All articles by Judith Welikala – Page 2
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Executive Summary: What we learnt from Hunt’s '25 year vision' speech
HSJ’s roundup of the key points from Jeremy Hunt’s vision for the NHS for the next 25 years
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Exclusive: CCGs need to ‘radically evolve to have a future’
Clinical commissioning groups would need to ‘radically evolve’ to be sustainable once new care models are developed, according to a report commissioned by the Nuffield Trust.
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Nearly 600 GP practices closed since 2010
Nearly 600 GP practices have closed in the last five years, data seen by HSJ reveals.
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CCGs confirm winner of £285m 'prime provider' contract
STRUCTURE: Two Yorkshire clinical commissioning groups have confirmed that Locala Community Partnerships has been named preferred bidder to be their lead provider for a £285m ‘prime provider’ community services contract.
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Staff petition for chief executive to remain in post
WORKFORCE: More than 300 staff at East of England Ambulance Service have signed a petition to the health secretary calling for its departing chief executive to remain in his position.
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Revealed: Which CCGs are paying GP practices to form federations
A third of clinical commissioning groups with control of their primary care budgets plan to fund member GP practices to get them to form federations, HSJ has found
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Lamb: £22bn NHS efficiency savings ‘virtually impossible’
The plan for £22bn efficiency savings outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View are ‘virtually impossible’ to achieve, a former health minister has said.
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Exclusive: Preferred bidder named for £285m 'prime provider' contract
STRUCTURE: A consortium bid led by social enterprise Locala has been selected as the preferred bidder for a ‘prime provider’ community services contract worth £285m, HSJ can reveal.
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Hunt: 5,000 new GPs the 'maximum' in five years
Jeremy Hunt has said recruiting 5,000 additional GPs would be the ‘maximum’ possible within the next five years.
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Exclusive: CCGs choose not to use power to ditch QOF
There is a little appetite among clinical commissioning groups to move their member practices off the national GP pay for performance framework, despite recently being given powers to do so, HSJ has found.
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Updated: Hunt tells GPs 'deliver your side of the bargain'
The government plans to introduce financial incentives to attract GPs into under-doctored areas in a major shake-up of general practice.
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NHS England admits 'rush' to spend GP premises fund
NHS England has signalled it will adopt a ‘strategic approach’ in its use of a £1bn fund for primary care premises, admitting that the first year of investment had been a ‘rush’.
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Executive Summary: Nurse ratio move not saving cash quite yet
A roundup of Friday’s key stories
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South Tees hit by regulatory double whammy
PEFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust been rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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Keogh to review elective waiting time targets
NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh is to review the current waiting times standards for elective care, the organisation’s chief executive Simon Stevens has announced.
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Monitor launches investigation into Southend's finances
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into the financial sustainability of Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust.
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CCGs told to fund more hospital activity
NHS England expects clinical commissioning groups to fund more hospital activity than initially planned this year, prompting concerns that this could undermine non-acute services intended to reduce emergency admissions.