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NewsDHSC seeks £120m saving from 'unwarranted price variation'
The Department of Health and Social Care is recruiting expert advisers to help update the list of prescribable products in community settings in a bid to save up to £120m.
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NewsHalf of mental health and community trusts downgraded by NHSE
A third of mental health trusts have been given the lowest score in NHS England’s new rating regime, marking a significant reappraisal of the sector’s performance compared to previous assessments.
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CommentCompetition between GPs and pharmacies is hampering service integration
Community pharmacies are vital to NHS reforms, but funding, workforce, collaboration and digital barriers threaten their expanded role, write RAND Europe’s Robert J. Romanelli, Saoirse Moriarty and Maggie Bradford
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CommentThe hidden risks within community services are being ignored
Steph Lawrence, CEO of the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing, warns that insufficient staffing is leading to care being missed and patient deaths
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CommentPoliticians must stop their unthinking defence of hospital care
To fulfil the 10-Year Health Plan’s vision of a community-centric service, politicians and local leaders will need to align their actions and engage collectively with the communities for whom this matters, writes Helen Buckingham
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NewsTrust in merger talks with social enterprise community services provider
A community trust is exploring a merger with a neighbouring social enterprise.
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NewsProvider beset by governance failings gets new CEO
A community services provider in the South West has appointed a substantive chief executive following more than12 months of upheaval which saw several board resignations and an NHS England investigation.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Does the NHS need a national remote monitoring platform?
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsNational virtual ward system promised in 10-Year Plan
The government will procure a single virtual ward system to underpin its promised “neighbourhood health service”, the 10-Year Health Plan has said.
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CommentHow improved patient flow meant no out-of-area placements for two years
Graeme Caul, chief operating officer at Central and North West London Foundation Trust, outlines how the trust achieved two years without out-of-area placements
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NewsNon-acutes ‘will get more tech funding’
Community and mental health trusts will receive a larger share of national technology funding to enable the move to neighbourhood teams, an NHS England director has said.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Digital Awards 2025: Improving Primary Care Through Digital
WINNER Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board: Using AI to Detect Skin Cancer Earlier and Transform Patient Experience in Primary Care
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CommentICBs have staged a quiet revolution in the commissioning of services
On 1 July, integrated care boards mark their third anniversary. It’s a milestone that comes at a moment of significant challenge and change, writes Paul Burstow
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NewsExclusive: Deaths linked to new crisis care policy
Coroners have issued multiple warnings about deaths linked to police refusing to respond to people in mental health crisis, prompting fresh concerns about “gaps in support”.
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CommentWhy our trust should lead on neighbourhood health
As integrated care models evolve across England, one size no longer fits all. In Harlow, West Essex, Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust is uniquely positioned to lead neighbourhood health — not through an “acute takeover,” but by enabling community-led, outcome-driven care that reflects local need, geography, and deprivation
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NewsGovernment warned against 10-Year Plan ‘restructure’
One of the central ideas in the 10-Year Health Plan is “not novel” and could be damaging if it imposes a “one size fits all” model, a community health leader has told HSJ.
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CommentReducing referrals must not come at the cost of women’s health
As integrated care boards are told to curb elective referrals, ring-fenced funding for women’s health hubs is being withdrawn, even though they’ve proven to reduce waiting lists and improve care, writes Ranee Thakar
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NewsThe providers ‘in pole position’ to lead neighbourhood health
Mental health trusts are the largest providers of adult physical community health services in England by population, potentially putting them in “pole position” to lead the development of “neighbourhood health” in many areas.
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NewsMackey’s men dominate the 2025 Top 50 CEO rankings
When Sir Jim Mackey took over as NHS England’s last chief executive, he picked four fellow acute trust CEOs to help him lead the service over the next two years.
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NewsBoard failings mean provider is breaching its licence, says NHSE
A large community services provider in the South West has been found in breach of its licence conditions after an NHS England investigation found a raft of governance failings.