All Service redesign articles – Page 42
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HSJ LocalCCG may be charged VAT on national vanguard funds
Commissioners leading a vanguard site may have to pay VAT charges on transformation funding from NHS England because their lead provider is a GP federation.
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CommentThe Better Care Fund is now part of the problem. We need a better solution
The removal of the Better Care Fund’s ‘temporary sticking plaster’ may be painful, but it forces us to think differently, writes Richard Humphries
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust raises concerns over tie up with smaller hospitals
Concerns have been raised by a teaching trust that consolidating its back office with two smaller local trusts may not deliver direct savings for the larger provider, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: the two-way flow that makes things happen
Industry and the health service must communicate if patient safety initiatives are to work, writes Alison Moore
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: engaging staff in the patient safety mission
A culture of ownership – as well as engagement from the start – were two of the key factors cited by HSJ roundtable panellists for success, writes Alison Moore
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How can industry play a part in boosting patient safety?
HSJ’s latest event asked panellists how the NHS’s industry partners might contribute to improving the service’s safety culture. Report by Alison Moore
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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.