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Hunt: Health and care need 'greater share of resources'
Jeremy Hunt said more resource will need to go into health and care Reaffirms plan to “fully” integrate health and social care Says people need to start saving for social care like pensions Jeremy Hunt has said a “greater share of our national resources” will need to be ...
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Mapped: 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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Exclusive: New DH company to help sell NHS property
The Department of Health is to create a new property company to replace the two that currently exist, in response to a recommendation in the forthcoming report by Sir Robert Naylor on the NHS estate.
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Julie Moore calls for 'one regulator' of providers
Dame Julie Moore says NHS Improvement and CQC should combine She says Heart of England FT will need £200m in capital to fix estates Dame Julie calls for a government debate on how NHS is funded One of England’s leading trust chief executives has said there should be ...
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: 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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CCGs 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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Updated: 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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HSJ Local
Vanguard area plans to create new 'care trust'
Stockport Foundation Trust and Stockport borough council to create a new accountable care trust New organisation would hold the contract for the area’s MCP plus other health and social care services Primary care contracts would not be included in the scope of “care trust” model Council and trust set ...
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Vanguard CCG tenders landmark new care model contract
Dudley CCG begins procurement process for multispecialty community provider contract MCP contract may include budgets for adult social care Chief officer for Dudley CCG says it is the responsibility of providers to highlight risks and concerns about the MCP Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group has become the first CCG ...
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Providers and CCGs consider merging back-office
STP looking at options to integrate non-clinical support services across providers and commissioners Potential for sustainability and transformation funding to be used to buy out private finance initiative Wolverhampton CCG to set up an MCP alongside existing PACS model Modality MCP to be established from April 2018 The ...
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GP whistleblower guardian deadline extended
Primary care providers will have until September next year to name their “freedom to speak up” guardians, NHS England has said.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Major incident as patients wait in ambulances for up to two hours
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has declared an internal major incident after patients were left waiting in ambulances for up to two hours during five days of high pressure on emergency services.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Hospital chain trust looking at primary care integration
The Royal Free London Foundation Trust, which already runs a chain of hospitals across north London, is looking at models of integration between acute and primary care.
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HSJ Local
Five CCGs confirm shared leader by April
Five clinical commissioning groups in London intend to have a single accountable officer by April 2017.
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London NHS organisations call for 'whole system' regulation
STP requests national bodies regulate accountable care organisations as a “single system” rather than on an individual organisation basis North East London plan outlines capital investment needs of £500m-£600m and asks for central support to cover “above normal” PFI costs Footprint to set up GP practices with diagnostic capability, ...
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HSJ Local
CCG group's deficit escalates by more than £30m
Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge CCG’s have a forecast deficit of £31m Three CCG’s say biggest pressure has been need to address elective care backlog at main provider BHR CCGs to invest £14 to £20m to tackle referral to treatment backlog at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals ...
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HSJ Local
Trust to take over running of more GP practices
The Royal Wolverhampton Trust is set to partner with two more GP practices, increasing the number involved in its vertical integration programme to five.
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Stevens: Some STPs 'short of leadership for the task ahead'
Some STP footprints lack the leadership capable of “engaging in the task ahead”, says Simon Stevens NHS England chief executive admits there is a substantial gap between capital STPs are asking for and funding available New care model focus could shift to models covering populations of 30,000-50,000 Simon ...
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Minister: Capita 'inadequately' prepared for primary care contract
Minister claims Capita were “inadequately” prepared to take over primary care support services NHS England admits poor performance has impacted on patients Nicola Blackwood argues previous PCS service needed to change Capita promise to employ 500 extra full time equivalent staff at own expense A health minister has ...
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HSJ Local
Updated: CQC upgrades trust's ratings following inspection appeal
The Care Quality Commission has upgraded nine of its service ratings for The Royal Wolverhampton Trust following an appeal from the provider.