All Community services articles – Page 53
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HSJ Local
Locum shortage forces trust to close hospital unit
WORKFORCE: Difficulties in recruiting locum doctors has led to Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust temporarily closing its ambulatory care unit at Dewsbury Hospital, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSystem-wide failure identified in damning report into child's death
Second investigation report into death of Sam Morrish calls for change in culture to improve local NHS investigations PHSO report says NHS trust failed to “accept that no view other than their own was the right one” Report follows criticism of PHSO, which took two years to carry out ...
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HSJ LocalSerious failings at Liverpool trust to be investigated further
Damning report detailed a catalogue of governance and care failings at Liverpool Community Health Trust between 2011 and 2014 Rosie Cooper MP calls for “independent investigation” into actions by the TDA, NHS England and CCGs Health minister Ben Gummer says NHS Improvement will be commissioned to undertake a review ...
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Expert BriefingDeep South: Public-private joint venture and Brexit fallout
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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CommentWhy we still need clinical commissioners
The progress made by CCGs in engaging local clinicians could be lost if we fail to act upon the clinical voice
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HSJ KnowledgeBuilding local links with the third sector is tough but invaluable
It is time to form new relationships with voluntary and community sector organisations
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: What will the MCP contract look like?
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by integration reporter David Williams.
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NewsLong-serving FT chief announces retirement
PROVIDERS: The chief executive of a community and mental health foundation trust in Yorkshire is to retire after nearly 10 years in the post.
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HSJ LocalNew North East mental health inpatient unit approved
New three ward mental health unit to open at St Nicholas Hospital Older people’s services to be consolidated at the same site Services at Gateshead’s Tramwell Unit and Newcastle’s Hardian Clinic to close Plans expected to save £3m a year STRUCTURE: NHS leaders in the North East have ...
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CommentDoes integrating care require new workforce roles?
Integrated care requires skills and expertise that exist but are unequally distributed among the workforce
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HSJ LocalNHS England regional director appointed trust chief executive
APPOINTMENT: A large community healthcare trust has appointed an NHS England regional director as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalMidlands chief to lead neighbouring mental health trust
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of a major community services trust is to take on the same role at a neighbouring mental health provider, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalVanguard trust aims to be 'as small as humanly possible'
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay chief wants to make her hospital “as small as humanly possible” Trust plans to reduce number of beds over the next year as part of vanguard project STRUCTURE: The chief executive of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has said she hopes ...
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to develop new care models
Consideration of new care delivery models is crucial to transforming our healthcare system
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2016: Clinical Support Services
Our winner was a care coordination centre that makes sure people can be cared for as close to their homes as possible.
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HSJ LocalCommunity provider wins work in another London borough
COMMERCIAL: Central London Community Health Trust has taken over the provision of adult community health services in Harrow borough.
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NewsScale of NHS staff transfer to private sector revealed
The scale of the transfer of NHS staff to independent sector providers in recent years has been revealed in new figures.
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CommentThe firebreak is not enough and the plan is unravelling at frightening speed
All parts of the NHS must work together if the cataclysmic financial storm is to be survived
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HSJ KnowledgeThe importance of understanding the duty of candour
Are trusts obliged to disclose investigation reports following serious incidents, asks Laura Paton
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HSJ LocalFears for community hospital after bed closures
WORKFORCE: A community hospital’s inpatient rehabilitation beds have been temporarily closed because of staffing problems, which has prompted fears about its future.