All Community services articles – Page 53
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HSJ Local700 community staff to be transferred twice in months
WORKFORCE: More than 700 community staff in Greater Manchester will have to transfer to a new employer twice in quick succession.
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Expert BriefingWhat's New in Care Models: Measuring success (or otherwise)
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by our senior correspondent on integration David Williams.
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HSJ Local'Unsettling period' for community services trust losing £24m contract
East Cheshire Trust is to lose a £24m contract for community services from October after commissioners served notice on the trust, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust offers nurses better pay for opting out of pension
Oxleas Foundation Trust has defended a controversial pay deal aimed at attracting agency nurses, which means band 5 nurses can earn more if they opt out of the NHS pension scheme.
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HSJ LocalFT beats private provider to delayed £45m contract
COMMERCIAL: Hull based Humber Foundation Trust is the new provider of a delayed £45m contract to run community and out of hours services in Whitby.
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HSJ KnowledgeCharting the increasing role of allied health professionals in the NHS
HCL Workforce Solutions’ Claire Billenness on the positive contribution made by the AHP workforce to the country’s health and wellbeing
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NewsRevealed: Failed Cambridgeshire provider asked for £34m bailout after just one month
Audit of older people’s contract details £34m dispute one month after go-live UnitingCare planned to negotiate on income after the contract was awarded Significant shortcomings in the tender process identified Advisers from Strategic Projects Team failed to secure guarantees from winning bidders The controversial Cambridgeshire older people’s services ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Bristol acute trust eyes community services bid
COMMERCIAL: One of Bristol’s acute trusts is in discussion with a mental health trust and two social enterprises about teaming up to bid for a children’s community services contract in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
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Expert BriefingWhat’s New in Care Models: Don’t say the O-word
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by our senior correspondent on integration David Williams.
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HSJ LocalVirgin and Optum shortlisted for contracts worth £65m
West Lancashire CCG launches tender after CQC raised concerns about services run by Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals Trust Trust says not being shortlisted is a “very disappointing decision” Optum, Virgin Care, Lancashire Care FT and Bridgewater Community Healthcare invited for further discussions about contract COMMISSIONING: Two private companies ...
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HSJ LocalUnexpected deaths review finds 'consistent failings' in trust's risk assessments
CCG review finds “inconsistencies” in Northamptonshire Healthcare’s investigations of 18 unexpected deaths “Consistent failings” found in the way trust staff carried out risk assessments PERFORMANCE: A review into the unexpected deaths of 18 mental health patients at an East Midlands trust has found “consistent failings” in the way ...
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HSJ LocalLegal challenge launched against £126m Virgin Care contract
COMMERCIAL: A formal legal challenge has been made to commissioners who awarded a private sector company a £126m community care contract.
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NewsWomen should control maternity care budgets, review says
National Maternity Review calls for personalised maternity budgets by 2020 Recommendations aim to improve choice and increase community births Review says a significant increase in midwifery workforce is not required Women should be given their own budgets to spend on their maternity care, a national review has said, ...
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NewsGPs may have been paid twice for care home work, whistleblower claimed
Whistleblower claimed GPs could be paid twice for the same work in care homes Verita report found “no evidence” concerns were investigated after he was dismissed CCG had no idea what money was included in “retainer” payments from care homes GPs in Barnet may have been paid twice ...
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News‘Grave concerns’ over CCG’s finances following £800m contract failure
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG’s forecast for 2015-16 plummets from £4m surplus to £11m deficit Change follows collapse of £800m older people’s services contract CCG’s chief strategy officer has been seconded to Essex success regime role NHS England has raised “grave concerns” and demanded action on the financial position ...
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NewsExclusive: Private sector gets boost from mental health commissioning freeze
NHS England’s moratorium on commissioning new specialised services capacity helped drive demand and increase revenue, says new research LaingBuisson report says moving away from block contracts could open up the mental health sector to more outsourcing It expects NHS disinvestment to continue in line with reduced spending and cost ...
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HSJ LocalCommunity hospitals could close under CCG's plans
STRUCTURE: Five community hospitals in Surrey could have services changed, and two could close, under plans drawn up by their clinical commissioning group.
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NewsAnalysed: The best and worst regions for delayed transfers of care
Delayed transfers of care have risen steadily for the past two years and are becoming a major area of policy focus during 2016. HSJ’s detailed analysis of local delayed transfers figures reveals:
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NewsTaskforce delivers blueprint for future of mental healthcare
Government mental health taskforce outlines changes for mental health to 2020 Funding pledge of £1bn has previously been announced and DH has confirmed it is not new money Taskforce chair Paul Farmer says recommendations are “feasible and afforable” Mental health services in the NHS should undergo significant reform ...
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NewsHEE under fire for 'inexplicable' physio cuts
Chartered Society for Physiotherapy questions HEE’s workforce predictions Physiotherapy training places will be cut by 6.7 per cent in 2016-17 HEE says it stands by its forecast and will deliver 5,124 additional physiotherapy staff by 2020 Health Education England has come under fire for “inexplicable” cuts to physiotherapy ...