All articles by Dave West – Page 44
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NewsNHS England to offer local commissioning 'step-change'
Simon Stevens is set to invite clinical commissioning groups and local authorities to experiment with a further “step change” in joint commissioning arrangements.
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NewsHunt: CCGs must become 'accountable care organisations'
Clinical commissioning groups must become more accountable as they expand their role in delivering healthcare, the health secretary has said
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NewsCCGs 'should have more control over winter pressures funding'
A clinical commissioning group leader has called for commissioners to have more control over “winter pressures” funding, rather than having to pass it directly to providers.
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NewsStevens putting 'rigour' into care fund approval process, minister says
Simon Stevens is ‘insisting on real rigour in the process’ of approving better care fund plans, care services minister Norman Lamb has said.
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HSJ LocalFoundation trust set to start running GP practices
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust is set to take over the “full ownership” of two GP practices, it has said, and is offering to run others.
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NewsBMA: National GP contract will diminish in significance
The nationally agreed GP contract will diminish in significance as CCGs increasingly agree local deals with practices, the BMA’s GP committee chair has acknowledged
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HSJ LocalSheffield aims for single health and care budget
FINANCE: Sheffield’s clinical commissioning group and city council have unveiled plans to pool £237m more than required by national rules in 2015-16, with the “ultimate aim” of establishing a single budget for health and social care.
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NewsNHS England strategy director joins GP and urgent care provider
The recently departed strategy director of NHS England has been appointed as a partner at a large GP and urgent care provider.
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News'Single tribunal' could judge all health profession cases
A single statutory panel could be established to judge fitness to practice cases for all health professionals, the chair of the General Dental Council has suggested.
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NewsBill Moyes questions whether FT model remains 'sensible'
Bill Moyes, who championed the development of foundation trusts as Monitor executive chair, has urged the NHS to reconsider “whether the model of foundation trusts is sensible”.
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NewsCCGs target steep cuts in avoidable admissions and deaths
Clinical commissioning groups have set themselves ambitious targets to cut avoidable admissions and improve patient experience over the next five years, plans submitted to NHS England reveal.
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NewsVirgin Care is only GP provider not to respond to FOI request
The British Medical Association has called for freedom of information law to apply equally across all GP providers, after it emerged that Virgin Care was required by its contract with NHS England not to respond to requests.
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NewsSimon Stevens' NHS Confederation speech: 'I'll accelerate redesign of care'
Simon Stevens has said he wants to “accelerate the redesign of care delivery” and create “far greater local flexibility” in services, structure and system rules.
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NewsSix NHS leaders join Confederation board
Six NHS leaders have been appointed as trustees on the NHS Confederation board, it has announced today.
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HSJ Local
Barnsley FT hires interim director amid major financial problems
FINANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed an interim director of finance, following the emergence of serious financial problems.
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NewsSimon Stevens' first interview: the transcript
In in HSJ’s in-depth interview, the NHS England chief executive talks about small hospitals, service reform, NHS funding, competition and much more
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NewsAnalysis: What did Stevens really say about small and community hospitals?
Comments by the new NHS England chief executive have been taken as meaning he might preserve small and community hospitals.
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Stevens steps back from '15 specialist centres' plan
The new NHS England chief executive has distanced himself from the organisation’s previously stated ambition to concentrate specialised services in “15-30 centres of excellence”.
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NewsStevens backs patient choice 'wherever possible' in NHS
NHS patients should be free to choose their provider whether public or private, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsNHS England seeks to drop safety, revalidation and tech roles
NHS England is seeking to give up some of its patient safety functions, medical revalidation and responsibility for technology, its new chief executive has indicated.