News – Page 471

  • Simon Stevens
    News

    Daily Insight: The NHS's priorities to 2020

    2017-03-31T17:00:00Z

    The must read stories on the next steps for the 5YFV and the Naylor review

  • Moorfields Eye Hospital
    News

    NHS 'must become more commercial' to raise £6bn from land sales

    2017-03-31T13:00:00Z

    Trusts could raise between £2.7bn and £5.7bn through land sales Hitting upper target requires NHS to take ‘far more commercial approach’ and gain new skills Sir Robert calls for more London trusts to follow Moorfields’ example Trusts could generate nearly £6bn from redeveloping and then selling land but ...

  • Computers
    News

    Trusts to team up with 'exemplars' to copy IT systems

    2017-03-31T11:51:00Z

    Majority of hospitals will no longer choose their own IT vendor and systems They will instead partner with leading hospitals and roll out their ‘blueprints’ Next Steps plan also confirms four more global digital exemplars NHS England has outlined fresh details of a major shake-up of how trusts ...

  • Workforce
    News

    Plan to boost nurse numbers by 2020

    2017-03-31T00:01:00Z

    NHS England says health service will need more qualified nurses by 2020 NHS will launch fast track two year training programme and focus on retention Health Education England to publish workforce plan in April NHS England has said the health service will need more registered nurses by 2020 ...

  • Crowd
    News

    Two year ambition to roll out new primary care hubs

    2017-03-31T00:01:00Z

    NHS England to push for “hub” model of primary care with each covering 30,000-50,000 patients Half of the country to be covered by these networks next year, says national director NHS England to “benchmark” GPs and CCGs with high hospital referral rates £700m investment to be released by agreeing ...

  • Elderly hands walking frame
    News

    Officials plan new metric to measure patient flow

    2017-03-31T12:33:00Z

    A new set of metrics is being developed to assess patient flow across the NHS and social care system, Local Government Chronicle reports.

  • older woman
    News

    Exclusive: Vanguard project cuts A&E admissions of over 65s

    2017-03-31T00:01:00Z

    A Nottinghamshire MCP vanguard has had 23 per cent fewer emergency admissions for care home residents, new analysis has revealed Health Foundation report shows lower A&E attendances and admissions of residents in the Principia MCP but no link to lower elective admissions or outpatient attendances NHS England and the ...

  • graph_arrow_down
    News

    CCG deficit forecast sinks by £180m in two months

    2017-03-30T15:06:00Z

    CCG sector’s forecast deficit is now £550m, worsening by nearly 50 per cent in two months £800m risk reserve may not be “adequate” to achieve financial balance with current trust deficit forecasts “tantalising close” to that figure Audit committee chair says “integrity and accuracy” of 2017-18 financial plans is ...

  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
    News

    Dozen trusts named for second consultants turnaround scheme

    2017-03-30T11:19:00Z

    Regulators have named 12 more NHS trusts that will work with management consultants to improve their finances, as well as setting out a “fee structure” for paying the companies for the work.

  • Southampton General Hospital
    News

    Revealed: NHS England intervenes at 10 trusts over DTOC rates

    2017-03-30T10:02:00Z

    Ten trusts visited by NHS England “central support” team to “accelerate” delayed transfers of care initiatives FOI revealed the team initially shortlisted 33 trusts at “high risk” of delayed transfers NHS England also drew up a list of trusts that must “prioritise” plans to implement A&E streaming services ...

  • Abacus
    News

    Exclusive: Next STF payments depend solely on financial performance

    2017-03-30T07:00:00Z

    Regulators say that final allocations from the sustainability and transformation fund this year will be paid in full if headline financial targets are met Final quarter’s allocations could now total more than £800m Measure could incentivise trusts to pursue further technical accounting measures NHS trusts will not be ...

  • calendar
    News

    Exclusive: Treasury funding fears derail medical examiner launch

    2017-03-30T07:00:00Z

    Funding fears over medical examiner fees have delayed launch A national medical examiner service was first recommended by the Shipman inquiry Department of Health says it is committed to launching medical examiners Plans for a national rollout of independent medical examiners next year has been abandoned by ministers ...

  • News

    Trusts urged to 'prove critics wrong' with deficit reduction

    2017-03-30T07:00:00Z

    NHS Improvement says the aggregate forecast for the provider sector had improved at the end of February, compared to the outlook two months earlier “Material number” of land sales will help boost aggregate position, along with technical accounting measures Trusts urged to “be a bankable investment” by delivering their ...

  • Growth graph
    News

    Daily Insight: The final financial push

    2017-03-30T17:30:00Z

    HSJ’s round-up of the day’s must read stories

  • Snowy UK street
    News

    'Little evidence' of winter funds reaching trusts, says regulator

    2017-03-30T11:18:00Z

    A national regulator has questioned whether funding earmarked to help NHS trusts cope with winter pressures was actually made available to them.

  • city of london
    News

    City investor bids to buy Circle in £74m deal

    2017-03-29T12:09:00Z

    Investment firm offers to buy all Circle shares in deal the firm says values it at £74m Circle says new investor could provide capital investment it needs to “scale up” Circle posts accounts for 2016 that show business was loss making, but the loss had been reduced since 2015 ...

  • Woman using tablet computer
    News

    Jobs cut as NHS quango will 'cease to exist'

    2017-03-29T07:00:00Z

    NHS Protect will “cease to exist” from July and be replaced by NHS Counter Fraud Authority Memo confirms support and training for local organisations will no longer be available New organisation will employ 140 staff, which is around 20 fewer than the number employed by NHS Protect in March ...

  • Theresa may
    News

    Article 50: Theresa May warned to safeguard NHS workforce

    2017-03-29T13:48:00Z

    Coalition of health and social care organisations call for new post-Brexit immigration policy NHS Employers chief executive says government “must take all possible measures” to safeguard workforce supply Cavendish Coalition says policy should be based on workers’ “public service value” rather than salary A coalition of health and ...

  • white_Michael_serious
    News

    40 years of wit and wisdom: Michael White retires from HSJ

    2017-03-29T07:00:00Z

    Four health secretaries and two NHS England chief executives have all paid tribute to HSJ’s political columnist Michael White, who has retired 40 years after filing his first article.

  • reset logo
    News

    Daily Insight: Get ready for the refresh

    2017-03-29T17:30:00Z

    HSJ’s round-up of the day’s essential stories and analysis