All articles by James Illman – Page 46
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NewsTechnology £1bn could be tied to free wi-fi goal, Kelsey predicts
Tim Kelsey “predicts” NHS organisations should commit to making their estate free wi-fi zones if they want share of CSR £1bn Outgoing NHS England director tells National Information Board summit free wi-fi could be “a core standard requirement/opportunity” NHS organisations should commit to making their estates free wi-fi ...
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NewsDavid Fish to head up Essex success regime
UCLPartners managing director Sir David Fish has been appointed to chair leaders’ group for Essex success regime. Group has to oversee the production of a “detailed implementation plan” by February Success regime was launched to turn around areas with serious care quality, performance and financial challenges UCLPartners ...
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NewsChancellor pledges £1bn for NHS tech over five years
The government will invest £1bn in new NHS technology over the next five years, according to the comprehensive spending review published today.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to recruit new tech chief
NHS England has set out the leadership structure it will put in place to drive its digital vision after the departure of Tim Kelsey, who has led on the agenda for the last three and a half years.
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NewsResearch for NHS England recommends £8.2bn spend on IT
The NHS would need to spend around £8.2bn on upgrading its digital capabilities to achieve up to an estimated £13.7bn of savings by 2020-21, according to key research commissioned by NHS England.
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NewsAnalysis: NHS’s digital plans won’t fly without funding boost and cultural shift
Why ‘digital footprint’ groups must have upfront cash and a cultural change if they are to succeed
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NewsCCGs lead creation of 'around 100 digital footprints’
NHS commissioners have led the creation of around 100 ‘digital footprints’ to develop technology strategies for their health economies, an NHS England director has announced.
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NewsNHS England to rate providers on tech with new index
A new index will rate NHS providers’ technological capabilities and eventually be part of the statutory regulatory regime, an NHS England director has told HSJ.
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NewsRevealed: DH’s spending review bid for up to £5.6bn IT funding
A Department of Health bid to the government spending review has said the NHS will need up to £5.6bn to deliver its technology plans, HSJhas learned.
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Funding pressures are threatening NHS innovation, ministers warned
Efforts to develop and spread the use of innovative drugs and technologies in the NHS could be threatened by ‘unprecedented’ funding pressure, a government commissioned review has warned.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of trust in merger talks resigns
North Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust chief executive Andrew Geldard has resigned.
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NewsClinicians raise concerns over IAPT as trusts set out merger drivers
Clinicians in Essex are worried about commissioners’ plans to send patients previously referred to secondary mental health professionals to a less specialised service, the chief executive of one of the trusts involved has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalKing's Lynn ‘up for’ radical restructure to stave off £39m deficit
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust is planning a radical restructure after an independent review said it faced a £39m funding deficit by 2018-19.
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NewsAddenbrooke's recovery could take 'years', warns McNeil
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s recently departed chief executive has warned he ‘does not know how the trust will cope’ this winter and that its problems could take years to address.
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HSJ LocalElite Shelford Group trust put into special measures
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been placed in special measures after being given an overall rating of ‘inadequate’ by inspectors.
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NewsExclusive: Tim Kelsey to leave NHS England
Tim Kelsey, one of NHS England’s most high profile board members, is leaving the organisation to take a new job in Australia.
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NewsPathology joint venture records growth but restructuring hits profits
A public-private pathology provider part owned by two London trusts increased its revenues last year, but a substantial restructure prompted by changes to tax rules resulted in a small drop in profits.
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NewsExclusive: New NHS company reveals outcomes based targets
A new NHS owned company overseeing an £800m integrated older people’s services contract will have to hit outcomes based targets to secure up to 15 per cent of its income, its chief has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalHinchingbrooke reports sharp deficit rise as Circle departs
Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has forecast a £14m deficit for 2014-15 – nearly double the size of its deficit for the first eight months of the financial year.
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HSJ LocalCommunity service trust completes 1,600 staff transfer
Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust has completed the transfer of 45 per cent of its 3,540 staff to six other organisations after losing its role as provider of older people’s services across the county.