All Community services articles – Page 24
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HSJ Local
Trust in talks over running five GP practices
An acute trust in the north west is in talks over running several GP practices on its patch, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Value Awards 2019: Community health services redesign
Winner University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust: Find and treat – healthcare for homeless and vulnerable people The University College London Hospitals FT’s “find and treat” services target homeless and vulnerable people who are at high risk of tuberculosis, blood-borne viruses and other serious health problems. It uses state-of-the-art diagnostic ...
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HSJ Awards
The partnership transforming patient experience
Gateshead Care Partnership brought together the local council, NHS trusts and local GPs to improve the way organisations worked together, and won the 2018 HSJ Award for Improved partnerships between health and local government
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Comment
A 'Royal Community of Advocates' can help the NHS engage with the public
Laura Fulcher calls for a true partnership between the public and the NHS through the creation of a new body.
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HSJ Local
Trust reviews major pathways ahead of Epic overhaul
An acute and community trust is reviewing four of its main care pathways in an effort to avoid issues faced by other providers as it prepares to switch to the Epic electronic patient record.
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News
Stevens: NHS must act to prevent 'hollowing out' of DGHs
The NHS must rethink the district general hospital model to counter the risk of the health service deserting the “at-risk communities” many serve, Simon Stevens has warned.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Uncomfortable truths
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ Local
Private supplier drops NHS contract with just five days’ notice
A troubled private company has terminated a contract to provide dermatology services two months early and at very short notice, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
'Outstanding' trust to share CEO with 'buddy'
Two East Midlands community and mental health trusts will share a chief executive, it has been announced.
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Comment
NHS England bid to change CCG tendering rules could 'make things worse'
David Furness says that NHS England needs to rethink its proposals to legally change procurement rules as they are based on incorrect information
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HSJ Local
First joint chief executive for CCG and trust
A trust and clinical commissioning group today launched a plan to appoint a joint chief executive across both organisations.
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Expert Briefing
The CCGs with the most procurement challenges revealed
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black. This week by correspondent Nick Carding.
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Comment
Service users are best placed to design improvements
Emma Tiffin and Lois Sidney explain a new initiative in Cambridge and Peterborough that puts patients in the driving seat to improve mental health services
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News
Dementia fund could cut A&E admissions
A multibillion-pound dementia fund should be used to fund personal health budgets for dementia patients to address care inequalities, a former NHS science adviser has said.
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News
Trust chief named as NHSE's first community services director
NHS England has hired a trust chief executive on a part-time basis to oversee development of community health services.
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Comment
What do the local election results mean for the NHS?
The thin majorities of the ruling Conservatives or Labour parties in many councils will have far-reaching consequences for social care and community health, explains Haydon Etherington
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Long-serving trust chief exec steps down
One of the NHS’ longest-serving chief executives is stepping down after 10 years of leading a trust.
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News
Providers offered control of NHSE budgets worth billions
NHS England has invited providers to take on specialised commissioning powers across the country, in a major expansion of its mental health new care models programme, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Exclusive: Private provider pulls out of contract with cash-strapped CCG
Virgin Care has pulled out of a controversial contract with a financially-challenged clinical commissioning group in the West Midlands, HSJ has learned.
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News
New criminal probe launched into Gosport hospital deaths
A fourth criminal investigation has been launched into the deaths of hundreds of patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.