All Specialist care articles – Page 11
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CommentUnderstanding discrepancies when tracking long-waiters against plan
To answer how many patients are expected to breach the target every week, you need to understand how patients are being scheduled
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CommentBoard leadership in the wake of Francis: challenges, changes and achievements
Revealing the true impact of the Francis Report
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NewsExclusive: 'Relationship breakdown' at teaching trust could threaten patient safety
“Breakdown in relationships” between St George’s vascular and interventional radiology teams risked causing harm to patients External review found standards of behaviour “far below” what was expected Senior consultant suspended by trust on Tuesday St George’s has asked Guy’s and St Thomas’ FT to help it run its vascular ...
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CommentCare is so critical - now it's time to get clever with coordination
How a personal experience made Mahiben Marathappu believe that carers are the unsung heroes of our health system
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CommentIs the UK failing patients in obesity services?
Commissioners seem to be unprepared for a multi-million pound obesity surgery bill
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CommentSo, how easy will it be to deliver the General Practice Forward View?
Richard Lewis reviews the measures set out in the General Practice Forward View
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NewsChief of scandal hit teaching hospital steps down
Miles Scott steps down from role of chief executive at St George’s University Hospitals Move follows high profile financial collapse at the trust and arrival of new interim chair He will be replaced by acting chief executive Paula Vasco-Knight Chair tells staff the trust’s problems will not be solved ...
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Sacked surgeon transplanted back into post
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsSpecialist care vanguard may design new 'experimental tariffs'
Vanguard trusts looking at creating new tariffs for orthopaedics Alliance could also “accredit” care at other trusts Sign up to receive the What’s New in Care Models newsletter every week An alliance of specialist trusts could develop new “experimental tariffs” to encourage acute providers to improve or franchise ...
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NewsStevens: 'Specialised services need additional investment'
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens told Jeremy Hunt specialised services were unaffordable in their current form, papers released today reveal.
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CommentChoose and Consult over Choose and Book
Choose and Book needs to be radically reformed to become a modern Choose and Consult service so that the inefficient divide between specialists and GPs is done away with. By Martin Roland and Sam Everington
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NewsMore patient groups concerned about clinical director cuts
Four more health organisations raise concerns about NHS England plans to cut national clinical directors NHS England reshaping directorates to reduce costs Comments follow warnings by Neurological Alliance and kidney charity Four more organisations have voiced their concerns about the potential removal of eight national clinical directors by ...
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HSJ LocalBirmingham foundation trusts confirm merger plan
Trust merger follows joint chief executive appointment last year Business case to be produced by “late summer” Trusts plan joint rebuild after major capital project is scrapped Two Birmingham foundation trusts have confirmed they will merge following the decision last year for them to share a chief executive.
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NewsNHS England set to remove eight national clinical directors
NHS England on track to cut eight national clinical director posts Sixteen directors will be retained in a new structure from April Remaining directors split into “major programme”, “service improvement” and “population group” NHS England is on course to cut eight national clinical directors, including for renal disease, ...
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NewsTariff proposals will not include marginal rate for specialised services
Providers would be required to buy high cost devices through a central price list “Sustainability fund” could be linked to performance on Carter review, agency spend and avoidable mortality Up to £500m of local capital-to-revenue transfers expected, on top of those at a national level Some areas indicating a ...
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CommentUrgent care services are overstretched – we need to fund the cancer strategy now
Rising demand for support after treatment must be met with funding
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CommentEvaluating the first place-based programmes for systems leadership
A new evidence base shows the impact that systems leadership is having
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News'Top-ups' for specialised services to rise, but paediatrics to lose out
Top-up payments for specialised services would increase by more than a third under new tariff proposals, but would be slashed by more than half in paediatrics.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts continue to forecast £2bn deficit as overspending worsens
The latest available figures show the NHS acute sector continuing to forecast a deficit in excess of £2bn for this financial year. Trusts’ year to date financial performance is even worse than planned, HSJ analysis has found.