Service design – Page 69
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HSJ LocalExclusive: CCG plans handover to 'accountable care organisation'
A clinical commissioning group is proposing to hand its budget and nearly all its functions to a provider led ‘accountable care organisation’, in what could be a first in the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeShort and long term fixes for workforce pressures
In the face of rising pressures, we explore solutions including training rotations and a cap on agency staffing
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CommentThe NHS needs a transformation fund
We need a new, comprehensive approach to supporting and implementing change
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CommentShattered: The NHS capacity myth
The NHS always appears to be short of acute capacity. But this may be an illusion that could be rectified by fine tuning resources further ahead
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NewsNHS England review calls for shake-up of children's heart surgery
An NHS England review into congenital heart disease services has called for a major shake-up of how they are provided, proposing a ‘three tier’ model of care.
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NewsExclusive: NHS ‘needs at least £1.5bn a year’ for transformation
The NHS needs a dedicated transformation fund of at least £1.5bn a year to properly test and roll out new models of care, according to researchers.
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HSJ Knowledge
The NHS could be world leaders in seven day working
With trusts offering all days services
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NewsCancer commissioning overhaul could save 30,000 lives
The NHS can save 30,000 more lives a year by overhauling cancer commissioning and treatment funding, a national taskforce has said.
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HSJ LocalNHS providers explore taking over Cornish community services
NHS trusts in Cornwall are exploring whether they could provide a suitable home for over 20 community services, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeBreaking the cycle: Ways to achieve A&E performance targets
This trust delivered the four hour target for first time in three years
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to balance the push and pull of performance and demand
Hospital performance targets
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NewsRevealed: Which CCGs are paying GP practices to form federations
A third of clinical commissioning groups with control of their primary care budgets plan to fund member GP practices to get them to form federations, HSJ has found
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HSJ KnowledgeElective care: how trusts are recovering from poor performance
Elective care: replacing the gold standard target
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HSJ KnowledgeMCP vanguard leaders: We will find the solutions
MCP vanguards report on their progress
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HSJ Knowledge'If vanguards work, the return on investment is to the wider NHS'
Interviews with three vanguard trusts
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HSJ Knowledge
Seven day services: Gathering the data to make it happen
Ten acute trusts in the East Midlands joined forces to tackle the challenge
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HSJ KnowledgeBacked by facts: Integrated care is king
Integrated care is an effective delivery model for people with long term conditions
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Dorset acute plans include accident and emergency downgrade
STRUCTURE: The accident and emergency department at either the Royal Bournemouth Hospital or Poole Hospital could be downgraded to an urgent care centre under proposals for changes to acute services in Dorset.
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HSJ KnowledgeStreamlining inpatient processes can reduce discharge times
Review the continuing healthcare procedures