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NewsNHS England extends screening for mental health problems
NHS staff will be expected to screen every patient with a long term physical condition for mental health problems, under new guidance from national leaders.
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NewsIn depth: Trusts respond to vascular GIRFT review
HSJ approached all the trusts that were at or beneath the threshold for one or more of the GIRFT vascular activity measures. Many gave candid descriptions of their issues and what they planned to do, or had done, about them.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Last ACO commissioner abandons contract plans
The last commissioner with advanced plans to award an accountable care organisation contract has scaled back its proposals, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Private firms 'are not expecting' to run ACO contracts
Private providers have said they do not expect to run any NHS accountable care organisations due to the political difficulties around perceived “privatisation” and concerns over financial risk.
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HSJ LocalGreen light for judicial review into A&E closure
A High Court judge has granted a judicial review for campaigners opposing the closure of Huddersfield’s accident and emergency department.
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HSJ LocalMerger of trusts across STPs cleared by competition regulator
The merger of two trusts in neighbouring sustainability and transformation partnership areas has been approved by the CMA.
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HSJ LocalCCG plays down council's rejection of ACS
The council’s decision to reject plans for an accountable care system will not affect Cornwall’s progress towards integrated health and social care, the chair of Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief: STP must be reviewed after 'extraordinary' winter
The new chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has said the region’s sustainability and transformation partnership should be reviewed following “extraordinary” winter pressures.
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HSJ LocalOfficial review tells Hunt to knock back hospital downgrade
An independent review has recommended Jeremy Hunt knocks back an NHS decision to downgrade a general hospital’s maternity services.
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NewsCCGs drop children's mental health restriction after national 'advice'
Commissioners have backtracked on decisions not to accept out of area children who are in care of its under pressure mental health service.
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HSJ LocalNHS leaders warn of 'significant risks' of blocking reconfiguration
Health leaders in the North East have warned councillors of the “significant risk” to protecting patient safety if they seek to block a reconfiguration of “vulnerable” acute services.
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HSJ LocalHospital services centralised in North East shake-up
Commissioners in the North East have approved plans to shift a range of hospital based services from South Tyneside to Sunderland.
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HSJ LocalTrust secures vital capital for hospital rebuild
The redevelopment of a community hospital is back on track after NHS Property Services approved one of its largest ever individual capital investments of nearly £12m.
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HSJ LocalTrust saves £2m after taking on commissioning powers
A Yorkshire trust has managed to save £2m by repatriating out of area, locked rehabilitation patients and caring for them in the community.
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NewsSTP moves towards shared control total
Leaders across a sustainability and transformation partnership are drafting a new agreement that could lead to the organisations in the STP sharing a control total.
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HSJ LocalGPs vote down CCG plan to take on primary care budgets
GPs in the East Midlands have rejected their commissioner’s bid to take on the primary care budget for its region.
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CommentLack of resources could affect cancer services redesign
Though NHS England plans to redesign radiotherapy services to improve access to cancer patients, it still needs to address several roadblocks such as lack of resources and workforce shortages, points out Emlyn Samuel
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HSJ InteractiveWe need an evolution in how primary care works
A stronger, reinvented model of primary care will be as central to the NHS’s next 70 years as it has been for the last 70. By Michael Macdonnell
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CommentSplitting up general practice services won't always work
Fragmentation of general practice services will jeopardise the value that it delivers to patients and the NHS, notes Rebecca Rosen
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NewsACSs get a rebrand as NHS England seeks 'next cohort'
NHS England has rebranded accountable care systems as integrated care systems, and said they will replace sustainability and transformation partnerships.