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NewsCCGs secure ‘significant’ payment from firm over collapsed outsourcing
A long-running legal wrangle over a failed outsourced service has been settled, with a payout to the clinical commissioning groups involved, the CCGs have said.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2020: Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Award
Winner The Great North Children’s Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust: The Kidzmed project - teaching children to swallow tablet medication The Kidzmed project was a quality improvement project to teach children and young people how to take tablet medication. Tablets are safer, more convenient and cheaper than ...
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Named: the CCGs that falsely claimed to have met mental health funding targets
NHS England and Improvement has used its legislative powers to discover why 16 clinical commissioning groups falsely claimed to have met the mental health investment standard, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsGroundbreaking digital service launch falls foul of coronavirus pandemic
The launch of an enhanced service across two counties has been delayed because of the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsRevealed: The areas with the longest waits for emergency ambulances
The local areas where patients are waiting the longest for ambulances have been publicly identified for the first time by an HSJ investigation.
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NewsSTP’s seven CCGs to become three
The seven clinical commissioning groups in a sustainability and transformation partnership are to merge into three, despite initial reluctance from some local GPs.
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NewsThird of teaching trust’s elective patients waiting more than 18 weeks
A teaching trust’s referral-to-treatment performance has slumped 20 percentage points in the last two years as demand has soared.
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NewsRevealed: Two regions dominate rankings for late cancer diagnosis
Just two regions account for nine of the 10 worst performing clinical commissioning groups for late detection of cancer, according to official data.
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NewsSurgery dwindles at major trauma centre as patients opt for private care
Commissioners have intervened after a drop in hip and knee surgery patients at a major NHS trauma centre sparked concerns about its ability to train junior doctors.
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News'Considerable risk’ over trust’s future warns NHSI
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has agreed a revamped recovery plan with NHS Improvement amid concerns over its financial and waiting time performance.
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NewsSeven CCGs to merge into three under new proposals
Sussex’s seven clinical commissioning groups could merge into three, while a nearby CCG could potentially leave the area’s sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsRevealed: Collapsed private provider to the NHS owes £11m
A patient transport company which collapsed after it withdrew from a key NHS contract owes more than £11m, including to the NHS, statements filed with Companies House have revealed.
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NewsSenior responsible officer appointed at 'improving' STP
A sustainability and transformation partnership which has faced a turbulent few years has appointed new leadership.
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NewsTrust issues safety alert to all staff following patient death
An NHS trust has issued a safety alert to all staff and introduced a new working model for acute medicine consultants following a patient’s death last year.
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NewsSingle leader chosen for eight CCGs
The eight clinical commissioning groups in Sussex and East Surrey have appointed a permanent single accountable officer.
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NewsCCGs taken out of legal directions
Three clinical commissioning groups have been released from legal directions relating to the quality of their leadership after a major management shake-up.
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NewsFinancially distressed CCGs criticised for 'lack of grip'
Two clinical commissioning groups showed a “lack of grip” and “over optimism” about their financial position, while one of them was demoralised by a long standing investigation into an alleged conflict of interest, a governance review has revealed.
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NewsCommissioners give struggling ambulance service £10m extra
Commissioners are to pump an extra £10m into ambulance services in the south east this financial year so national standards for responding to emergency calls can be met from the middle of 2019.
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NewsChief officer of struggling CCGs steps down
The chief officer of two clinical commissioning groups is leaving her job, after they were put under directions by NHS England.
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NewsReferral restriction plan 'puts patients at risk of opiate addiction'
Patients could be at risk of opiate addiction while waiting for surgery under policies being considered by seven clinical commissioning groups, the British Orthopaedic Association has warned.