All Simon Stevens articles – Page 37
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News
CCGs told to fund more hospital activity
NHS England expects clinical commissioning groups to fund more hospital activity than initially planned this year, prompting concerns that this could undermine non-acute services intended to reduce emergency admissions.
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Comment
High temp costs: A competition issue or held back NHS wages?
Competition issue or NHS wages being held down?
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News
Simon Stevens confirms 'collective' NHS action on agency spend
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has said the NHS will take collective action to tackle the high cost of agency spending in the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Largest ever CCG deficit revealed
PERFORMANCE: Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s deficit spiralled to £43.2m by the end of 2014-15, the largest recorded of any CCG.
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News
Stevens launches hospital chains 'vanguard'
NHS England will ‘test new ways’ of sustaining smaller hospitals, including ‘chains’ running acute services, in its latest vanguard programme launched today by Simon Stevens.
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Comment
Balancing the books while keeping services safe is hard but necessary
Ministers under pressure
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News
Stevens: Seven day services need 'disciplined phasing'
Simon Stevens has called for a “careful and disciplined approach” to the introduction of “seven day services” and other improvements to NHS services in coming years, speaking alongside the prime minister.
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HSJ Knowledge
Diabetes: How to tackle UK's biggest public health threat
We need an intervention for the whole of the UK
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Leader
David Cameron’s second attempt to reform the NHS will be built on firmer foundations
Hunt has proved effective
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News
What does it mean for the NHS? Five takes on the election outcome
With the Conservative Party confounding polls and expectations to win a majority in the Commons, many will already be working to revise their expectations of what the next five years might hold for the health service.
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Comment
Politicians must prioritise reform to close the NHS funding gap
It will prevent hardship in future
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Comment
Who will pay for all these vague election promises?
Big numbers being bandied about may come back to bite us
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Comment
Health gambles could swing the election
NHS spending promises could turn the tables on the two main parties
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Comment
So far the campaign trail is lined with hollow promises
Wishful thining and acrimony from the parties
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Supplements
Forward view survey: NHS leaders are sceptical of new care model delivery
In an HSJ/KPMG poll
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Comment
End Game: NHS vanguard... a captain's tale
Naval gazing – a late lesson on how to steer a 45,000 tonne, state of the art monster in the right direction – and free spirits at Cambridgshire and Peterborough FT
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Comment
HSJ commission: Social care and housing are important to put older people first
Issues facing older people
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News
Stevens: There will not be a single commissioning model
There will not be a single commissioning model across England over the next five years, with local authorities and accountable care organisations increasingly taking on these functions, Simon Stevens has said.
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Comment
The independent sector can help the NHS invest in new care models
A clinical commissioner’s perspective