Somerset NHS Foundation Trust – Page 8
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News
CQC wants 'sophisticated' approach to safe staffing
CQC comments emphasise trust autonomy on safe staffing Regulator says it will not “back off” on safe staffing and trusts’ plans must be credible Clarification comes after NHS financial reset and focus on excess pay bill growth The Care Quality Commission has tried to strike a new tone ...
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Public-private joint venture and Brexit fallout
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: The state of care in the South West
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Knowledge
How to develop new care models
Consideration of new care delivery models is crucial to transforming our healthcare system
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Why Yeovil's finances may be causing jitters
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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News
Revealed: Trusts borrow millions to pay for redundancies and beds
Papers released by the Department of Health show trusts have borrowed hundreds of millions of pounds to pay suppliers, make redundancies and increase bed capacity.
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HSJ Knowledge
McKinsey New Care Models Summit
Highlighting examples where people are successfully implementing new care models with great impact on both quality and cost
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News
Trusts named for consultancy turnaround programme
NHS Improvement has revealed the 16 trusts in the first wave of its £25m turnaround programme.
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Trust chiefs speak out against 'bullying' regulators
Chief executives find job rewarding but warn of lack of support from national bodies and regulators “Oppressive” scrutiny hampers innovation, King’s Fund report finds NHS England summit described as “ritual humiliation and bullying session” by one former trust boss Health Act 2012 criticised for ‘disastrous’ impact on the system ...
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Northern Devon enters the home care market
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
Fear of competition rules stopped council pooling social care budget
Somerset County Council decided against rolling social care money into CCG’s outcome based commissioning plans Council received legal advice that it could not participate in non-competitive process CCG managing director says “most capable provider” process “not available” to NHS organisations from this month A council in the South ...
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News
New EU rules could threaten vanguards
New EU procurement rules take effect on 18 April Commissioners that do not advertise all contract opportunities will be open to legal challenge Doubts raised over the future of “most capable provider” Vanguards appeal for clarity over obligation to tender Vanguards have appealed to national leaders for clarity ...
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: The STP and success regime in Devon
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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News
Vanguard FT’s company to take over GP practices
Vanguard in south Somerset takes major step towards setting up a PACS Three GP practices to be taken over by FT subsidiary company Arrangements can be reversed if vanguard fails Other practices offered partnership arrangement in local accountable care organisation Three GP practices in Somerset are to be ...
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Expert Briefing
What's New in Care Models: A detailed look at PACS
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by our senior correspondent on integration David Williams.
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Expert Briefing
Welcome to Deep South: G’day mate
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
Vanguard trust gets £23m Department of Health loan
FINANCE: A South West trust which is a prominent vanguard site has received a £23m loan from the Department of Health, HSJ has learned.
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News
Sir David Dalton named top chief executive for third year
Third HSJ Top Chief Executives list revealed Sir David Dalton’s achievements at Salford Royal and nationally highlighted by judges Twenty-two women in the list of 50 Sir David Dalton has been named as the leading provider chief executive in the NHS for the third year in a row, ...
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News
South of England: Best and worst staff survey performers
Analysis of the best and worst performers in the South of England region on key measures in the NHS staff survey 2015.
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HSJ Local
Financially challenged Devon makes devolution bid
“Heart of the South West” bids for five year devolved budgets for health, care and public health Region includes Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG, which has the biggest CCG cumulative deficit in England Somerset CCG and South Devon and Torbay CCG also part of the bid DEVOLUTION: ...