Service design – Page 40
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HSJ Local
Devon trusts to share staff across region
Medical staff will work across trusts in a success regime region under a new system devised by health chiefs to reduce pressure on struggling services.
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HSJ Local
Trust cuts use of patient restraint
A mental health trust has reduced patient restraint by a fifth in one year under a new clinical pathway at its purpose built medium secure unit.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Pioneering trust partnership names joint exec team
A hospital and mental health trust have confirmed their joint board and management structure, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Seven CCGs approve single accountable officer for whole STP
Plans to appoint a single accountable officer for seven clinical commissioning groups have now been approved, despite previous opposition from commissioners.
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HSJ Local
Winner of troubled community services contract named
Liverpool’s troubled community services will be run by a mental health provider from November, after its bid for the contract was preferred to that of the city’s children’s trust.
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HSJ Local
CCGs find no link between GP hours and A&E attendance
Two Nottinghamshire clinical commissioning groups, which also lead a national vanguard, have found there is no direct link between extended GP opening hours and accident and emergency attendances.
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HSJ Local
Smallest hospital trust moves closer to downgrade and merger
England’s smallest acute trust has moved a step closer to downgrading its emergency services, with the publication of proposals for “a new community focused role… at the heart of the new model of care”.
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HSJ Local
Previously blocked trust merger could be complete in a year
A long awaited merger between two foundation trusts in a leading accountable care system could be completed within a year.
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HSJ Local
Moving trust to new hospital is 'best suboptimal solution'
A clinical review has found plans to move maternity services in Liverpool offer the ‘best suboptimal solution’ for patients in the city.
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HSJ Local
A&E to be downgraded in major overhaul of hospital services
Commissioners have given the green light to an overhaul of NHS services in an accountable care system that will see two acute hospitals split into emergency and elective centres.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Goodbye CCGs, hello SCFs
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ Local
Landmark hospital merger to lead to major service reshuffle
A merger to create one of the country’s largest acute trusts will lead to some specialist services being shifted between hospitals, an NHS Improvement report reveals.
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News
Council 'at breaking point' over NHS's push to accountable care system
Leicester City Council has threatened to raise formal concerns with Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland STP over proposals to evolve into an ACS, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
New care systems must be truly accountable
STPs and ACSs are doomed to fail if the NHS doesn’t engage others in its plans, says Leicestershire County Council chief John Sinnott
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HSJ Knowledge
Roundtable: How best to support patients at home to ease the burden on the NHS?
People with long-term conditions often prefer home care. Yet inadequate support means they often end up in hospital, at a cost to the NHS. Our expert panellists discussed how this problem can be addressed. By Alison Moore
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HSJ Knowledge
Roundtable: How telehealth can help with home care
Telemonitoring is providing a new way of caring for long-term patients while making more efficient use of NHS resources
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HSJ Knowledge
Roundtable: The battle against COPD is psychological, not just physical
As HSJ’s roundtable heard, COPD can take a negative toll on emotions as well as bodies, says Alison Moore
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Hunt refers controversial maternity shake up to independent experts
Jeremy Hunt has referred the decision on controversial maternity reconfiguration plans in a troubled health economy to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel, HSJ can reveal.