All Integrated care articles – Page 53
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NewsOutgoing chief exec says STP could move faster
The departing chief executive of a hospital trust has called for an increase in the pace of change in health services in the area.
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NewsCounty to develop “single service” pathology joint venture
Four acute trusts to work together on shared services Still to decide where non-urgent services will be based Union warns of transport difficulties Acute trusts across Kent have agreed to create a joint venture to deliver a single pathology service for the county, despite years of work, developing ...
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: GP contract reform - it's back
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior bureau chief Dave West.
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NewsSuccess regime records huge delayed discharges cut
Mid and South Essex STP chair hails major DTOC improvement Co-location of NHS and council teams a major driver in upturn says chair Staff education about decline of long stay patients also big help, say managers Mid and South Essex sustainability and transformation partnership, a success regime area ...
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HSJ LocalCCG chief quits after three months in dual post
A council executive who recently took over the leadership of a Greater Manchester clinical commissioning group has resigned with immediate effect.
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NewsLong-term plan to ‘spread new care model vanguards’
NHS England’s chief executive says the organisation “will sustain and spread the vanguard new care models” through the long-term plan for the NHS.
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CommentThinking big: lessons for the NHS on large scale change
The time is ripe for NHS to spread and scale innovation, creating a lasting movement for change. By Anna Charles and Joe McCannon
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CommentFive legal changes the health service needs
Tom Kibasi and Toby Lambert argue the health service should seize on the government’s offer of legislative reform, and set out five changes it needs to take integration forward.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Repudiation, legislation and the long term NHS plan
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior bureau chief Dave West.
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CommentClose the gaping gap between policy and people’s lived reality
What does the 10 year plan, now being worked up by the NHS, need to contain to bridge the distance between policy and the lived reality of people using services, wonders Charlotte Augst
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NewsCommissioners look again at trust's 'fragile' services
NHS England and local commissioners want to look again at “fragile” clinical services run by Bedford Hospital Trust – less than a year after the provider committed to retaining its emergency and obstetrics departments.
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NewsConsultancies hired to 'accelerate' integration of four STPs
Two management consultancies have been commissioned to help four STPs in the West Midlands “accelerate” their integration plans, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTargets under review and NHS legislation open to change - PM
The prime minister has said the government is prepared to legislate to roll back the NHS “internal market” where it is found to be inhibiting integration.
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News'System approach' helps trust boost A&E performance by 40 percentage points
Extra beds, more staff at night, and twice-daily meetings with health economy chiefs are among the factors that caused an “inadequate” trust’s A&E performance to rocket by nearly 40 percentage points in two months.
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NewsCouncil chief takes accountable officer role at CCG
A local authority chief executive has taken the accountable officer role at the local clinical commissioning group.
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STPs ‘not the centre of gravity for everything’, says Swindells
Sustainability and transformation partnerships are not “the centre of gravity for every great piece of thinking”, with smaller patches the main focus for developing integrated care, the NHS England director of operations has said.
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HSJ InteractiveBlurring traditional boundaries to strengthen primary care
Each new integrated care system demonstrates a new species of leadership, focused as much on the system and the population it serves as on individual organisations, writes Michael Macdonnell
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CommentIntegrated care has the potential to improve health outcomes
Chris Ham and Anna Charles outline the findings and recommendations of the health and social care committee’s review of integrated care development in the NHS
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HSJ PartnersRole of technology in care integration: watch the video
Gary Birks – general manager UK and Ireland at Orion Health – considers the role of technology in delivering integrated care, the traditional challenges in sharing information within and between organisations, and the way in which an integrated digital care record can support better information sharing.
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CommentIntegration is not all about structure or organisational form
It is high time the community health sector was brought in from the cold and used as a willing flexible partner to redesign care for urgent and long care needs of our local populations, writes Matthew Winn