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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: ACO out, ICS in
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners. By Dave West.
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NewsChief Executive Interview: Ros Tolcher, Harrogate and District FT
This is the second in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Membership subscribers. Each month in 2018 a member of the HSJ expert team will conduct a challenging, candid and in-depth interview with a provider trust boss to uncover their personal insights ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: The forward view that was left behind
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners. This week by HSJ primary care and community services correspondent Rebecca Thomas.
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NewsExclusive: New NHS national digital chief revealed
NHS bosses have appointed emergency medicine consultant Simon Eccles as the health service’s new chief clinical information officer, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsA&E, RTT and cancer waits - January 2018: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for January 2018.
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HSJ LocalRegulator criticises 'passive and unwieldy' STP
A sustainability and transformation partnership had “not begun to function effectively” when the Care Quality Commission carried out a local system review at the end of 2017.
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CommentMaking poor diabetes care a thing of the past
The diabetes CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework, alongside the transformation funding, means that commissioners are now better equipped to tackle the disease. By Chris Askew
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HSJ InteractiveTransforming services across STPs and ACOs for true population health
It is important to develop the clinical, mobile technology that will enable health economies to break down organisational barriers and improve outcomes. By Beverley Bryant
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NewsEx-health minister: God would struggle to manage the NHS
Former health minister Lord David Prior has said the NHS is too big and centralised, and even God “would struggle” to manage it.
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NewsExclusive: NHS makes little progress cutting specialised income 'long tail'
The spread of specialised services across English hospital trusts has remained relatively unchanged over the last four years, despite a consensus that greater consolidation is needed in some areas.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: What's happened to the second Carter review?
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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CommentBehind closed doors – why people end up in and out of hospital
A recent research report highlights that repeat hospital admissions are a sign that something is wrong in the home environment and simple measures like home checks can end the cycle of discharge and readmission, says Mike Adamson
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HSJ LocalCommissioners outline stroke services shake-up
Major plans to reform stroke services in Kent and Medway could leave the east of the county with just one stroke centre and the west of the county without one at all.
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NewsGovernment sets out plans to overhaul consultant contract
A new contract for medical consultants in the NHS will scrap the “all but automatic” incremental pay structure and replace it with a significantly higher base salary, the Department of Health and Social Care has said.
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HSJ LocalDirector promoted to chief executive at specialist trust
The director of nursing and operations at a specialist trust in the North West has become its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Plans for 'new towns' on hospital sites
Two large scale developments on hospital sites in south London are being considered, documents obtained by HSJ reveal.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: New commissioners - an ACS leader
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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