All Service redesign articles – Page 41
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CommentHunt: We will target medication errors next in the drive for patient safety
In an exclusive comment piece for HSJ, health secretary Jeremy Hunt announces an initiative that will aim to change culture as well as systems
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NewsHow to cut the cost of diabetes: an in-depth guide
Read HSJ’s digital guide on improving compliance by patients and providing services that better serve their needs, in association with Roche Diabetes Care
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CommentSuccessful new care models will need significant management support
Whatever you call them, new care models all face similar tough challenges. So how likely are they to succeed?
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NewsExclusive: Flagship primary care hubs lack funds
Areas developing a “scale” primary care model, previously praised by Simon Stevens, lack the resources to fully evaluate their models and have yet to work out how they will meet desired outcomes, new research has found.
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HSJ LocalSTP teams up with Capita to set up accountable care system
A sustainability and transformation partnership in the East Midlands has recruited Capita to help with the creation of its accountable care system.
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HSJ Local
Leading vanguard will not procure contract as it 'would take longer'
One of the most advanced national vanguard projects has decided to form a multispecialty community provider through an alliance agreement rather than go out to procurement as it “would take longer”.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: New STP lead reveals five CCGs target single provider contracts
Commissioners in Norfolk are to vote on plans to set up a joint committee that would “ideally” broker “single contracts” for all five local clinical commissioning groups with all their major providers.
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HSJ LocalCCGs confirm plan for mega-merger
Three clinical commissioning groups that cover one of the most financially strained health economies in the country have proposed a full merger as part of a wider reconfiguration of services.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How to reduce hospital stays for older people
This HSJ event, run in association with Four Seasons Health Care, assembled an expert panel to discuss the reasons older people end up in hospital longer than they need to be – and considered possible solutions to this growing problem.
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HSJ LocalChief executive denies trust merger rumours
The chief executive of a mental health trust in the West Midlands has quashed rumours that her organisation plans to merge with major community and mental health providers.
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CommentGo beyond status quo to make STPs and ACSs work
The way in which STPs and ACSs are implemented will make the difference between them succeeding or failing, writes David Hare
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NewsVanguard launching first bed management system across trusts
The country’s only mental health vanguard is preparing to launch the first bed management system across multiple trusts, to halve the number of patients being sent out of area.
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HSJ LocalMore cash and staff needed for controversial service changes, royal college warns
A “more imaginative” recruitment strategy and “considerable” investment will be needed to deliver a former success regime’s controversial maternity plans, a royal college has warned.
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HSJ LocalHospital downgrade approved despite pending appeals to Jeremy Hunt
Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has approved controversial plans to downgrade maternity and intensive care units at the Horton General Hospital – despite Jeremy Hunt considering appeals against the plans.
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HSJ LocalProviders chosen for first comprehensive MCP contract
Four trusts in partnership with GPs are on course to win a multibillion pound new care model contract.
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HSJ LocalTrust plans new PFI deal to fund controversial hospital shake up
A foundation trust is proposing procuring a new private finance initiative to fund its controversial “hot” and “cold” site hospital reconfiguration plans.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Carving up Greater Manchester
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England from Lawrence Dunhill
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NewsNHS England reveals first national contract for ACOs
A model contract for accountable care organisations in the NHS has been published for the first time, for use by both hospital and primary care led new models of care.
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NewsAnalysis: 2018-19 is turning point for vanguard savings
Next year is expected to be a tipping point, when new care model vanguards will be saving money than is being spent on them, analysis of their forecasts suggests.
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NewsTrusts, council and GPs battle for £80m new care model contract
Two foundation trusts and a consortium formed by the county council and local GPs are set to compete for an £80m community services contract, HSJ can reveal.