All Local government articles – Page 23
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NewsCouncil chiefs to take on leadership of several CCGs
The leadership of four more clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester is set to merge with their corresponding local authority by the end of next year.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: How well has the NHS prepared for winter?
NHS England’s first weekly “winter situation report” for this year is published today, marking the beginning of what is feared could be a hugely difficult winter. So, how well prepared is the NHS?
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CommentPeace, reconciliation and system leadership in health and social care in England
Glenn Harvey shares simple lessons that he thinks health and social care can learn from peacebuilding with church leaders in Northern Ireland
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NewsExclusive: Healthwatch warns Hunt over deep funding cuts
Statutory public involvement groups have seen such deep cuts they are failing to fulfil basic functions, Healthwatch England has warned the government.
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NewsCompetition regulator warns over care home market
The care home market is not sustainable without additional public funding, the competition regulator has said.
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CommentAccountable care is a means to an end
To ease the difficult transition towards accountable care, Claire Kennedy and Julia Simon outline various dos and don’ts for organisations
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HSJ LocalHousing developer offers to build new hospital for struggling health economy
A new hospital offering centralised emergency and specialist services for the struggling east Kent health economy is under serious consideration, it has emerged today.
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NewsGovernment signs off London health devolution deal
London’s long awaited health devolution deal has been signed off by government, following months of delay.
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NewsNo funding cuts this year for missing DTOC targets
Councils that failed to meet nationally imposed targets for reducing delayed transfers of care by September will not face any financial sanctions in 2017-18, but could see an impact on their funding next year, NHS England has confirmed.
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NewsCCGs spend millions on consultancy for stalled reconfiguration
Commissioners in north west London spent £36m on consultancy firms over the last four financial years – including millions on service redesign recently stalled by NHS Improvement.
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NewsAnalysis: DTOCs fall but councils still miss government targets
The majority of councils have managed to reduce delayed transfers of care over the first half of 2017-18 but have still failed to meet government targets aimed at reducing pressure on hospitals, analysis of figures released on Thursday shows.
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HSJ LocalCity's care system puts older people 'at significant risk'
The health and wellbeing of older people in Stoke-on-Trent is being put at “significant risk” by poor joint working between the council and clinical commissioning group, the Care Quality Commission has found.
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NewsAccountable care providers may gain access to NHS pension
The government has launched a consultation to make it easier for independent providers and organisations involved in new care model and accountable care contracts to have access to the NHS pension scheme.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Turning up the heat on ACSs
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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NewsRevealed: 'NHS Airbnb' could have launched as early as December
Plans to pilot a controversial care model with private households renting spare rooms to NHS patients post discharge could have gone live from as early as December and are not dead in the water, HSJ understands.
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CommentShow us the money! Let's make the NHS accountable to the people it serves
Arguments for streamlining NHS organisations are all very well, but if the NHS is to survive and thrive, taxpayers needs to have a say in where their money goes. By Karin Smyth MP
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NewsBCF 'escalation' process threatens spending plans
Several councils have been placed in a better care fund “escalation” process due to government concerns over their performance on reducing delayed transfers of care, Local Government Chronicle reports.
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NewsExclusive: Airbnb style company bids to place NHS patients in spare rooms
Members of the public with no care experience are being offered up to £1,000 a month to rent spare rooms to patients after they are discharged from hospital, under an Airbnb style model to be piloted by the NHS.
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CommentDTOCs dispute could jeopardise care reform
Richard Humphries on the storm clouds gathering over the NHS and local authorities this winter
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NewsBurnham: Reconfiguration took focus 'away from where it should have been'
Andy Burnham says health leaders in Greater Manchester should reflect on the much heralded reconfiguration of hospital services in the region, saying it “took time, energy and focus away from where it should have been”.