All Five year forward view articles – Page 8
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Exclusive: Trusts hit by £500m unexpected inflation costs
NHS trusts are having to bear unexpected inflation costs of around £500m, which means the underlying financial gap between their income and expenditure has barely improved over the last year, policy experts have said.
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NewsExclusive: Patient record opt-outs risk blocking improvements in cancer care
The UK’s two leading cancer charities have written to Jeremy Hunt to raise concerns that changes to patient data opt-outs may put at risk the ability to deliver a cornerstone of the national cancer strategy.
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NewsHSJ100 refresh: Briggs, Baker and Ashworth join the NHS’s power elite
The HSJ100 is HSJ’s analysis of the most powerful and influential people in the English NHS and health policy. We have published it at the end of each calendar year since 2005. From 2017, we have decided to produce a summer “refresh” – recognising that much can change within a ...
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CommentCowper’s Cut: On winning and losing the economic narrative
Andy Cowper draws a parallel between the decade long global financial crisis and the NHS’s own struggles
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News'Full stretch' NHS's stuttering winter preparations spark concerns
Pressure is mounting on NHS bosses to intervene ahead of winter, as official data suggests the system failed to make headway against key performance measures in the first quarter of 2017-18.
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HSJ LocalProviders chosen for first comprehensive MCP contract
Four trusts in partnership with GPs are on course to win a multibillion pound new care model contract.
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NewsNHS England rebuff GIRFT surgery recommendations
NHS England has rebuffed an attempt by efficiency leaders to ensure commissioners follow national guidance over the provision of bariatric surgery.
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NewsExclusive: Vanguards target 3 per cent cut in emergency admissions
National vanguards believe they can reduce emergency admissions by almost 3 per cent over the next four years, an HSJ analysis has shown.
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NewsVanguards told national funding depends on denting A&E admissions
NHS England has told national vanguard sites that their emergency admissions growth will need to be significantly lower than elsewhere to secure access to their national transformation funding in the second half of 2017-18.
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CommentWhy the mental health sector should pay heed to the wisdom of Twain
Clinicians, patients and local health and care leaders need to realise that the secret to getting ahead with long-term workforce planning is getting started, says Kate Lovett
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HSJ LocalCCG tenders scaled back contract for 'multispecialty community provider'
Commissioners in Yorkshire are advertising an £80m “multispecialty community provider” contract – much scaled back from their initial proposal of a £1.3bn deal.
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CommentThe NHS is failing to keep up with the science
The NHS will be unable to provide new and advanced treatments unless policy makers take steps to mend its long term financial position, warns Harry Quilter-Pinner
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NewsStevens: NHS could create new national 'council' to share decision making
The NHS England chief executive wants to create a standing group of national and local health leaders so “the national bodies and frontline NHS leaders… can better connect and align”.
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CommentCommunity hospitals: a traditional solution to help today’s NHS?
With ease of access and a sense of homeliness, there is potential for community hospitals to be better integrated into the healthcare system. By Emma Pitchforth, Edwin van Teijlingen and Ellen Nolte
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NewsVanguard funding 'should not be stopped next year'
Funding for new care model vanguards should not be stopped next March as planned, because the project needs more time to provide models for other areas to use, NHS Providers has said.
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CommentThe NHS needs truth and reconciliation
So much more money is needed to deliver services that we might have to consider the radical idea of some cross-party unity, writes Andrew Murrison
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NewsMental health workforce needs “greater than” PM’s promise
Claire Murdoch says more than 10,000 staff are needed to implement the forward view for the sector Her comments follow Theresa May’s pledge last month that 10,000 more staff will be employed by 2020 Ms Murdoch said the actual number will need to be “greater” but would not say ...
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Mental health 'must be protected' from capped expenditure savings drive
Struggling NHS regions subject to the capped expenditure programme should not attempt to reduce deficits by cutting mental health, according to national mental health director Claire Murdoch says capped expenditure regions should deliver the commitment of the mental health forward view She also says the centre would not expect ...
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NewsExclusive: Regulator expands national mental health team
NHS Improvement appoints five new members to mental health and learning disability team They will be part of the regulator’s nursing and medical directorates The appointments are part of plans for the regulator to help trusts integrate mental and physical health care NHS Improvement has recruited five new ...
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The workforce crisis is the NHS’s Brexit
Cowper’s Cut is a new weekly column from HSJ’s comment editor Andy Cowper. It will be published every Monday and seeks to serve as an informative and entertaining stimulant for HSJ’s subscribers at the start of the working week.