All articles by Dave West – Page 35
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NewsExclusive: Increase expected in national tariff rate
Increase expected in tariff rates for the first time in several years Providers may get additional, organisation specific savings targets NHS England to decide details of local health economy transformation fund National tariff prices are set to be increased in 2016-17 for the first time in several years, ...
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NewsExclusive: Swindells to join NHS England as national operations director
Matthew Swindells to join NHS England as national director of commissioning operations and information Will take up the senior post in “late spring” Dame Barbara Hakin retires at the end of this month. Richard Barker, NHS England regional director for the North, to be interim. Matthew Swindells, a ...
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NewsExclusive: BCF to be frozen and become ‘minimum option’
NHS’s £3.8bn minimum contribution to the better care fund is to be frozen in real terms next year, HSJ understands After 2016-17 the fund will become only the “minimum” option in a “menu” of possibilities for health and social care integration Other options expected to include Greater Manchester-style devolution, ...
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NewsAnalysis: Which areas have seen the biggest social care spending cuts?
The North East and much of the North West have seen much bigger cuts to council adult social care spending than some other regions in recent years, according to analysis of official figures.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs call for NHS allocations to account for social care cuts
Newcastle and Liverpool CCGs call for NHS allocations to account for size of social care cuts HSJ analysis of accounts indicates greatest cuts generally in the north east and parts of the north west. Read full analysis here King’s Fund assistant director warns against recognising care cuts in CCG ...
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LeaderBig Wednesday will reveal all, including Mr Stevens’ powers
So much rests on spending review crunch day
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NewsExclusive: CCGs should be 'brought together', says King’s Fund
King’s Fund says commissioning must be done across bigger areas This would enable provider-led “systems of care” NHS England expected to require joint planning across health economies NHS commissioning must be carried out on footprints bigger than current clinical commissioning groups, the King’s Fund has recommended.
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NewsAnalysis: Frontloaded funding deal would give the NHS a shot at success
Simon Stevens, one of the most influential individuals in Whitehall, has issued a warning over the NHS spending settlement for the next two years. Dave West says front-loading funding in the next two years would give the NHS a shot at success.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Struggling CCG may join leading NHS 'ACO' project
A financially troubled clinical commissioning group may pass many of its responsibilities to Northumbria’s emerging ‘accountable care organisation’, HSJ has learned.
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News'Planning together': Does Simon really mean it?
Simon Stevens’ speech at the King’s Fund this week has been described as his most important since he returned to the NHS.
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NewsStevens hires national leads for specialised, primary and cancer care
NHS England has appointed Jonathan Fielden and Arvind Madan to lead its work on specialised services and primary care respectively.
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NewsExclusive: 'Single definition of success' for health systems recommended
A ‘single definition of success’ for health systems should be created in the form of a ‘single, coherent’ performance and quality framework, the King’s Fund has told the health secretary.
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NewsFive things we learnt from the Tory party conference
The Conservatives’ autumn conference came to an end this afternoon, the first it has held as the single governing party since 1996. Here are five messages NHS leaders can take from the jamboree in Manchester.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt hires ex-royal college boss amid seven day row
Jeremy Hunt has hired Sir Norman Williams, the immediate past president of the Royal College of Surgeons, as his senior clinical advisor.
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NewsPrime minister announces new contract for large GP providers
The government will introduce a new contract for large scale extended primary care providers, the prime minister announced today.
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NewsChief executive chosen for new provider sector regulator
Jim Mackey is to become the first chief executive of the new NHS provider regulator, NHS Improvement.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England seeks freeze in better care fund transfer
NHS England is seeking a freeze in the sum the NHS is required to pool with local government in the better care fund, HSJ has learned.
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LeaderThe NHS can’t afford to put everyone in turnaround
The aim should not be to hide problems but to stop exacerbating them
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NewsExclusive: Norman Lamb to chair mental health commission
Norman Lamb will chair a commission looking at the links between poor mental health, public services and the economy, set up by local authorities in the West Midlands, they have confirmed to HSJ.