Service design – Page 43
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HSJ LocalJeremy Hunt to have final say over A&E closure
Controversial plans to close an accident and emergency department and centralise emergency services in a neighbouring town have been referred to Jeremy Hunt for a final decision.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust to centralise services due to 'immediate' safety concerns
A special measures trust is to centralise urology and ear, nose and throat services because of “immediate workforce safety concerns”.
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NewsLord Darzi weighs in to 'utterly astonishing' specialist trust row
Professor Lord Ara Darzi has weighed into the row over the future of specialist services in England.
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HSJ LocalLocal leaders row back on A&E downgrade plans
NHS leaders in Essex have dropped plans for a “blanket” redirection of all blue light ambulances from two of the area’s hospitals to Basildon following a backlash from residents and clinicians.
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CommentJoining up the procurement of goods with the commissioning of services
A lack of synergy between the procurement of goods with the commissioning of services creates inefficiencies in the system but an integrated approach could resolve these issues, writes Alan Turrell
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Battered CCG must prove it’s worth it
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England from Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ LocalTroubled specialist trust to lose paediatric surgery service
Birmingham’s specialist orthopaedic hospital will stop providing paediatric surgery after an external review recommended moving the service to a bigger site.
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HSJ LocalGPs 'too tired' to work out of hours shifts
GPs in the Isle of Wight are “too tired” to staff its out of hours primary care service, commissioners have warned.
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HSJ LocalCCGs avoid tender process with £57m contract award
Two incumbent community providers have been named as the lead contractors for a new £57m out of hospital services model proposed for Coventry and Warwickshire.
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NewsSTP dilutes plan to centralise elective work
An STP in the capital has dropped plans to centralise elective orthopaedic work at two sites.
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HSJ LocalNHS England accused of using 'misleading' data for heart surgery closures
NHS England has been accused of lacking transparency and using “inaccurate or misleading” data in its planning for the potential closure of three heart surgery units.
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HSJ LocalInadequate trust set to lose 'unsustainable' stroke services
A trust’s stroke services deemed “unsustainable” by commissioners are set to be taken over by a neighbouring provider.
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CommentCommunity hospitals: a traditional solution to help today’s NHS?
With ease of access and a sense of homeliness, there is potential for community hospitals to be better integrated into the healthcare system. By Emma Pitchforth, Edwin van Teijlingen and Ellen Nolte
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CommentCan STPs deliver?
Rebecca Malby on how STPs are struggling to secure effective ways of solving the very complex problems the NHS faces
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NewsExclusive: Accountable care systems will make 'pathway' for STPs to follow
The first NHS “accountable care systems” must develop a “pathway” for STPs in other areas to follow, according to their agreement with NHS England, seen by HSJ.
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NewsVanguard funding 'should not be stopped next year'
Funding for new care model vanguards should not be stopped next March as planned, because the project needs more time to provide models for other areas to use, NHS Providers has said.
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NewsSimon Stevens: 'Laissez faire' approach to integrated care has not worked
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has hit back at criticism of the new better care fund planning guidance.
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NewsLocal government withdraws support for 'disappointing' BCF guidance
Controversial new guidance on how the £2bn allocated to social care must be spent shows the government has bowed to pressure from the NHS, according to the chair of the Local Government Association’s community wellbeing board.
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HSJ LocalAcute services could switch provider in major overhaul
Consultation launched into future of stroke, maternity, gynaecology and paediatric services in South Tyneside and Sunderland Proposed options will see majority of specialist services centralised at Sunderland Royal Hospital Services at South Tyneside District Hospital would be downgraded or closed Hospital based stroke, maternity, gynaecology and paediatric services ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Taking a risk on procurement law
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