All articles by James Illman – Page 46
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NewsPlanning guidance: Access to billions in transformation funding tied to quality of 'system leadership'
Local NHS areas must jointly agree five year “sustainability and transformation plans” over the next six months Quality of these joint plans will determine how quickly areas are able to access transformation funds from April 2017 Local leaders have until 29 January to decide the ‘geographic scope’ of their ...
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NewsNHS England to commission probe into £800m contract collapse
NHS England to commission probe into Cambridgeshire contract collapse. The £800m contract was terminated just eight months into a five year deal. The investigation will scrutinise the role played by the Strategic Projects Team. NHS England is to commission an investigation into the dramatic collapse of an £800m ...
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NewsHunt commits to NHS-wide free wi-fi target
All NHS buildings to provide free wi-fi to improve clinical outcomes and patient experience, health secretary says £1bn was set aside for NHS technology projects in the government’s spending review. No timeframe for the target, but DH calls it “the latest step” towards a paperless NHS by 2020 ...
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HSJ LocalEssex merger candidate faces £126m income drop
South Essex Partnership University FT could see income fall below £200m within four years, review says Forecast drop would be the result of losing existing contracts up for renewal in coming years The trust is in merger talks but says it will not make a decision until late 2016 ...
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NewsDemand for public probe into ‘calamitous’ £800m contract collapse
Unison demands full public investigation into dramatic collapse of flagship contract The union is to press local commissioners for a meeting to discuss £800m older people’s services deal before Christmas Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG said it would carry out an internal review Unions have demanded a full public ...
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NewsNHS England signs off 90 digital roadmap groups
NHS England approves 90 groups to map out how local health economies will be paperless at the point of care by 2020 52 of the groups involve one CCG bringing together its providers within its borders; 38 involve multiple CCGs Public Health England chief knowledge officer John Newton to ...
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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.