Community services – Page 28
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CommentA '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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NewsStevens: 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 BriefingMental Health Matters: Uncomfortable truths
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ LocalPrivate 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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CommentNHS 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 LocalFirst 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 BriefingThe 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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CommentService 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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NewsDementia 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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NewsTrust 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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CommentWhat 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 LocalExclusive: 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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NewsProviders 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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NewsNew 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.
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CommentWhy 'low level' mental health problems require a sophisticated service response
Dr Nick Waggett responds to the Children’s Commissioner’s latest report on access to CAMHS
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HSJ InteractiveEngagement as the engine of efforts to transform care
Dr Claire Fuller on how engagement with citizens, staff and wider partners is mission critical for the Surrey Heartlands’ vision
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HSJ AwardsThe care navigators reducing pressure on GPs
Conexus Healthcare, a GP federation in the West Wakefield area, won the 2018 HSJ Award for community or primary care services redesign (North/Midlands/East) for its national consultancy and training programme. Alison Moore reports