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NewsMapped: The health economies with the biggest overspends and underspends
National leaders are still debating how to judge a region’s financial performance.
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NewsRevealed: The STP areas most likely to be targeted for service closures
NHS England says some areas have been “living off bailouts arbitrarily taken from other parts of the country” Some STP areas will be told to make “difficult choices” to scale back unaffordable services HSJ has collated official figures to show which areas are likely to come under closest scrutiny ...
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NewsCCGs face mounting 'aftercare' costs for mental health patients
The average cost per CCG of providing “aftercare” for mental health patients following their discharge has risen by 50 per cent since 2013-14 HSJ investigation finds 78 CCGs did not record how many patients they had on aftercare packages despite legal duty to monitor it The data found 41 ...
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NewsRevealed: CQC inspects 40 providers after whistleblower concerns
Whisteblowing complaints to the CQC resulted in 15 NHS and 25 independent providers having an inspection instigated or bought forward Twenty per cent of private providers and 9 per cent of NHS providers subject to a complaint had an inspection unexpectedly scheduled Between 1 April 2016 and 17 February ...
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NewsFive trusts responsible for over half of year-plus waiters
Highest number of year-plus waiters in England since August 2012 Small number of trusts responsible for majority of long waiting patients Overall performance sees 90 per cent of patients waiting no more than 18 weeks for treatment in February Data released today shows five trusts were responsible for ...
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NewsHIV prevention drug subject to 'extremely worrying' delays in England
NHS England’s “implementation” trial of HIV preventative treatment delayed by at least three months with no start date fixed Trial may generate a “postcode lottery” and prevent eligible people from accessing the drug, charity warns National commissioning of PrEP delayed until 2020 and charities say the commissioning process is ...
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NewsNHS research finds 'direct link' between staffing levels and death risk
First UK study to link individual patient outcomes to nursing care and staffing levels Patients were at increased risk of death when there was low staffing and high temporary staffing High levels of admissions per nurse were associated with increased risk New research at an NHS hospital has ...
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NewsNHS England orders CCGs to join forces in 'success regime' area
NHS England has formally intervened in one of the three success regime areas, ordering its clinical commissioning groups to pool functions and create a single plan.
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NewsNHS will not be 'subsumed' by Greater Manchester Combined Authority
A “significant amount” of health and care commissioning in Greater Manchester will be done by provider organisations in future, the new chief executive of the region’s combined authority has said.
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NewsDaily Insight: The ins and outs of special measures
Your essential summary of the day’s must read health stories
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NewsTrust and royal college raise concerns over drug savings drive
Drug used for pain management in palliative and cancer care included in NHS England list of drugs up for review The Christie medical director says NHS would be doing a “disservice” to patients if it withdrew use of fentanyl Royal college specialist raises concerns the review will lead to ...
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AHSN bidding for national procurement contract
An academic health science network is bidding for a multimillion pound Department of Health procurement contract, HSJ understands.
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NewsExclusive: Treasury belatedly approves £160m tech funding
Treasury approves £160m for 16 acute global digital exemplars After multiple delays, scepticism remains about the funding arriving Additional funding announcement on the seven mental health digital exemplars imminent The Treasury has approved £160m of funding for 16 flagship digital trusts, but concerns remain about delays in accessing ...
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NewsNHS England told primary care hubs plan is 'overambitious'
The president of the National Association of Primary Care has warned NHS England it cannot have “one standard system” of primary care for the whole country.
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NewsExclusive: Former NHS Digital chief defends record on data sharing
NHS Digital’s former chief executive defends its record on patient data sharing He praises progress and urges successor not to “throw everything up in the air” Andy Williams dismisses concerns about Home Office data sharing agreement NHS Digital’s recently exited chief executive has defended the organisation’s record on ...
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More CCGs risk deficit after care home price hike
Commissioning leaders fear funded nursing care price hike could push more CCGs into deficit FOI requests reveal CCGs estimate the rise cost them £152m in 2016-17 Price hike from £112 to £156.25 a week was announced by the Department of Health last year and backdated to April 2016 DH ...
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NewsFlagship £690m cancer procurement abandoned over financial fears
Staffordshire CCGs unable to award £687m cancer prime provider contract Privately led consortium unable to convince CCGs the contract was financially viable Decision follows the collapse of the UnitingCare Partnership contract in 2015 A controversial tender for cancer services in Staffordshire worth £687m has been abandoned after a ...