All Health Service Journal articles in 27 July 2016
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Rent is optional
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Overspend forecast for NHS England, and MCP contract options revealed
Your essential update on the week in health
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Financial special measures
Ben Clover casts his eye over what is going on in England’s biggest health economy
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CommentDon’t rush to reconfigure: there is another way
Sustainability and transformation plans must not be kicked into the long grass - they could be a better solution to NHS problems than reconfigurations
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NewsMackey: Pay bill growth list was 'intended to start a discussion'
NHS Improvement says its list of trusts with high pay bill growth was “intended to start a conversation” Jim Mackey says asking for total “excess” of £356m to be cut would be “unworkable and unsafe” Mr Mackey says providers will not “be penalised financially over pay growth” NHS ...
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CommentFive ways to improve support for junior doctors
Junior doctors are an important but sometimes neglected pillar of the NHS – here are five steps that can improve their training and morale
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NewsFinal chance to enter special award for European staff
Entries for HSJ Awards special category close on Friday 29 July.
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NewsCQC wants 'sophisticated' approach to safe staffing
CQC comments emphasise trust autonomy on safe staffing Regulator says it will not “back off” on safe staffing and trusts’ plans must be credible Clarification comes after NHS financial reset and focus on excess pay bill growth The Care Quality Commission has tried to strike a new tone ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: After the reset; and heads and beds
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsNHS Improvement to explore new private sector partnerships
NHS Improvement’s 2016-17 business plan includes priority to “explore” and “facilitate” private sector partnerships Regulator will look at “outsourcing of new, novel or restructured clinical services” and “independent sector management models” NHSI believes private sector can help relieve operational pressures, provide capital and support hospital chains NHS Improvement ...
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HSJ LocalMajor South East hospital trust eyes reconfiguration
Three emergency medicine sites in East Kent likely to move to two Seven stroke units likely to reduce to three Vascular services expected to be reconfigured from two sites STRUCTURE: Stroke, vascular and emergency medicine services in Kent and Medway are likely to see major reconfiguration, one of ...
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CommentIt's time to pick up the pace in the wearable devices debate
As wearable technology become cheaper and more widely used, it’s time to begin vital conversations about confidentiality and how best to use the data
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NewsNHS spending on consultancy down as CCG interim paybill rises
Overall spending on management consultants dropped to £432m in 2015-16, compared to £604m in 2014-15 Cap introduced last June means local organisations need to request approval for contracts worth more than £50,000 CCG spending on “contingency labour”, including interim directors and secondments, increased in cash terms to £170m ...
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HSJ KnowledgeCourage and wellbeing for a life beyond mental illness
Social inclusion is vital to recovery in mental health but is overlooked in practice. The SHARP project in south London addressed this shortfall so successfully that it has outgrown its pilot status
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HSJ LocalNHS England permits CCG to spend nearly £400k on interim director
The £396,000 includes agency fees and contractual payments to employ turnaround director “during the current financial year”. Actual length of appointment still subject to agreement Post filled by Keith Pringle, who has previously worked with Hampshire CCGs and Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust APPOINTMENT: NHS England has authorised a ...
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NewsCQC chief: I'd let waiting times slide to protect quality
David Behan says waiting times currently increasing as trusts “hold on to quality” CQC rules out “flexing” its ratings approach in response to “tight financial environment” Recognises providers are in a “really difficult position” trying to maintain financial and quality controls The chief executive of the Care Quality ...
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NHS England forecasting first ever overspend
Overall commissioning budget forecast to be overspent for the first time There was a £599m underspend in 2015-16, which helped DH avoid a formal parliamentary process to ask for more money CCGs reported a combined £57m overspend for the first quarter of the financial year The overall NHS ...
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NewsReport behind PHSO resignation held up by 'legal process'
No date set for publication of report by Sir Alex Allen which led to Dame Julie Mellor’s resignation PHSO says it must follow “proper legal process” before it can publish Director of investigations recently resigned but PHSO says this is not linked to the review Legal issues are ...
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The unpalatable options for breaking even this year
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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CommentHunt's task is to focus on population health now
The headlines usually focus on deficiencies of NHS funding but Jeremy Hunt’s focus must equally be on the way we live