South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 899
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NHS England delays draft new care model contract
NHS England has confirmed there will be a delay in the publication of the multispecialty community provider draft contract, despite leading vanguard sites progressing with procurement for their MCP providers.
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HSJ Local
Council chief appointed CCG director
A senior council officer has been appointed “interim recovery director” of a troubled clinical commissioning group in Merseyside.
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Comment
Are we ready for a new relationship with patients?
A paradigm shift towards empowerment is needed in the way we involve patients in their own care by seeing things from their perspective
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HSJ Local
South East trusts target April merger
Two Essex mental health trusts set out merger timetable Organisation will have new name: Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust Trusts will discuss final business case in November before regulators scrutinise deal Two Essex mental health trusts are aiming to merge by April under a new name, according to ...
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HSJ Local
CCG steps in to pay owed wages in patient transport debacle
CCG pays wages owed to former NHS patient transport service staff Commisioner says it intends to claw fees back from Coperforma, which disputes the issue Some improvement in performance in recent months A clinical commissioning group has paid the wages owed to the staff of a patient transport ...
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Analysis: The magical thinking of Hunt's medical training move
Jeremy Hunt’s commitment of around £100m to increase annual medical training numbers by 25 per cent is a keenly political move. He is fresh from the battlefield with the British Medical Association, and needs to make an impact in a post-Brexit referendum world.
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Hunt pledges £100m to make NHS 'self-sufficient' in doctors
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is set to announce a 25 per cent expansion in the number of funded medical student places from 2018 in a bid to make the NHS less reliant on overseas recruitment.
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Daily Insight: Board level pay rises approved
HSJ’s round-up of the day’s must read stories and debate
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Revealed: Ministers sign off £300k of pay rises for trust chairs
Ministers agreed nearly £300,000 in pay rises for the chairs of NHS trusts over the past year, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
What’s new in care models: The NHS’s first accountable care organisation?
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View
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Contract to be let for pioneering 'ACO'
One of the first ‘ACO’ contracts to be let Foundation trust was the only provider to express an interest Due to begin in April next year A northern foundation trust will take control of a single budget for all local services except primary care from next April in ...
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MCP bidders told to avoid seeking 'excessive profit'
Favoured bid for MCP contract will be one which does not seek “excessive” profit says vanguard CCG Dudley CCG sets out proposed service scope for MCP CCGs will be able to terminate MCP contract if provider is not achieving agreed outcomes Some adult social care and public health services ...
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How to work out your waiting time trajectories accurately
Long-wait trajectories are easy to ask for, and surprisingly hard to calculate. But with a skilful model and a bit of luck, you could achieve precision planning for your trajectories. In this longer read we go deep into the detail
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Regulator launches investigation into cost of patient falls
NHS Improvement launches investigation into cost of inpatient falls to the NHS Regulator is planning to share good practice to help providers improve care New “falls collaboratives” will be set up to take forward improvements NHS Improvement has launched an investigation into the cost and prevalence of inpatient ...
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HSJ Local
Nurses forced to clean wards after private company fails to improve
Nottingham trust says company has made “insufficient progress” Nurses are cleaning after Carillion staff to maintain standards, trust says Board will discuss future of £200m cleaning contract later this month Nurses at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust are having to clean wards after cleaners from a private company in ...
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HSJ Local
Board upheaval at governance failure trust
Two non-executive directors stand down from Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust board Trust said it needed to “strengthen its financial governance arrangements” weeks after revealing large unplanned deficit Peter Lachecki appointed as next chair Two non-executive directors are departing from Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust just weeks after it revealed ...
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Catch Up: Treasury tightens grip, and junior doctors lose legal challenge
Your essential update on the week in health
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GPs not returning to work due to 'huge' insurance costs, charities warn
Returning GPs use commercial insurers at “huge cost” following rejection from major mutual insurers NHS England asked to “streamline” retraining process as “excessive” delays cause “financial hardship” for returning GPs Induction and refresher scheme “too slow and bureaucratic ” says RCGP “Excessive” delays in retraining and “huge” indemnity ...
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Exclusive: Charity loses legal challenge to NHS England drug decision
Hepatitis C Trust loses legal challenge to NHS England’s decision to cap access to new drugs for the disease Judge rules decision to roll out treatments via “monthly run rate” is “legitimate” and “rational” Charity argued that capping therapy approved as cost effective went against NICE rules The ...