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HSJ LocalFirst of new NHS 111 contracts awarded
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has been left “deeply disappointed” after losing out on the contract to provide an integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours service in Somerset.
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Plans to involve GPs in NHS 111 'naive'
NHS England has ‘lost’ time exploring the use of GPs for the NHS 111 phone line as there are too few in the workforce to support it, a leading clinician has said
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CQC to inspect whole health systems
The Care Quality Commission will begin inspecting health systems across whole geographical areas from next year, its chief inspector of general practice has said.
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HSJ Knowledge
How London Ambulance is preparing for winter pressures
Intelligent conveyancing helps to spread the load
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HSJ Local
Strained ambulance service to cut call-outs by 15 per cent
PERFORMANCE: London Ambulance Service Trust has announced it will cut the number of emergency calls that receive an ambulance response by 15 per cent, in response to staff shortages and rising demand.
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HSJ Local
Single re-procurement planned for West Midlands NHS 111
COMMERCIAL: NHS 111 services are set to be re-procured for nearly all the West Midlands under a single large exercise, clinical commissioning group papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Somerset shortlists for 111 and OOH
COMMERCIAL: Four bidders have been shortlisted to provide NHS 111 and out of hours primary care services in Somerset, in one of the first NHS 111 re-procurements to be run.
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HSJ Local
NHS 111 could be terminated in Norfolk
PERFORMANCE: The NHS 111 service could be terminated in Norfolk, as the East of England Ambulance Service Trust, which runs the service, has failed to secure sufficient funding.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall to design ‘integrated’ out of hours contract
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in Cornwall are to redesign the region’s out of hours GP service in order to “blur the lines” between in and out of hours care.
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DH creates £250m fund for elective 'resilience'
The Department of Health is to provide an additional £250m to the NHS to help providers clear their planned care waiting list backlogs.
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Integrated hotlines could exclude smaller providers
Plans by clinical commissioning groups to jointly procure NHS 111 and out of hours hotlines have sparked concerns that smaller providers could be squeezed out of the market.
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GPs in NHS 111 call centres would be a 'big mistake'
Mandating GPs in NHS 111 call centres as part of the revised specification for the service would be a “big mistake”, potential providers have told HSJ.
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Labour dubs NHS 111 'fundamentally flawed'
Labour has accused the government of ‘vandalism’ by destroying NHS Direct, which formally closed on March 31.
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HSJ Local
Patients to access out-of-hours services via NHS 111
Patients across Devon will now access out-of-hours GP services by ringing their local NHS 111 provider.
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Hunt says NHS on track for patients' access to their GP records
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said 95 per cent of NHS patients will be able to access their GP care records online, free of charge, by the time of the next general election.
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HSJ Local
Dorset 111 service gets extra funding
FINANCE: Dorset CCG has had to provide South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust with additional funding for the provision of the NHS 111 service.
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Care UK boss outlines expansion goal
The managing director of healthcare at Care UK has used an HSJ interview to express optimism that the company can increase its share of NHS provision, including through taking over the running of hospitals.
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Five hundred staff face redundancy from NHS Direct
Hundreds of members of staff at a failed provider to the troubled NHS 111 helpline have been told they face losing their jobs.
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HSJ Local
NHS 111 implementation hit Yorkshire Ambulance finances
FINANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust has reported spending more than budgeted this year, partly because of unexpected costs associated with NHS 111.
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HSJ Local
NHS 111 ‘fully up and running’ in Medway
STRUCTURE: NHS 111, the much-maligned new non-emergency phoneline service, will be “fully up and running” in Medway from 17 September, according to commissioners.
