Community services – Page 68
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NewsThird of CCGs do not plan to retender community services
More than a third of CCGs have no plans to retender their community services, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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LeaderMore hospital nurses won’t solve the NHS’s long term problems
Recruitment needed across all care settings
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NewsRevealed: The biggest specialised services providers
A group of just 19 acute trusts were paid almost half of NHS England’s £11.2bn budget for acute specialised services in 2013-14, exclusive analysis by HSJ revealed.
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HSJ KnowledgeOnly a whole culture change can make self-care a reality
There is no magic wand to care redesign
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NewsBetter care fund bailout for acute trusts is agreed
Better care fund cash will be used to compensate acute hospitals when local integration initiatives fail to reduce emergency admissions
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NewsExclusive: Provider ordered to pay whistleblower £80k compensation
A whistleblowing nurse has been awarded £80,000 by an employment tribunal that found she was unfairly dismissed after raising patient safety concerns
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CommentIntegration Summit: Accountability must start with genuine co-production
Commissioners need to build trust among their partners
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NewsExclusive poll: Public fear for the future of free healthcare
Voters fear the principle of free healthcare is in danger and that the NHS is threatened by the private sector, an HSJ/FTI Consulting survey has found
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HSJ LocalCommunity NHS trust appoints charity boss as chief executive
WORKFORCE: Leeds Community Healthcare Trust has appointed charity boss Thea Stein as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalBridgewater foundation trust application 'reactivated'
STRUCTURE: A North West community trust has had its application for foundation trust status “reactivated” following a positive inspection report, Monitor has announced.
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NewsBig jump in private share of NHS community services market
The share of NHS community health service funding going to private providers has sharply increased in recent years, a new study reveals.
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HSJ LocalAcute trust bids for council funded integrated care contract
COMMERCIAL: South Tyneside Foundation Trust is bidding for a 10 year contract to run an “integrated care services hub”, put out to tender by the local authority.
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NewsExclusive: Monitor launches probe of community service contracts
Monitor has launched an investigation into clinical commissioning groups’ intentions for the £10bn community services sector, HSJ has learned.
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SupplementsHard to reach groups: Making a call on the mobile
A mobile van with groundbreaking technology and X-ray diagnosis is reaching the fringes of society
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CommentLocal providers can step up to trump national players
We can offer more attractive solutions
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HSJ LocalTrust wins back community services contract via GP partnership bid
COMMERCIAL: Pennine Care Foundation Trust has won one of the first community service contracts to be retendered with a partnership bid involving Age UK and a GP consortium.
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HSJ KnowledgeJapan's integrated total care vision for an ageing population
A strategy to help people stay in the community
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HSJ Local
Extra community nurses for Staffordshire
WORKFORCE: Sixty nine community nurses have been recruited to work in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.