All Sustainability articles – Page 27
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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
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CommentCCG barometer comment: Ever closer union?
The latest CCG barometer shows commissioning leaders are focused on how to make STPs work, writes John Rooke
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NewsCommissioners split on STP leads' roles and responsibility
Many expect STP leaders to take responsibility for finance and performance However, few CCG leaders are expected to step back from strategy across their patch Concern about the impact of STPs on local and clinical leadership More than a third of clinical commissioning group bosses expect sustainability and ...
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NewsSurvey: CCG leaders' financial confidence dips
Confidence in balancing budgets dips from 6.8 points to 5 points Concern about shifting deficit to CCGs Redesigning out of hospital services and reducing acute activity remain common approaches to savings Clinical commissioning group leaders’ confidence in balancing their budgets has taken a substantial knock, according to ...
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NewsMapped: The financial health of every STP area
Some of the 44 new health systems for England could be in such deep financial trouble that they will struggle to plan their way out of deficit, according to policy experts.
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CommentThe need for a 45th STP – a national one
Separating the noise of contract negotiations from the signal around STPs
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CommentNew legislation must take financial pressures into account
Sarah Brooke emphasises that legislation to guide the NHS has so far not served its purpose to provide autonomy to health bodies
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HSJ LocalThree NHS executives hired to transform struggling CCG
PERFORMANCE: Three senior NHS executives have been drafted in to support the development of recovery plans at an under pressure CCG after it was put into turnaround.