All South Central articles – Page 12
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NewsCCG leaders expect surge in A&E reconfiguration
More than a third of commissioning group leaders responding to an HSJ survey expected the publication or implementation of plans to close or downgrade accident and emergency services in the next year.
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HSJ LocalManchester GPs could start ‘shadow’ voluntary contracts from April
GPs could begin adopting shadow MCP type contracts in April Discussions around shadow contracts at advanced stage, HSJ understands GP federation chair says their work is influencing national contract discussions STUCTURE: Primary care providers across Greater Manchester could start operating population based contracts in shadow form from as ...
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HSJ LocalCCG links extra GP funding to new standards
CCG to link £2.4m of extra funding to new quality standards Individual practices are unlikely to meet the standards without some form of collaboration with others Borough’s LMC is broadly supportive of the project Commissioners in Salford will invest an extra £2.4m in primary medical care next year, ...
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NewsTransformation plans central to 'Ofsted style' CCG scores
Assessment and improvement framework seeks to implement Jeremy Hunt’s CCG ratings plan 54 assessment indicators proposed by NHS England Framework “supplies metrics for adoption” in sustainability and transformation plans, which will “provide vision and local actions” for framework HSJ survey found majority of CCG leaders do not believe framework ...
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NewsExclusive: Rocketing death rate provokes calls for national investigation
There were 5.4 per cent more deaths in England in Wales in 2015 than in 2014 – the biggest year on year increase in several decades Many of the deaths were during winter in early 2015 Potential causes include public spending cuts and constraint, problems with flu vaccine, and ...
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HSJ LocalThird trust considers joining Dalton’s ‘hospital chain’
Bolton was previously reluctant to join Salford Royal and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh in their foundation group Trusts expected to retain separate boards under the new model, but could be run by a joint executive team The three FTs have begun discussions over reconfiguration of breast surgery and women’s ...
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HSJ LocalCCG seeks to recreate PCT system via devolution bid
STRUCTURE: Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and the county council have asked the government for powers to jointly commission all the area’s specialised services, primary care, social care and public health services in a bid to recreate the commissioning system that existed before the Health Act 2012.
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HSJ KnowledgeUnwarranted variation? NHS Right Care Programme helps
Matthew Cripps and John Newton explain how the NHS Right Care model is designed to help drive service improvement and avoid unwarranted variation
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NewsNHS England ‘tightly in control of the purse strings’ for devo Manc
Details of the devolution arrangements for 2016-17 show key changes affecting specialised services Main changes involve budgets being delegated to a Greater Manchester chief officer, an employee of NHS England. Local leaders say arrangements are “consistent with what we set out to do by this point” King’s Fund experts ...
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HSJ LocalRevealed: CCG and councils planning to form ‘one organisation’
Councils and clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester are being encouraged to integrate their commissioning functions, as part of the region’s devolution project.
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HSJ LocalSussex trust’s deficit forecast sinks
FINANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has increased its predicted deficit by a third after losses soared in the first nine months of the financial year.
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HSJ LocalTop hospital trust orders ban on consultant study leave
Letter to consultants at Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust also says leave already booked will have to be cancelled Cost-saving move described as “unprecedented” by a British Medical Association representative, who said it could raise concerns over patient safety Trust may breach its £19m deficit plan for 2015-16 ...
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HSJ LocalNewcastle FT to take over some North Cumbria services
Newcastle FT will run some children’s services in north Cumbria Partnership set to be extended with cancer services considered a likely focus North Cumbria grappling with unsafe and unsustainable services, and senior leadership turnover North Cumbria University Hospitals in special measures and part of success regime Newcastle upon ...
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HSJ LocalLearning disability patients in limbo after funding dispute
Lancashire County Council has refused to meet the costs of patients being resettled in the community Council says NHS dowries “not enough” to fund care Some discharges already delayed by the dispute Care costs can be as much as £300,000 a year PATIENT EXPERIENCE: A funding dispute threatens ...
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LeaderWell done, Sir Andrew – but your job is not done just yet
Sir Andrew Morris cannot rest on his laurels after his celebrated turnaround of Wexham Park
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HSJ LocalVast improvements recognised at Calderstones
PERFORMANCE: A learning disability hospital which will be forced to close in the next three years is expected to receive a “good” rating from the Care Quality Commission next week.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay vanguard sets out ‘accountable care’ ambition
Better Care Together project is part of the national vanguard programme Work seen as crucial to future of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay FT Current system “trapped in annual contracting cycles” and payment models with the wrong incentives STRUCTURE: Health leaders in Morecambe Bay will look to establish ...
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HSJ LocalManchester trust warns council over transformation plans
STRUCTURE: A major hospital trust has told Manchester City Council that any transformation of acute services in the city must sit within the context of its existing plans.
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NewsCQC hails merger trust for ‘most impressive’ ever transformation
CQC says Wexham Park Hospital’s improvement under Frimley Health FT is “most impressive” it has seen Rating upgraded from “inadequate” to “good” Hospital was run by Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals FT until October 2014 The Care Quality Commission has praised the “remarkable” improvement in care at Wexham ...
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NewsFrimley chief calls for increase in NHS takeovers
Sir Andrew Morris says “clinical leadership” key to successful acquisition of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust Says NHS still has “too many organisations on the provider and commissioning side” Frimley Health “not at the moment” looking at extending to a “hospital chain” The NHS should do trust ...