South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1012
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North London council considers 60pc public health cuts
A north London council has laid out proposals to cut public health services including health visiting, drug and alcohol services, and sexual health services over the next three years by up to 60 per cent.
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Extra BCF cash worth £100m in first year
The extra better care fund cash promised to local government in the spending review is expected to be worth just £100m in 2017-18.
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Four-fifths of areas expect to miss BCF targets, survey finds
Survey of finance leaders finds 80 per cent do not expect to hit better care fund performance targets “Unrealistic expectations” attached to the fund are “giving integration a bad name” Some areas had not set up pooled budgets halfway through 2015-16 New calls for bureaucracy to be simplified ...
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Next CQC chair pledges ‘less burdensome’ regulation
Peter Wyman pledges to make regulator “less burdensome” and to “reduce bureaucracy” Government’s preferred candidate tells Commons health committee his priority as CQC chair would be embracing technology Mr Wyman reveals he is a Conservative Party member The government’s preferred candidate to be the next Care Quality Commission ...
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Stoke-on-Trent CCG chair steps down
WORKFORCE: Prasad Rao is to step down as chair of Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group.
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The status quo should not be an option for CCGs
Why CCGs need a change of direction if they are to truly succeed
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HSJ Local
Shropshire GPs have ‘no capacity’ to take on rural urgent care work
RECONFIGURATION: GP leaders in Shropshire have raised fears that a proposed reorganisation of emergency care in the region would see an increase in GP workloads for which they say there is no more capacity.
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Rise in junior doctors turning their back on NHS training
Survey of more than 7,000 trainee doctors reveals almost half will not continue training in UK next year More doctors are taking career breaks but the number leaving the profession is static More than 10 per cent of trainees said they were pursuing a medical role outside the UK ...
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Trust's rationale for moving high risk surgery 'not supported'
Pennine Acute Trust say transfer of emergency and high risk general surgery has “implications” beyond those described during consultation All non-elective inpatient surgery to be transferred out of North Manchester General Hospital Reconfiguration leaders “do not recognise or support” the trust’s view RECONFIGURATION: Leaders at a major acute ...
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Vanguards in action
The key to success of the new care models is strong partnerships involving health, social care and others
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Executive Summary: The future hits a hurdle
HSJ’s roundup of Thursday’s must read health policy stories
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Landmark £800m outcomes based contract collapses after eight months
Major outcomes based contract collapses after being deemed ‘financially unsustainable’ £800m Cambridgeshire and Peterborough deal was one of the largest ever tendered by the NHS New older people’s service only went live in April NHS-owned ‘lead provider’ consortium will hand contract back to commissioners One of the biggest ...
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Supplements
How to spot a good app
Tricky but essential - the job of evaluating the many health apps on the market
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Evaluating the first place-based programmes for systems leadership
A new evidence base shows the impact that systems leadership is having
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Exclusive: Swindells to join NHS England as national operations director
Matthew Swindells to join NHS England as national director of commissioning operations and information Will take up the senior post in “late spring” Dame Barbara Hakin retires at the end of this month. Richard Barker, NHS England regional director for the North, to be interim. Matthew Swindells, a ...
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FT chief named as NHS England urgent and emergency care lead
Pauline Philip, chief executive of Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Foundation Trust, is joining NHS England on secondment as national urgent and emergency care director.
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HSJ Local
Possible legal challenge over better care fund millions
Council calls for CCG to release £2.3m payment for performance element of fund CCG withholding payment to council “in line with the national guidance” Auditors found “no evidence” that funds provided for additional adult social care “has been used for this purpose” FINANCE: Wiltshire Council could make a ...
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HSJ Local
Updated: Morecambe Bay exits special measures
CQC says Morecambe Bay should exit special measures Improved staffing levels and stable executive team installed FT chief executive says huge deficit was necessary to make improvements Full CQC report REGULATION: Monitor has confirmed that University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be taken out of special ...
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Executive Summary: The cost of being 'fit and proper'
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s must read and must watch health stories