Community services – Page 82
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HSJ KnowledgeHow mobile NHS staff can contribute to carbon reduction
Do mobile NHS staff have to travel by car?
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire FT shifts intravenous therapy into the community
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has launched a new intravenous therapy service, which will see patients treated in their own homes rather than in hospital.
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HSJ Local
Doncaster pain clinic moves to new site
STRUCTURE: A chronic pain clinical provided by Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is moving to a new single site.
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HSJ Local
Learning disability team shortlisted for award
PERFORMANCE: Dimensions UK’s Folkstone team has been shortlisted for award in the Great British Care Awards.
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CommentCroydon's finance crisis is not incredible
The £22m black hole is less mysterious given prevailing cultures
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CommentLet's find the political will to integrate care
The NHS should focus on integration not more fragmentation
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HSJ LocalCommissioners admit outsourcing advert error
Commissioners have admitted a mistake was made in the awarding of a £60m community services contract after independent sector providers were excluded from the process.
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HSJ Local
Non-executive appointed at Sussex Community
WORKFORCE: Martin Sambrook has been appointed as a new non-executive director on the Sussex Community NHS Trust board.
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HSJ Local
Sirona seeks new business
COMMERCIAL: Sirona Care and Health has won £1.8m of new business, board papers reveal.
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NewsAnalysed: The future of acute services in the south east Midlands
This week we examine the reconfiguration of hospital services across the south east Midlands to ensure services remain viable as demand rises
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HSJ Local
Delayed transfers of care high at Sirona hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care at community hospitals run by and integrated provider of health and social care are increasing.
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NewsExclusive: Nearly £3bn returned to Treasury
The Department of Health has returned nearly £3bn of its funding to the Treasury over the past two years, despite facing its tightest financial settlement for five decades.A Treasury spokesman this week confirmed to HSJ the department had handed back around £1bn of the funding it was allocated for health ...
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HSJ Local
New £21m community hospital for Dover
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust’s board of directors have agreed the full business case for a new community hospital in Dover.
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HSJ Local
Somerset Partnership community budget overspends
FINANCE: The community health directorate of Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is overspent on district nursing by £137,000 and by £72,000 on enteral feeds, and is experiencing pressure on inpatient wards and minor injury units.
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GPs agree to give up financial interests in Virgin companies
The “vast majority” of GPs with shares in local Virgin Care provider companies have agreed to resign their financial stakes to remove potential conflicts of interest.
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HSJ Local
Bristol DVT contract extended
COMMERCIAL: The Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Bristol have agreed a 12 month extension to a contract for a community deep vein thrombosis service in the northern areas of the city.
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HSJ Local
Social enterprise fund for community wellbeing
FINANCE: Social enterprise Central Surrey Health has set up a charitable fund to support community health and wellbeing projects.
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HSJ Local
Social enterprise successful in contract retender
A high profile social enterprise scheme has won a £113m contract to continue providing community services across Mid Surrey.
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HSJ LocalNorthern Devon launches service review
An integrated NHS trust which has twice delayed its foundation trust application has launched a service review that is likely to result in the closure of community hospital beds.
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CommentHow competition can help community services
Why choice does not always lead to privatisation