All articles by Dave West – Page 33
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: The unfinished business of care integration
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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NewsExclusive: Prime minister launches review of care and integration policy
The prime minister has begun a review of policy on social care funding, delivery and integration with health, amid huge concern about failure in the sector, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Prime minister hires new health adviser
A management consultant and former doctor is to become the prime minister’s adviser on health.
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HSJ LocalEx-trust director charged over lying to get jobs
The former chair of two NHS trusts has been charged with lying about his qualifications to get appointed to both posts.
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NewsMapped: All 44 STPs published – full coverage
Download every STP and see HSJ’s coverage of the plans on our map
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: STPs have fallen short, and time is running out
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsCouncil funding crisis 'not a reason' to block STPs, warn Stevens and Mackey
The fact NHS budgets cannot be used to solve the social care funding crisis “is not a legitimate reason” for failing to press on with STPs, Simon Stevens and Jim Mackey have warned.
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NewsCCGs complain to NHS England 'in strongest terms' over budget cuts
NHS Clinical Commissioners says it has written to the national body “in the strongest terms” over the potential impact of the tariff on CCG finances As a result of the new payment system, CCGs’ allocations will reduce by a combined £156m in 2017-18 and £158m in 2018-19, in comparison ...
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NewsExclusive: Some STPs are becoming 'integrated organisations', says Stevens
STP next steps will see a small number becoming “integrated organisations” Others are at the stage of “proposals” and need to developed into “plans”, before becoming a “governance partnership” Some STPs will be given “decision rights over resources and people” in their area, including those in NHS England and ...
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Simon Stevens on: general management, social care and contracting
Stevens: “It is a matter of fact that most management in the NHS is already done by clinicians” “I very strongly think it would be a mistake to try and mandate one single solution to social care integration across England” Contracting “is in a much better place” than previously ...
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HSJ LocalFirst consultation begins on STP proposals
First formal consultation begins on proposals put forward in an STP Plans in Dorset follow a long running clinical services review Proposals include substantial changes to acute and community services The first formal consultation has begun on major service changes proposals put forward in a sustainability and transformation ...
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Chancellor has NHS managers in his sights
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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Exclusive: STPs 'made a good stab' on prevention, says public health chief
Duncan Selbie says STPs had “all have made a good stab” at understanding prevention But some “not where they would want to be”, he says Says main priorities should be adopting interventions consistently and promoting early years’ development, education and employment All sustainability and transformation plans have made ...
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NewsKing's Fund chief says STPs are not 'secret plans'
King’s Fund chief executive Chris Ham has written to the health secretary stating that sustainability and transformation plans “offer an important opportunity to improve health and care services”, and that there was no ”concerted effort to keep the plans secret”.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: NHS non-reorganisation – the next chapter
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: STP first impressions
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsNHS England sets new rules for CCG mergers
Clinical commissioning group mergers must create footprints that help deliver sustainability and transformation plans, and which are “future proofed” for the emergence of accountable care providers, under new NHS England guidance.
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NewsMapped: The NHS trusts merging, forming chains or building alliances
Our map shows the spread of current and proposed major collaborations between whole acute trusts across England, including mergers, acquisitions, shared leadership and chains.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Relationships problems, still
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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LeaderThis precarious moment for STPs precedes a long, arduous slog
Sustainability and transformation planning has reached a highly precarious moment – but the STP project will be a long and difficult slog, not a big bang, writes Dave West.











