All articles by David Williams – Page 20
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NewsMinisters to legislate on £3.8bn pooled budget
The government will amend the Care Bill so it can force clinical commissioning groups to share a chunk of their budgets with local authorities, a health minister has told HSJ.
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NewsLamb: Failing integration pioneers could lose their status
The Department of Health’s integrated care “pioneers” will be monitored centrally to check progress against their plans and could be stripped of their status if they lose their way, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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NewsDH gives £100m working capital loan to property company
The Department of Health gave the NHS’s new property company a £100m working capital loan last summer amid concerns of a potential cash flow risk, it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England considers inpatient and surgery reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: One of the largest acute trusts in the Midlands has begun a review of surgery and inpatient services across its three sites, with a view to ensuring their long term clinical and financial sustainability.
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NewsCCGs asked to agree support service decisions with NHS England
Clinical commissioning groups have been asked to present a business case to NHS England if they want to bring support service functions in house.
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NewsCSUs prepare to form partnerships to ensure survival
Commissioning support units are engaged in a “ritual dance” to find appropriate partners after NHS England signalled another round of consolidation in the sector.
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NewsCCGs resist NHS England over support services
Clinical commissioning group leaders have firmly asserted their independence ahead of an attempt by NHS England to encourage them to make more use of commissioning support units.
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NewsUPDATED: CSU 'axed' amid complaints from CCGs over cost and quality
Anglia Commissioning Support Unit will not continue as a standalone organisation following complaints from its customers over costs and the quality of its services.
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NewsNorman Lamb: Mid Staffs would never have happened at a mutual
Health minister Norman Lamb has suggested acute trusts could improve staff engagement by becoming social enterprises and argued that the culture problems seen at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust would never happen in a mutually-owned company.
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NewsExclusive: All continuing healthcare patients to have the right to personal budget
The Department of Health has announced it will give all recipients of continuing healthcare the right to have a personal budget, enabling them to commission their own packages of care.
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CCGs plan integrated emergency service
Two clinical commissioning groups in Cheshire are drawing up plans to set up the first integrated pathway for emergency care, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth's withdrawal scuppers local pathology plan
STRUCTURE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has frustrated its neighbours by pulling out of a proposed local pathology consortium weeks before it was due to go live, citing concerns over governance arrangements and the savings potential of the project.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England may outsource further functions to CSUs
NHS England is to carry out a fundamental review of its use of commissioning support units, which could see more of the national commissioning body’s back office functions being outsourced, HSJ has been told.
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NewsConcerns over single-specialism 'integration' plans
Senior figures in healthcare have questioned moves by clinical commissioning groups to introduce “integrated” care pathways for single clinical specialisms, such as cancer or cardiology.
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HSJ LocalTrust report reveals 14 year dispute over harm to patients
PERFORMANCE: A troubled foundation trust has commissioned performance reports on each of its surgeons after an internal audit uncovered a 14-year feud among clinical staff and 48 cases of possible harm to patients that were never investigated.
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HSJ Local
Coventry and Warwickshire to bid to take over George Eliot
STRUCTURE: A financially challenged NHS trust is set to launch an attempt take over a struggling neighbour in a bid to secure the future of both over the long term, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: London A&Es already struggling before winter pressures begin
Emergency performance in London has declined sharply since mid August, and has now fallen to a level not normally seen until December, a leaked report shows.
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NewsLeading CSUs recruit joint team
A group of leading commissioning support units are recruiting four new members of staff to drive and expand their programme of joint working, including one role which could be worth more than £100,000 a year.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: CCGs line up 10 year integrated contracts
STRUCTURE: Five clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire are planning to tender the first integrated 10 year contracts for cancer and end of life care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCompetition guidance stalls amid lack of evidence of benefit to patients
NHS England has delayed the publication of its choice and competition framework amid a “paucity of evidence” of the benefit to patients.