All Community services articles – Page 26
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HSJ LocalMerging trusts target £20m annual savings
NHS chiefs in Somerset say a merger between the county’s main acute and community and mental health trusts will deliver annual recurrent savings of nearly £20m.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: A clear path?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2019: Health and local government partnership award
WINNER: Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust – Community Managed Libraries Partnership: Improving the lives of local people
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2019: System leadership initiative of the year
WINNER: NEL in partnership with OptiMedis-Cobic, Imperial College Health Partners, Social Finance and PPL – Hampshire System Integrator
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2019: Community or primary care service redesign – North, Midlands and East
WINNER: Hull Clinical Commissioning Group – The Jean Bishop Integrated Care Centre
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2019: Community or primary care service redesign – London and the South
WINNER: Hertfordshire Community Trust – East & North Referral Hub Customer Service Transformation
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Expert BriefingElection pledges could target left-behind STPs
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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HSJ InteractiveGetting real with health and social care digitisation
The time has come for a digitally-enabled integration of health and social care, writes Jonathan Bloor
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New funding to avoid ‘catastrophic’ gap in nurse supply
Health Education England has announced £18.5m in funding, which will plug a potential gap in district nurse training.
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NewsExclusive: Councils accuse local STP of ‘excluding’ them
Two councils have accused their local NHS of failing to involve them in its system planning, and complained about how an integrated care system is being developed.
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NewsTrusts face mandatory estates safety checks
Trusts will be forced to demonstrate the safety and efficiency of their estates and facilities services under new plans drawn up by NHS England and Improvement.
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CommentIs underinvestment in public health setting up ICSs to fail?
William Pett reflects on concerns among STPs and ICSs that it will be they who pay the price for the ongoing squeeze on the public health grant
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: On sovereignty south of the river
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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HSJ LocalStruggling trust forms new partnership with neighbour
Isle of Wight’s struggling integrated trust is partnering with a mainland provider in Hampshire, which will help it deliver mental health services.
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CommentNHS bosses’ Brexit concerns at final planning stage revealed
Local NHS leaders remain concerned about several wide-ranging issues which could be unleashed on the service if there is a no-deal Brexit, from continuity of medical supplies to transport problems. But an NHS Confederation survey suggests the sector has undergone a robust planning process and is “generally well-prepared”. The lobby ...
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NewsRegulator warns of ‘extraordinary’ winter for A&Es
A failure to provide the right models of care is forcing thousands more people to attend emergency departments each day, the Care Quality Commission has said, while warning of a “perfect storm” for the health service this winter.
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CommentIt is time to face up to the difficult questions facing the NHS
A new report reveals that 91 per cent of trust leaders are worried that unless politicians have a full, frank and open national conversation about the severe pressures facing the NHS, we risk damaging public trust and faith in the NHS
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NewsVirgin Care hires former NHS regulator boss
David Bennett, the former boss of the competition regulator Monitor, has been appointed chair of Virgin Care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCommunity hospital to reopen after staff shortages forced it to shut
An Oxfordshire community hospital is to reopen after it was forced to shut at the beginning of the summer due to major nursing shortages.
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CommentBrexit: Make it better or make it worse
The NHS and social care should work together to come out on top of the impactful consequences a no-deal Brexit would have on both, says Julie Ogley