Service design – Page 26
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HSJ LocalTrust merger set back by NHS Improvement concerns
Plans to merge two mental health trusts in the West Midlands have suffered a set back after proposals were queried by NHS Improvement, HSJ can reveal
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NewsBabylon PCN is a temporary arrangement, confirms NHSE
A primary care network composed only of Babylon’s GP at Hand is only a temporary measure while NHS England conducts a review of digital first providers and out of area registration.
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HSJ Interactive
The impact of networks in supporting primary care
To bridge the divide between primary and secondary care, a CCG has rolled out a new advice and guidance service that gives GPs access to a national network of consultants, reports Claire Read
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HSJ PartnersManaging demand for musculoskeletal services: watch the video
Ajai Seth, clinical chairman at Circle Integrated Care, talks about the complexities of demand for musculoskeletal services and how healthcare leaders might better address it within their areas
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CommentHostile hospitals: how urban planning can help
Can hospitals stop being monoliths of mystery and isolation and join wider urban life, asks Layla McCay
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NewsNHSE: Cuts need to stop if public health to stay with councils
NHS England has hit back over the health secretary’s assertion that public health budgets should stay with local government, saying it is ”potentially workable” but requires “an end to cuts… and a guaranteed continuation of the ring-fence around the public health grant”.
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NewsGovernment rejects NHS move on public health services
A departmental review has decided local government will “continue to lead” on public health, putting to an end speculation the NHS would take control of these services.
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CommentThe need for a new social model of health ensuring all parts of the system work together
As a country we are still overly preoccupied with cure rather than prevention and it is leading to an inefficient allocation of public spending and stagnating health – a point we argue in our latest report, Beyond the NHS: Addressing the root causes of poor health, write Sally-Marie Bamford and ...
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NewsThree CCGs vote to merge to form single STP commissioner
Three clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands are planning to merge, forming a single commissioner across the sustainability and transformation partnership.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Impact of private provider's 'hard exit' from contract
Patients will see their treatment delayed by a private provider’s “hard exit” from a major treatment centre after a clinical commissioning group chose not to extend its contract for a smoother transition, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFour CCGs to merge by next year
Four clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands are planning to merge by April next year.
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NewsPrivate firms banned from 'lead provider' role
National leaders have banned private firms from leading new models of care for specialised mental health – following criticism of their involvement.
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NewsTrust's plans to takeover city's primary care 'truly frightening'
The chief executive of the teaching trust serving the UK’s second city has declared it must drive the integration of primary and secondary care to prevent waiting lists returning to 1990 levels and specialist services being “crowded out” by emergency demand – sparking a furious reaction from local GPs.
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News'Ageing estate' prompts review at specialist centre
NHS England will review a Hertfordshire cancer centre amid concerns over the services’ “long-term sustainability”.
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NewsPoor planning and resourcing delaying screening innovations
England has missed out on the latest advances in cancer screening because of “serious and ongoing delays” in how they are implemented, according to a major review of screening programmes.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2019: Acute service redesign award
Winner The Rotherham Foundation Trust: Working together across health and social care for effective discharge management Sponsored by The Rotherham FT worked with its local council to tackle high delayed discharge rates and ensure home was the default option for suitable patients leaving hospital. Previously, the trust ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2019: Workforce efficiency award
Winner University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Trust: Changing our workforce to improve service delivery in child screening for orthoptics in Warwickshire The orthoptic department at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Trust has redesigned its school vision screening service to see more children, reducing the time spent on administration ...
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CommentA 'Royal Community of Advocates' can help the NHS engage with the public
Laura Fulcher calls for a true partnership between the public and the NHS through the creation of a new body.
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NewsNHSE changes primary care network funding rules
NHS England has changed the rules around what entities are allowed to be fund holders for primary care networks, HSJ has learned.
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CommentService users are best placed to design improvements
Emma Tiffin and Lois Sidney explain a new initiative in Cambridge and Peterborough that puts patients in the driving seat to improve mental health services