s accountable care ...
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'Accountable care system' plan revealed for Berkshire
Sign up for the What’s New in Care Models expert briefing NHS leaders have revealed plans to establish an “accountable care system” serving the population around Reading and west Berkshire.
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Ambitious patient record sharing project secures IT partner
Connected Care project appoints IT integration specialists Project aims to share care records across seven CCG areas with 855,000 population Commissioners say shared record will drive “transformational” change Commissioners have brought in a specialist IT firm to integrate all the patient care record systems across Berkshire, as part ...
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Analysis: Size, spread and form of large scale GP groups
HSJ has collated the most comprehensive picture so far of England’s GP networks, federations and super practices.
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CCGs could pick 'min' or 'max' roles under NHS England strategy
NHS England has begun a commissioning strategy programme It will seek to define CCGs’ roles in “accountable care systems” Seeks to create “place based commissioning” bringing together acute, primary and specialised Purchaser/provider split will become “thinner and less defined” Clinical commissioning groups could decide between having a “minimal” ...
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Investigation: ‘Unwarranted and unfair’ disparity in elective surgery revealed
Wide variations in elective surgery rates among the most affluent and deprived areas in England raise serious questions about the use of NHS resources, a leading public health expert has warned.
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Four trusts in pathology merger talks
STRUCTURE: Four trusts in the south of England are in detailed discussions about merging their pathology services.
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Berkshire trust emergency performance worsens
PERFORMANCE: Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust’s performance against the national waiting standard for accident and emergency worsened in February, with 92.1 per cent of patients being treated or discharged within four hours.
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Trust sees staff turnover rise for the third year in a row
WORKFORCE: Staff turnover at Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has risen for three years in a row. It stood at 17.1 per cent for January.
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GPs privately urged to prescribe Tamiflu despite concerns
WORKFORCE: NHS England is encouraging GPs to prescribe Tamiflu to care and nursing home patients as a preventative measure, despite concerns about its effectiveness.
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CCGs ditch merger proposal
STRUCTURE: Four clinical commissioning groups in west Berkshire have dropped proposals to merge into one organisation, HSJ has learned.
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Berkshire CCGs explore merger
STRUCTURE: Four clinical commissioning groups in west Berkshire are considering merging into a single organisation amid concerns GPs’ time is being ‘wasted’ on board meetings.