All articles by Ben Clover – Page 75
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DH considers year-of-care tariff for patients with long term conditions
The Department of Health is considering a year-of-care tariff for telehealth technology which varies according to the number and severity of a patient’s long-term conditions.
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HSJ Local
London queries whether CCG staff loans lead to 'unfair advantage'
WORKFORCE: NHS London has taken legal advice on whether members of primary care trust staff who are “loaned” to clinical commissioning groups have an unfair advantage when the CCG posts are advertised.
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Hospital mergers have little benefit, study suggests
Waiting times have risen and financial performance has declined at NHS hospitals following mergers, a study has found.
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Exclusive: trusts given days to apply for £300m capital fund
The Department of Health has confirmed the existence of a surprise £300m fund for capital projects that some trusts had seven working days to apply for - and others have still not been told about.
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Exclusive: contractual penalties to combat ‘hidden waits’ will not take effect until 2013-14
The government has said new contractual penalties to tackle “hidden” waits for elective procedures will not be introduced nationally for 15 months, HSJ can reveal.
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EU proposals would 'change the way commissioners' tender for services
A new EU procurement directive could see the NHS have to advertise all contracts over 500,000 Euros in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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CCP rules against largest acute merger plan in the country
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has said plans to create the biggest single trust in the NHS would break competition rules.
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NHS trust sector in England 'heading towards deficit'
The NHS trust sector could be “heading for deficit” in 2011-12. Health economists made the warning after HSJ research revealed deepening problems among the financially weakest providers.
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Comment
All eyes on London's billion-pound merger after SHA sign off
By the time you read this, NHS London will almost certainly have signed off the Barts/Whipps Cross/Newham merger.
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Monitor to review FT assessment process but 'the bar will remain high'
Monitor is to review its assessment process for applicant foundation trusts but has stressed that “the bar will remain high”.
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Comment
Academic health science partnerships take shape in London
Lord Darzi’s phoenix-from-the-ashes academic health science partnership Imperial Health Partners has got off to a flying start, but one name was conspicuous by its absence on its list of potential partners.
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Penalties for providers and commissioners failing to innovate
Providers and commissioners face significant financial penalties if they fail to innovate in six “high impact” areas or follow National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on drugs and best practice.
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Nicholson predicts between 14 and 18 academic health science networks
Academic health science networks could be set up in between 14 to 18 health economies in England, the NHS chief executive has said.
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Industry will meet start-up costs for telehealth, Nicholson says
Private sector leaders have agreed to “put their hands in their pockets” to fund the initial investment in telehealth, the chief executive of the NHS has told HSJ.
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Nicholson: providers and commissioners will be fined for not meeting NICE guidance
Providers and commissioners will face significant financial penalties if they do not implement National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence rules on drugs and best practice.
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Exclusive: London's paediatric emergency services not 'safe or sustainable'
London has too few paediatric doctors to staff paediatric emergency services to safe levels and “an unsustainable ratio” of trainees to consultants in the departments, an internal document obtained by HSJ reveals.
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Nicholson: electoral cycle means we have to do service changes in next 18 months
Sir David Nicholson has said the “electoral cycle” means NHS managers were “much more likely to get through” service changes in the next 18 months than later in the parliament.
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Operating framework piles pressure on hospital sector
The NHS’s financial plans for 2012-13 will further concentrate pressure on acute providers and could force a wave of hasty mergers, experts have warned.
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Comment
London practices readying for first GP outcomes scorecard
Next week sees the unveiling of the capital’s GP performance scorecard, after much to-ing and fro-ing over the data between NHS London and the GPs.
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Patients' right to alternative provider should be 'publicised'
Commissioners must “publicise” a patient’s right to an alternative provider if a trust is at risk of missing the 18-week referral-to-treatment time target.