All Sustainability articles – Page 27
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NewsRevealed: The best and worst financial performers in your region
Data collected by HSJ has revealed the acute trusts with the deepest financial problems, including three providers with a deficit of around 20 per cent of their turnover.
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Official figures reveal £2.45bn NHS provider deficit
Figures published by NHS Improvement show the provider sector ended 2015-16 with a deficit of £2.45bn.
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CommentThe firebreak is not enough and the plan is unravelling at frightening speed
All parts of the NHS must work together if the cataclysmic financial storm is to be survived
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NHS providers end year with £2.7bn deficit, HSJ research reveals
NHS providers have fallen almost £1bn short of their revised financial target for 2015-16, according to locally reported figures This is despite the positive impact of dozens of “capital to revenue transfers” Risk that Department of Health will breach its spending limit for the year, experts warn Charlesworth: DH ...
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CommentWhy the DH may still have to reach into its pocket
Many trusts and CCGs may turn to the Department of Health for additional financial support in 2016-17
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CommentThe public needs to know where the buck stops
One year as an MP and I’m still none the wiser about lines of accountability in the NHS
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HSJ LocalNHS England to close 'poor value for money' GP practice
PRIMARY CARE: NHS England has said it is “difficult to justify the continued existence” of a GP practice in south London as its patient list too small to be financially viable.
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CommentLet's focus on care and quality rather than numbers
Better outcomes, teamwork and efficiency cannot be measured but are vital
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NewsNHS England 'risks being in parallel universe' on mental health
New Mental Health Network chair highlights “disconnect” between national and local commissioning Stresses that pledge of £1bn for mental health by 2020 follows £600m funding decrease in recent years Mental health sector will not get extra funding in 2017-18 and CCGs’ investment is an “empty promise” The mental ...
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HSJ LocalMost challenged STP footprint gets extra support
Neil Modha was named leader of the sustainability and transformation plan for the area, which HSJ has identified as the most financially challenged in England. CCG has now confirmed he will also step down as STP leader when he leaves the group NHS Improvement heavily involved in the STP’s ...
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NewsCouncil leader chosen to head up STP
A fourth senior council figure has been appointed to lead one of the 44 sustainability and transformation plans.
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: When councils should take over
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by integration reporter David Williams.
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HSJ LocalSTP lead’s trust will miss savings targets
FINANCE: The trust whose chief executive is leading the Kent and Medway sustainability and transformation plan has said it cannot make the savings demanded in the first year.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Five messages from CCG leaders
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsPrivate providers make case for bigger role in STPs
The new chair of the NHS Partners Network expects to see greater engagement with independent providers in the NHS’s sustainability and transformation plans.
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CommentSTPs will establish system leadership and place based commissioning
STP changes not just mere reshuffle
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CommentAn altogether different Simon Stevens
Simon Stevens has transformed from an enabler to a commander
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HSJ LocalSurrey CCGs braced for deficits over £20m
FINANCE: Two Surrey clinical commissioning groups are set to end the 2015-16 financial year with deficits totalling over £50m.
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: Can conflicts of interest be avoided?
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by our deputy bureau chief and integration reporter David Williams.
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CommentPlugging the holes in the crumbling plasterwork of GP practices
How does the GP Forward View measure up when we consider its potential to deliver better healthcare, asks Don Redding