All Local government articles – Page 17
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Can councils be true partners in ICS?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by commissioning correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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HSJ InteractiveHarnessing teledermatology to improve cancer care in Leeds
Underpinned by a cross sector collaboration, a teledermatology service for patients with suspicious skin lesions is already showing demonstrable benefits for the wider system, writes Claire Read
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HSJ InteractiveSmaller, local tech projects can help meet needs quickly
Rather than rolling out huge initiatives across the country, the focus for healthcare technology should be improving what already exists at the local level, says Jonathan Patrick
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HSJ LocalTrust in land sale deal with city university
A foundation trust has sold one of its former hospital sites to the local university, which plans to use it for a centre of research into elderly care, along with housing and business units.
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NewsHospital CEO: Leaders with 'heads down' get overlooked
A long-standing chief executive has argued NHS trust leaders are treated too inconsistently, as those who “have their heads down doing the job” sometimes don’t get enough recognition.
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NewsCQC given green light for more local system reviews
Health secretary Matt Hancock will use his powers to commission more local system reviews from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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NewsICS forced to agree new governance after council quits
Health leaders in one of the first wave of “integrated care systems” have been forced to agree new ad hoc ways of working with a council, after it formally quit the partnership, it has emerged.
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CommentLocal government should stop criticising the NHS and learn from it
‘This article was written for Local Government Chronicle’ First let me state that I am a fan of local government.
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CommentLocal organisations can help implement the long-term plan
Alex Lohman explains how local healthcare organisations and charities with expertise in managing specific health conditions – like sight loss and how to avoid it – can help meet the goals of the long-term plan
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NewsAnger as NHS England accused of public health 'land grab'
NHS England has been accused of a “crude” attempt to engineer a “land grab” after its NHS long-term plan suggested a diminished role for local government in public health.
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NewsExclusive: Hidden epidemic 'dwarfing harm by hospital superbugs'
Harm done to NHS patients who deteriorate from spending too long in hospital has hit “epidemic” levels which “dwarf the damage done by hospital acquired infections”, a senior national adviser to the NHS has warned.
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NewsNHS could take over key public health functions
The NHS and government will look at funding key public health services from the NHS budget, the long-term plan has said.
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HSJ LocalSecond council supports referral to Hancock over £150m reconfiguration
Health chiefs in Dorset have “confidence” in their plans to reconfigure acute services in the county despite two local authorities asking for a review by health secretary Matt Hancock, they have said.
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CommentWhat is needed from the long-term plan?
The NHS plan will set a direction of travel which looks set to create integrated care systems across England but there has been relatively little public debate over these bodies, notes Niall Dickson
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NewsSecond setback for half-billion reconfiguration plan
A major reconfiguration plan for services in north west London has been rebuffed by the centre for the second time.
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NewsMost CCGs failing to provide learning disability crisis support
New data suggests more than half of local commissioning areas are still failing to offer crisis services to patients with autism and learning disabilities, despite NHS England making this mandatory from 2019.
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NewsCouncil quits leading ICS due to 'lack of democratic oversight'
A major council has pulled out of a leading integrated care system because of a lack of “democratic oversight”.
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CommentLeading integrated care systems: from heroic to humble leadership
Paul Burstow outlines the essentials for ICS leaders to move from “paying lip service” to making integration the new business as usual
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NewsNHSI chair: Regional teams will become fiefdoms ‘over my dead body’
The NHS’ seven new regional directorates will become fiefdoms “over my dead body”, NHS Improvement chair Dido Harding said last week.
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CommentLong-term plan should grant greater local freedom to ICSs and STPs
With the long-term plan imminent, Niall Dickson discusses the challenges facing STPs/ICSs and ways to address them, especially through increased freedom for local systems