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CommentPeople are at the heart of transformation
Integrated data from the population’s use of services and workforce can help systems monitor response to the needs of the people and enhance improvement
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NewsPlanning guidance: 'System control totals' to be issued for STPs
All providers and clinical commissioning groups will be accountable for “overall system control total” Transformation funding and incentive payments will be tied to delivery of system financial target Targets aim to “reduce the incentives for individual organisations to optimise their own financial position at the expense of the wider ...
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NewsTrusts allowed to miss 2016-17 targets in 'rare' cases
Planning guidance says trusts will be allowed to miss targets if due to “exceptional” reasons But they will need to be back on track by 2017-18 Permission will only be granted in “exceptional circumstances” Trusts will be allowed to miss performance targets this year if it was a ...
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Planning guidance: Funding to shore up NHS deficits will continue until 2019
A further £3.6bn of “sustainability funding” will be used to plug NHS provider deficits over the next two financial years, according to NHS planning guidance published today.
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NewsPlanning guidance: CCGs supported to merge leadership and governance
CCGs will be supported to share management and work on bigger geographies to build “capability and capacity” “Effective” commissioner function will be needed for new care models, says planning guidance NHS England has said it will work with clinical commissioning groups to help them integrate and work across ...
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NewsAnalysis: NHS told to stick together or hang separately
Two themes characterise today’s pithy new planning guidance, writes Dave West.
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NewsPlanning guidance: Stevens and Mackey will intervene over contract disputes
Providers and commissioners that cannot resolve contract disputes by the end of the year face “intervention” by the NHS England and NHS Improvement chief executives and may see funding withheld.
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NewsPlanning guidance: GP services must expand into weekends under NHS England plans
GP opening hours should increase during evenings and weekends as standard CCGs to be given £258m to pay for increased access CCGs must also increase amount of GP consultation time Commissioners also told to allocate £3 per head for practice transformation Standard GP opening hours should be ...
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NewsCatch-up: What you need to know about the new planning guidance
The must read stories from the HSJ’s comprehensive coverage of the two-year planning guidance
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CommentFor integration to work, local authorities must be equal partners in STPs
Sustainability and transformation plans can help create a coherent system out of the existing muddle of local government and NHS structures
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HSJ LocalLarge teaching trust ended year with £118m deficit
FINANCE: King’s College Hospitals Foundation Trust ended the 2015-16 financial year with an underlying deficit of £118m.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Frontrunners for elective centres revealed
Commissioners have revealed the frontrunners to host elective centres in south east London.
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HSJ LocalTrust's mortality concerns persist despite multiple improvement drives
East and North Hertfordshire Trust had outlier SHMI rates in five out of the eight reporting periods since 2014 “Large difference” between HSMR and SHMI rates due to palliative care coding Latest quality account report raised concerns over information governance, lower rate of incident reporting and never events ...
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NewsNursing home bed numbers fall for first time in five years
CQC figures show nursing home bed capacity dropped by 400 after small annual increases since 2013 More care homes closed their nursing units in first half of 2016 than in all of 2015 People delayed from leaving hospital due to lack of nursing home availability up by 60 per ...
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NewsLansley: NHS should get £5bn Brexit bonus by 2019
Lansley calls for NHS windfall post Brexit during keynote address Former health sectary attacks ‘nakedly political’ BMA over ‘unethical’ strike action He robustly defends his reforms stating much of criticism is ‘demonstrably false’ NHS spending should be set at a minimum of 7 per cent of GDP The ...
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HSJ LocalGloucestershire finance director got six months' pay on resignation
Helen Simpson received at least £72,500 as six months’ pay in lieu of notice Finance director resigned from Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust after £13.4m downward revision in trust’s finances Chief executive pledges to make referral to professional bodies if review finds wrongdoing at trust A finance director at ...
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NewsNHS needs 3.5 per cent annual funding increase, economists predict
OBR projections suggest UK health services would require a greater proportion of GDP spent on public healthcare Projections assume policy remains unchanged but take account of rising costs and population changes Projection would require an additional £40bn by 2030 to be found through extra taxation or shifting spending from ...
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NewsDaily Insight: Trust hit by 'critical' tech failure
HSJ’s round-up of Wednesday’s must read stories and debate
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CommentBringing together innovation and clinical governance
Easing pressure on hospital and GP services is central to the work of the New Care Models Programme, with the prevention of ill-health top of the list
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HSJ LocalIT crash causes 'critical incident' at major teaching hospital
Operations and appointments have been cancelled after a “critical” fault with Leeds Teaching Hospitals’ pathology IT system Test results are having to be hand delivered to clinical teams with significant impact on patient flow Fault is also affecting Bradford Teaching Hospitals and local GPs who use the trust’s pathology ...