All Health Service Journal articles in 16 December 2015 – Page 2
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HSJ Local
U-turn on plans for health visiting cuts at London council
Councillors at a local authority in north London have overturned proposals to potentially remove its entire health visiting budget by 2018, following a meeting last week.
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News
NHS England to cut national neurology director
First time NHS England has confirmed intention to cut specific national clinical director Sir Bruce Keogh outlines shape of new clinical advisory structure Simon Stevens indicates director cuts partly motivated by need to reduce costs NHS England is planning to cut the national clinical director for neurology, its ...
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HSJ Local
North Staffs CCG appoints accountable officer
WORKFORCE: North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed Marcus Warnes as its accountable officer.
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News
HSJ Live 17.12.15: Southern Health, allocations, NHS mandate
Follow HSJ Live for coverage of Mazars’ Southern Health report, commissioning allocations for 2016-17 and the NHS madate published today
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Comment
An all-inclusive NHS is achievable
Discrimination against minorities is prevalent in the NHS, but a climate of inclusion, mutual respect and supportiveness will ensure that the benefits of diversity are gained
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News
Live coverage: NHS England and Monitor board meetings
Follow HSJ’s reporters as they cover the final board meetings of NHS England and Monitor this year.
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News
Executive Summary: Transformation fund, a bailout in disguise
HSJ’s digest of Wednesday’s most important stories
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News
NHS England sets aside £1.8bn ‘sustainability and transformation fund’
£1.8bn of NHS England’s 2016-17 funding increase to go to “sustainability and transformation fund” Funding from the pot to be allocated to all “emergency care providers” to help trusts cut deficits Payment dependent on “non-negotiable conditions”, such as agreeing plans to cut deficits and maintaining core standards Fund comprises ...
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HSJ Partners
There is an appetite for workforce change - now a tsar must lead it
As we publish the findings from our workforce investigation, Claire Billenness calls for the creation of a workforce tsar to put it into action
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HSJ Local
Ambulance trust wins back patient transport contract
COMMISSIONING: North West Ambulance Service has won back a contract for non-emergency patient transport in Greater Manchester, after the current private provider admitted “misreporting” its performance data.
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HSJ Local
Finance director reveals how trust bucked national decline
Bolton’s financial position has improved since 2012-13, bucking the national trend. Finance director says turnaround was achieved by devolving budget responsibility, rather than ramping up “central control”. Trust avoids external consultants and interims, despite being warning of “gross error”. INTERVIEW: The financial turnaround at Bolton Foundation Trust has ...
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HSJ Local
Essex merger candidate faces £126m income drop
South Essex Partnership University FT could see income fall below £200m within four years, review says Forecast drop would be the result of losing existing contracts up for renewal in coming years The trust is in merger talks but says it will not make a decision until late 2016 ...
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HSJ Local
South West CCG placed under legal directions
Kernow CCG placed under legal directions by NHS England due to deteriorating finances Turnaround director to be appointed Six CCGs have had legal conditions applied in 2015-16 PERFORMANCE: Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group has been placed under legal directions by NHS England.
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Supplements
The use of temporary clinical staff in the NHS – HSJ workforce investigation main report
The HSJ/HCL Workforce Investigation studied the underlying causes of the NHS’s escalating clinical temporary staff bill Chief executives, human resources directors, medical and nurse directors and finance directors were surveyed, with more than 70 responses. Recommendations include enhanced pay for shortage specialties and offering more flexible working Download a ...
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Comment
NHS employment must be made as attractive as possible
In her foreword to HSJ’s workforce investigation, Clare Panniker describes the pressures that forced her trust to spend £18m on agency staff last year, and the system-wide solutions
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News
HSJ investigation calls for improved pay to cut agency spending
NHS providers should enhance pay and rewards and offer flexible working hours to staff to tackle their rising spend on agency staff, HSJ’s Workforce Investigation has recommended.
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News
New models of care need 'significant upfront investment', NAO warns
NAO says new models of care will require “significant upfront investment” but warns the “money available for this is reducing as the number of trusts in deficit increases” Simon Stevens told HSJ funds for transformation would have to be diverted next year Health Foundation says there is “no national ...
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News
The workforce awakens: HSJ's Christmas cover
The cover of the final issue of HSJ of the year, out on 16 December, takes its cue from the year’s biggest film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The age old battle between good and dark forces is front and centre, while Han Salford and the leader of a rebel ...
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HSJ Partners
Go back and predict the future
MedeAnalytics’ Paul Molyneux on patient-focused predictive modelling