All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 238
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NewsNew GP contract will cut income for ‘digital first’ providers
NHS England has confirmed changes to the GP contract that will reduce funding for digital provider GP at hand from April this year.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Hoarding the headroom
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NHS England bids to offset provider deficits
NHS England has increased its forecast surplus by a further £160m, as it anticipates the need to offset deficits in the provider sector.
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CommentHow to close the "gulf" between the NHS and the voluntary sector
Both the voluntary and community sectors and the NHS have to change their behaviours to work well together, write Halima Khan and Paul Corrigan
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News'Trailblazing' community service shuts under financial strain
A midwifery service in east London praised as “pioneering” and “trailblazing” has been closed, after mounting financial pressure forced its provider to stop trading.
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NewsNHS England to go on Brexit 'tour' of trusts
NHS England will conduct a “rolling tour” of NHS providers to ensure everyone is “geared up” for a possible no-deal Brexit.
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CommentOverseas recruitment to fill 'NHS rota gaps' is unsustainable
Ged Byrne responds to Nadeem Moghal’s argument that Health Education England’s “earn, learn and return” strategy is a sign of desperation
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NewsMajor GP contract reform revealed
The number of non-GP care staff in general practice will grow by 20,000 under a new five-year contract deal, NHS England and the British Medical Association have said, probably outnumbering the GP workforce for the first time.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Child health and the workforce
Staffing is the issue most often keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to both the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and ...
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Stevens in firing line as A&E debate heats up
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: Delayed spinal surgery costs £23m in compensation
An “unacceptable” postcode lottery is leading to tens of millions being spent compensating patients left disabled by delayed treatment, a government report has found.
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NewsNew data reveals 'shocking' uptake of yearly health checks
Nearly half of people in England with a learning disability did not receive an annual health check last year, new data has revealed.
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NewsCCG orders trust to axe 'unaffordable' waiting list blitz
Commissioners have told a local hospital trust to close a temporary operating theatre opened to reduce elective waits because it was proving too expensive.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England told to act on internal review to end 'avoidable harm'
Spinal patients have been exposed to “avoidable harm” due to “wholly unacceptable” delays in their treatment, according to an unpublished NHS England report.
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NewsPilot surgery service to close treatment gap
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust could become one of the first hospitals to offer thrombectomies for stroke patients outside a neuroscience centre as part of a six-month pilot.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts 'limiting access' to psychosis services
Struggling community teams have resorted to “limiting access” to services for seriously ill patients as investment fails to reach the front line, an official report has claimed.
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NewsNHSE tech exec 'categorically ignored' rival provider, MP claims
An MP on the health committee said he had received a complaint from a tech company that said they had been “categorically ignored” by the NHS England director at the centre of a revolving door controversy.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: All change at the top
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNational radiotherapy plan 'impossible to realise' without more funding
Consolidation of radiotherapy services “will be impossible” without more money, a royal college has warned.
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NewsSummary care record to be replaced, says NHS digital chief
The national summary care record system will be replaced by more detailed national “longitudinal” patient records for direct care, planning and research, Matthew Swindells has said.