All articles by Dave West – Page 23
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NewsPrimary care should 'direct' community health teams - official review
Community health teams have not integrated with GP services and should in future be “based in” and “under the clinical and service direction” of primary care networks, the author of a government review of general practice has said.
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NewsChief Executive Interview: Alwen Williams, Barts Health Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Membership subscribers. Each month in 2018 a member of the HSJ expert team will conduct a challenging, candid and in-depth interview with a provider trust boss.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Seven things you might have missed in the long-term plan
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsFive NHS Improvement directors step down
NHS Improvement has announced that five of its directors are stepping down, as the organisation combines its management with NHS England.
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NewsSeven regional directors named by NHSE and Improvement
The joint directors of the new NHS England and Improvement regional teams have been confirmed by the system managers. They include three former hospital chief executives and an ex-Department of Health director general.
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NewsExclusive: Regulator may get powers to force FTs to merge
National officials are set to seek strengthened legal powers to force NHS providers to merge, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFormer NHS England and hospital boss to lead integration firm
A former hospital boss and NHS England director has been appointed the chief executive of the UK arm of international insurance firm Centene.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Landing the long term plan
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsLong term plan to 'guarantee' primary and community funding share - PM
The NHS long term plan will guarantee primary medical and community healthcare services “a growing share of overall NHS spending” over the next five years, the prime minister has announced.
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NewsExclusive: Public want new NHS money to go on cancer and staff, not digital
The public’s highest priorities for new NHS funding are cancer care and staffing, while their lowest are digital access and better services for vulnerable groups.
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Matt Hancock tells chief execs: Get a CIO on your board
The health secretary has said NHS chief executives should “be asking serious questions” of themselves if their board does not include a chief information officer.
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NewsHealth secretary identifies ‘big three’ workforce shortage areas
Nurses, GPs and mental health staff are “the big three” areas where the health and social care secretary is most concerned about staff shortages, he told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Lost in transition
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior bureau chief Dave West.
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NewsHEE to become 'accountable to NHS Improvement'
Health Education England will be made “accountable” to NHS Improvement, chief executives have been told, as a number of measures are announced to create ”a more coherent approach to workforce development”.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What the long term NHS plan will - and won't - do for integration
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping policy, providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsNHS England national director leaving to join Google AI firm
NHS England’s national director of transforming health systems will leave to join Google Deepmind Health in the new year.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Target inequalities, invest in general practice
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping policy, providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsRegulators advertise 12 jobs in top team following delays
NHS England and NHS Improvement are now advertising a dozen jobs in their new joint “executive group”, following delays to the process.
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NewsNew chair of NHS England revealed
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced its proposed new chair of NHS England.
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NewsMinisters to ask drug companies to stockpile six weeks of medication
Drug companies are due to be asked to stockpile up to six weeks of medications ahead of a potential no deal Brexit, HSJ understands.