All Health Service Journal articles in June 2019 – Page 13
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Providers offered control of NHSE budgets worth billions
NHS England has invited providers to take on specialised commissioning powers across the country, in a major expansion of its mental health new care models programme, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
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Exclusive: Private provider pulls out of contract with cash-strapped CCG
Virgin Care has pulled out of a controversial contract with a financially-challenged clinical commissioning group in the West Midlands, HSJ has learned.
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Specialties under threat from potential training cuts
Health Education England’s review of funding arrangements places two mental health professions at risk, clinicians have warned.
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HSJ Local
Trust appoints interim chair following MPs' criticism
A trust in the West Midlands has appointed an interim chair, after facing criticism from MPs over the reappointment of its previous chair.
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Exclusive: CQC lead to step down after five years
The Care Quality Commission’s lead for mental health inspection has announced his intention to step down, HSJ can reveal.
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Trusts at risk of losing millions in tariff row
Hospital trusts along the Welsh border are at risk of losing millions of pounds this year, as a cross-border dispute over tariffs drags on.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners reject funding request for in demand service
Commissioners in the West Midlands have rejected a request for additional mental health funding, despite an increase in case loads and concerns raised over patient safety.
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Exclusive: Moves to end A&E breaches for mental health patients
Acute trusts are expected to be told they cannot keep mental health patients who are waiting for a bed or assessment within their accident and emergency department, HSJ understands.
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NHSE regional director shifts to trust
NHS England’s medical director for the West Midlands has left to take up a role at a hospital trust.
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Trust makes vaccination mandatory for recruitment
A West Midlands trust will no longer recruit staff who have not had an immunisation for mumps, measles and rubella.
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NHS England confirms funding for major national programme
NHS England has confirmed a further year’s funding will be available for a major national programme amid doubts from local commissioners.
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Tens of millions in STP tech funding held back
More than £35m of central tech funding for NHS providers was held back last year, with at least one region losing out after local organisations failed to reach a financial deal.
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Top mental health trust names new chief
One of England’s top mental health trusts has appointed a chief executive from its neighbour.
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Commissioners probe collapse of 'trailblazing' service
Commissioners are investigating the abrupt closure of a midwifery service hailed as a “trailblazing” model in the NHS long-term plan which ceased operations after racking up £900,000 of debt.
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HSJ Local
Trusts fail to appoint shared chair ahead of merger
Two West Midlands trusts have failed to appoint a joint chair ahead of their merger next year.
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Attempts to 'subvert' workforce rules to be investigated as 'fraud'
Primary care networks will be investigated for fraud if there is “any suspicion” of deliberate attempts to game the system designed to encourage GPs to take on more staff.
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CQC to judge boards on capital funding attempts
The boards of mental health trusts will be assessed on their “awareness” of the quality of their inpatient estate and their efforts to obtain capital investment, the Care Quality Commission has said.