All articles by Dave West – Page 33
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NewsMost areas should publish STPs by end of the year, says NHS England
National guidance says “most” areas should publish their STP by the end of the year However, “every area will be working to a different timeframe” “Most areas” should publish a version of their sustainability and transformation plan by the end of the year, according to national guidance due ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Shifting boundaries in England's big cities
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The capital
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: It's time to publish the STPs
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsExclusive: Officials warn over 'extremely constrained' capital for STPs
STP leaders warned over capital funding and IT funding Officials say some areas will get “system control totals” Deadlines set to finish two year contracting process by end of December Health and local government leaders working on major regional transformation plans have been warned capital funding is “extremely ...
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CommentWhat could Theresa May do about the 'burning injustice' of health inequality?
Theresa May has said she wants to address the life expectancy gap linked to poverty. We asked leading experts where she should start
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NewsMapped: Hospital finances over three years
The map shows the forecast surplus or deficit positions of acute hospital trusts in the first quarters of 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17. For this year, it also shows the impact by trust of receiving extra “sustainability and transformation” funding.
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NewsMinisters accused of 'preventing real NHS devolution'
IPPR report accuses ministers of “preventing devolution” in the NHS Sadiq Khan reiterates his call for devolved health powers for London Welfare and justice should also be devolved so areas can address social determinants of health, report says Ministers have been accused of “preventing devolution of healthcare budgets ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: After the reset; and heads and beds
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsSummary: What you need to know about the NHS 'reset'
NHS England and NHS Improvement last week announced a series of interventions in the local NHS, representing a major step-up in intervention over financial failure, while the NAO revealed the DH overspent its 2015-16 budget
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NewsMapped: The trusts and CCGs in new special measures regime
NHS Improvement and NHS England have launched a new financial special measures regime for trusts and clinical commissioning groups which are not meeting their performance commitments.
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NewsWhat we learned from Stevens and Keogh at the health committee
Several critical points were made by NHS England’s chief executive and medical director to MPs today - including Sir Bruce Keogh distancing himself from the junior doctors contract row.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: 'Inadequate' CCGs face intervention
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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LeaderReality bites as the NHS meets its 'reset moment'
The tremors caused by the Brexit vote will be overshadowed by this week’s ‘reset moment’ - so what will it entail?
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: CCG ratings – still coming
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsJunior doctors: Government expected to impose contract
The government is minded to impose the contract it agreed with junior doctors leaders, but which has been rejected by members It will formally announce its next steps in the coming days The government is expected to press on with imposition of the junior doctors contract which it ...
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NewsBrexit: How the political fallout will affect the NHS
HSJ considers how the political fallout from the vote to leave the European Union will effect the NHS in the next few months and beyond.
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NewsSouthern CCGs join leadership and target merger
Two clinical commissioning groups in south of England have joined their leadership and plan to merge if they are permitted to, they have told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: More good CCGs will merge than bad ones
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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LeaderWe have the best ever view of quality in hospitals – so what’s next?
The NHS now has unprecedented information about care quality in hospitals, so what will it do with it?