All Health Service Journal articles in 14 December 2016 – Page 9
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HSJ LocalFT drops legal challenge to CCG over lost contract
Humber Foundation Trust drops legal challenge to CCG over contract award Commissioners say successful bidder will be announced “shortly” A struggling foundation trust has withdrawn a High Court legal challenge over its losing out on a five-year community services contract.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners to take over leading CSU
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and North Durham STP sets out the proposal to convert commissioning support unit into a community interest company After the transition the North of England Commissioning Support Unit will be jointly owned by its CCG customers The CCG owners will be the 11 commissioning groups ...
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HSJ LocalTrust launches High Court challenge over contract loss
Humber Foundation Trust launches a legal challenge after losing out on a multimillion pound, five year contract Trust asks High Court to investigate the criteria used by commissioners to award the contract to another provider East Riding of Yorkshire CCG confirms legal action has been taken but not who ...
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NewsPHE chief: Smoking should be banned from all hospital sites
Public Health England chief executive calls for blanket smoking ban on NHS grounds Said only a few acute hospitals had achieved it so far Duncan Selbie said it was an important action for the NHS in prevention The chief executive of Public Health England has called for a ...
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NewsPublic sector prevention fund 'could be used across England'
Public Health England chief executive Duncan Selbie says North East dedicated prevention pot could be introduced elsewhere Proposal includes pooling preventative spending and ringfencing savings for further investment Says work still underway on how to ensure business rate retention for local authorities does not exacerbate inequality A move ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts form new 'group model' to cut costs
Three mental health trusts to form partnership to improve care pathways and make back office savings South London London and Maudsley, Oxleas, and South West London and St George’s Mental Health trusts are already working together Three trust chief executives have said their new partnership will not create ...
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HSJ LocalFive CCGs confirm shared leader by April
Five clinical commissioning groups in London intend to have a single accountable officer by April 2017.
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HSJ LocalMental health and community trust appoints new chief exec
Bradford District Care Foundation Trust has appointed Nicola Lees as its new chief executive Ms Lees replaces Simon Large, who retired in August after nearly 10 years in the role She was interim chief executive as well as deputy chief executive and operations director A mental health and ...
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HSJ LocalBig STP plots 'accountable care organisations' across 2.5m patch
New commissioning structure a key plank of West Yorkshire and Harrogate STP Plans include strengthening the region’s joint committee of CCGs and setting up ACOs to manage capitated budgets for their local populations West Yorkshire and Harrogate STPs focus on nine specialist areas, with local areas drawing up own ...
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HSJ LocalSTP sets publication date after MPs appeal for openness
Health leaders in the north have set a date for publishing their sustainability and transformation plan, following calls for transparency from the region’s MPs.
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CCGs warned over withholding payments from mental health providers
New guidance published to help mental health sector move away from block contracts Contracts should be either a capitated or episodic and have a proportion of payment linked to outcomes and targets Warning that CCGs withholding outcome based payments from struggling organisations risk creating an “adversarial relationship” Local ...
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NewsPrivate equity firm allowed to buy mental health hospitals
Market regulators have given the go ahead for 22 private mental health facilities to be sold to an international private equity firm.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: CQC upgrades trust's ratings following inspection appeal
The Care Quality Commission has upgraded nine of its service ratings for The Royal Wolverhampton Trust following an appeal from the provider.
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NewsSTP needs £755m of capital funding to succeed, says leaked document
HSJ has obtained a version of Cheshire and Mersey STP submission to NHS England The document highlights strategic risks involved in the plans around a lack of contingency funding and management capacity £755m of capital funding required to deliver the plans More than £750m of capital funding is ...
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HSJ LocalRegulator imposes new chair at Southern Health
Alan Yates appointed as interim chair at Southern Health following Tim Smart’s resignation NHS Improvement “required” the troubled trust to appoint Mr Yates to the position Mr Yates will lead a review of the trust’s services The new interim chair appointed by regulators at Southern Health Foundation Trust ...
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NewsLeaked STP document reveals A&E downgrade plans
HSJ has seen a version of the region’s STP submission to NHS England Range of projects aim to close a financial gap of around £900m by 2021. Submission refers to the downgrade of the emergency department at Macclesfield and a “major service review” at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust ...
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Computer virus forces trust to cancel operations for two days
Struggling trust cancels appointments for two days following computer virus Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT said it will turn away people arriving for planned operations, outpatient appointments and diagnostic procedures A&E open as normal but trust tells people to only come if it is an emergency A computer ...
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HSJ LocalLatest STP published reveals hospital reconfiguration
Council in the North East become fourth to publish STP Key plans include consolidating specialist services into two specialist hospitals Sets out £260m of efficiency savings Hartlepool Borough Council leader raises concerns about transparency of the process Consolidating specialist hospital services on to two sites and creating a ...
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NewsMore than half of CCGs 'need to improve mental health services'
More than half of CCGs judged as needing to improve local mental health services New NHS England framework ranked 127 of the 209 CCGs as “needs improvement” or “greatest need for improvement” Ratings published at same time as new mental health dashboard, which shows how commissioners are performing against ...
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HSJ LocalChildren's mental health crisis centre aims to reduce A&E use
West Yorkshire mental health trust to provide overnight beds for children and young people suffering a mental health crisis First service of its kind in the region but it is expected to be rolled out across the West Yorkshire STP area Trust says the facility will reduce the number ...