All Community services articles – Page 44
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health recruits new chief executive from neighbouring trust
A scandal hit mental health and community trust has hired its new chief executive from a neighbouring organisation.
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees short term deal over £26m property dispute
An interim deal has been struck between a mental health and community provider and NHS Property Services amid a row over liability for millions in estates maintenance costs.
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HSJ LocalCCG may be charged VAT on national vanguard funds
Commissioners leading a vanguard site may have to pay VAT charges on transformation funding from NHS England because their lead provider is a GP federation.
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CommentThe Better Care Fund is now part of the problem. We need a better solution
The removal of the Better Care Fund’s ‘temporary sticking plaster’ may be painful, but it forces us to think differently, writes Richard Humphries
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NewsSouthern Health may lose community services as CCGs prepare to procure
Southern Health Foundation Trust has confirmed it is considering divesting itself of its community services provision – which accounts for a third of its turnover – ahead of a procurement for a new integrated model of care.
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NewsLondon hospital trust names new chief executive
A London hospital and community trust has today announced the appointment of new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to pay £300k VAT over Virgin Care contract
A trust in Staffordshire has been forced to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in VAT charges due to a controversial “prime provider” contract commissioned by its CCG.
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HSJ LocalACS commissioners tender £205m contract
Commissioners in one of NHS England’s eight accountable care systems have tendered multimillion pound contract for its community services.
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HSJ LocalStaffing problems prompt trust to bring forward bed closures
An acute trust has brought forward the closure of 71 inpatient beds across four community hospitals due to pressures on safe staffing.
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HSJ LocalChief executive denies trust merger rumours
The chief executive of a mental health trust in the West Midlands has quashed rumours that her organisation plans to merge with major community and mental health providers.
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HSJ LocalProviders chosen for first comprehensive MCP contract
Four trusts in partnership with GPs are on course to win a multibillion pound new care model contract.
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HSJ LocalCCG and council to create £105m joint executive board
A clinical commissioning group and local authority will set up a joint board with executive powers in a bid further integrate health and social care commissioning.
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NewsExclusive: Vanguards target 3 per cent cut in emergency admissions
National vanguards believe they can reduce emergency admissions by almost 3 per cent over the next four years, an HSJ analysis has shown.
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News'Massive' pool of untapped cash for NHS from property developers
Trusts could use housing developments to tap into tens of millions of pounds in new income, after a West Midlands trust set a new legal precedent.
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NewsImmigration salary rules could force physios to leave UK
Physiotherapists from overseas working in the NHS could be forced to leave the UK under tougher immigration rules, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalPioneering acute and community trust hails 'successful' first year of home care
An acute and community trust that was the first in the NHS to enter the home care market says the first year of its new service has exceeded its expectations.
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HSJ LocalGPs oppose 'huge and unwieldy' STP plans
GPs in North Staffordshire have said they want to see a new multispecialty community provider set up for the region instead of the larger organisation covering the whole county outlined in its sustainability and transformation partnership.
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HSJ LocalCCGs avoid tender process with £57m contract award
Two incumbent community providers have been named as the lead contractors for a new £57m out of hospital services model proposed for Coventry and Warwickshire.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHSI and NHSE see things differently
HSJ’s email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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HSJ LocalTrusts set up joint board in move towards accountable care system
An acute trust and a mental health and community provider have set up a joint board in a significant step towards closer working and the creation of an accountable care system.