All Health Service Journal articles in 19 October 2016 – Page 2

  • GP with patient
    News

    Exclusive: GPs 'fear' new care models, says royal college chair

    2016-12-22T07:00:00Z

    The new chair of the Royal College of general practitioners has said GPs “fear” new primary and acute care systems and see them “take overs”.

  • Whipps Cross University Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Major hospital rated inadequate for second time

    2016-12-15T00:01:00Z

    Whipps Cross rated inadequate for a second time Staff told CQC about bullying at the hospital Barts Health Trust to remain in special measures The Royal London has rating upgraded to requires improvement Whipps Cross Hospital, the main acute site for Barts Health Trust, has been rated inadequate ...

  • Sarah Jane Marsh
    HSJ Local

    Trusts set February deadline for merger

    2016-12-14T11:51:00Z

    Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital foundation trusts will integrate by 1 February 2017, the providers have confirmed.

  • Generic pie chart
    News

    Hunt: Health and care need 'greater share of resources'

    2016-12-13T18:43:00Z

    Jeremy Hunt said more resource will need to go into health and care Reaffirms plan to “fully” integrate health and social care Says people need to start saving for social care like pensions Jeremy Hunt has said a “greater share of our national resources” will need to be ...

  • Gp practice online booking reception receptionist
    News

    Mapped: Nearly all areas a long way behind on GP access

    2016-12-13T12:32:00Z

    Nearly half of clinical commissioning groups are not providing “full” extended GP opening hours anywhere in their patch, HSJ analysis of the latest official data shows.

  • primary care
    HSJ Local

    Exclusive: CCG challenged after 'inadequate consultation' on MCP

    2016-12-05T07:00:00Z

    Local GPs say there has been “inadequate consultation” from Wakefield CCG over MCP development GPs fear “automatic” progression to fully integrated MCP model Concerns raised that GPs will be forced to participate in MCP due to funding issues Wakefield CCG has applied to expand MCP coverage to whole district ...

  • Woman_GP_with_child
    News

    CCGs could be 'forced into wrong decisions' by spending deadline

    2016-12-02T07:08:00Z

    Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG says award of funding is “over shadowed” by challenging timeframe According to the CCG, the 2016-17 allocation of the ETTF must be spent before the end of this financial year. Some CCGs are unable to fund increased rental costs of premises developments, says BMA official ...

  • Jeremy Hunt
    News

    Updated: DH refuses to release key funding details of Hunt’s NHS management scheme

    2016-12-01T11:32:00Z

    Jeremy Hunt promises to double amount of NHS graduate scheme places from 100 to 200, then rising to “up to 1,000” Leader: Hunt’s demand for more clinical managers is based on a false premise The Department of Health and Health Education England have refused to say how much ...

  • Stockport
    HSJ Local

    Vanguard area plans to create new 'care trust'

    2016-12-01T07:00:00Z

    Stockport Foundation Trust and Stockport borough council to create a new accountable care trust New organisation would hold the contract for the area’s MCP plus other health and social care services Primary care contracts would not be included in the scope of “care trust” model Council and trust set ...

  • Contract 3x2
    News

    Vanguard CCG tenders landmark new care model contract

    2016-11-29T12:03:00Z

    Dudley CCG begins procurement process for multispecialty community provider contract MCP contract may include budgets for adult social care Chief officer for Dudley CCG says it is the responsibility of providers to highlight risks and concerns about the MCP Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group has become the first CCG ...

  • Office writing on form
    News

    Providers and CCGs consider merging back-office

    2016-11-21T12:27:00Z

    STP looking at options to integrate non-clinical support services across providers and commissioners Potential for sustainability and transformation funding to be used to buy out private finance initiative Wolverhampton CCG to set up an MCP alongside existing PACS model Modality MCP to be established from April 2018 The ...

  • Whistle
    News

    GP whistleblower guardian deadline extended

    2016-11-18T10:47:00Z

    Primary care providers will have until September next year to name their “freedom to speak up” guardians, NHS England has said.

  • Ambulance
    HSJ Local

    Exclusive: Major incident as patients wait in ambulances for up to two hours

    2016-11-17T17:00:00Z

    University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has declared an internal major incident after patients were left waiting in ambulances for up to two hours during five days of high pressure on emergency services.

  • Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
    HSJ Local

    Exclusive: Hospital chain trust looking at primary care integration

    2016-11-17T12:23:00Z

    The Royal Free London Foundation Trust, which already runs a chain of hospitals across north London, is looking at models of integration between acute and primary care.

  • city of london
    News

    London NHS organisations call for 'whole system' regulation

    2016-11-16T07:00:00Z

    STP requests national bodies regulate accountable care organisations as a “single system” rather than on an individual organisation basis North East London plan outlines capital investment needs of £500m-£600m and asks for central support to cover “above normal” PFI costs Footprint to set up GP practices with diagnostic capability, ...

  • HSJ Local

    CCG group's deficit escalates by more than £30m

    2016-11-14T17:44:00Z

    Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge CCG’s have a forecast deficit of £31m Three CCG’s say biggest pressure has been need to address elective care backlog at main provider BHR CCGs to invest £14 to £20m to tackle referral to treatment backlog at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals ...

  • blood pressure stp
    HSJ Local

    Trust to take over running of more GP practices

    2016-11-11T07:00:00Z

    The Royal Wolverhampton Trust is set to partner with two more GP practices, increasing the number involved in its vertical integration programme to five.

  • Simon_Stevens2
    News

    Stevens: Some STPs 'short of leadership for the task ahead'

    2016-11-10T10:25:00Z

    Some STP footprints lack the leadership capable of “engaging in the task ahead”, says Simon Stevens NHS England chief executive admits there is a substantial gap between capital STPs are asking for and funding available New care model focus could shift to models covering populations of 30,000-50,000 Simon ...

  • Nicola blackwood 3x2
    News

    Minister: Capita 'inadequately' prepared for primary care contract

    2016-11-09T12:48:00Z

    Minister claims Capita were “inadequately” prepared to take over primary care support services NHS England admits poor performance has impacted on patients Nicola Blackwood argues previous PCS service needed to change Capita promise to employ 500 extra full time equivalent staff at own expense A health minister has ...

  • Ealing Hospital NHS Trust
    News

    Exclusive: STP to press on with controversial London hospital changes

    2016-11-07T16:03:00Z

    Late draft of North West London STP backs pressing on with reduction in acute sites Submission details £623m backlog in maintenance costs Proportion of spend on mental health will remain the same A late draft of North West London’s sustainability and transformation plan, seen by HSJ, says the ...