All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 285
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CommentNow it’s 20 weeks - elective waiting times at pre-target levels
English waiting times rose sharply in December, driven by the growing waiting list and winter pressures. And there was a sharp drop in the proportion of local hospital services achieving the 18 week target. By Rob Findlay
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NewsCCGs plan merger as Stevens moratorium lifts
Two clinical commissioning groups are aiming to merge within weeks, marking the end of a three year moratorium and potentially the beginning of a wave of consolidation.
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NewsStevens: STPs will get 'decision rights' to reorganise trusts and CCGs
Sustainability and transformation plan leaders will be given the right to “recommend” member trusts and commissioners reorganise, where the “veto power or inertia” of individual organisations is holding up change, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsCCGs' deficit forecast rockets by £180m
CCGs now forecast a year-end deficit of £370m, compared to £190m forecast at the mid-year point NHS England said the challenge of delivering higher levels of savings “is increasingly crystallising in individual CCG forecasts” Spending within primary care and public health budgets forecast to be £70m less than planned ...
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NewsNHS England admits staffing risks in heart surgery shake-up
At least 900 surgeries to be relocated under CHD proposals, despite concerns over staffing at affected hospitals Three out of the 10 sites singled out for the “risks” they pose to patients NHS England review into PICU services accelerated as closure of some CHD services will impact national critical ...
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NewsCCGs claim rationing decision based on Right Care programme
NHS England official advised CCGs prior to controversial rationing decision Three Worcestershire CCGs used NHS Right Care programme to identify opportunities to reduce spending on hip and knee replacement operations Right Care data should not be used to determine target for “right” number of medical procedures, says royal college ...
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NewsNew GP contract revealed
NHS England publishes 2017-18 GP contract GPs should not close during core hours under new contract rules Practices to receive £157m to implement new care measures for frail and elderly patients New contract strengths requirement for GPs to identify if overseas patients are elgible for NHS care GP ...
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Bad news warning
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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NewsRevealed: 24 A&Es could be closed or downgraded
Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 per cent of the national total - could be closed or downgraded in the next four years, analysis shows HSJ has identified and mapped those most likely to be affected in an unprecedented analysis Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 ...
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NewsNHS England cancels quick-turnaround offer of digital funds
NHS trusts that were asked to prepare bids for digital investment over the next two months have now been told the funds are not available, HSJ understands.
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NewsTrusts given two days to bid for quick turnaround tech funding
NHS England reviewed “capital allocation position” for the remaining two months of 2016-17. Trusts were given two days to express interest, and told the projects would need to be completed by March 2017. Memo was issued on the same day that NHS Improvement told trusts their overall capital ...
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HSJ LocalGreater Manchester devolution team to cost £8m a year
The health and care devolution team in Greater Manchester will operate with an annual budget of £7.7m, which will largely be spent on staff salaries.
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NewsMapped: Where in the NHS owes the DH the most money
Thirty-nine out of the 44 STP areas include providers that drew down revenue bailouts from the DH last year, which will have to be repaid Proportionally, West, North and East Cumbria STP footprint had the largest “outstanding balance” at the end of 2015-16 Five STP areas will not be ...
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NewsAnalysis: 10 trusts responsible for quarter of 'winter pressures' alerts
Ten trusts responsible for a quarter of “winter pressures” alerts since start of December South of England is the worst hit region London reported only five out of 830 alerts Just 10 hospital trusts have been responsible for more than a quarter of the “winter pressures” alerts issued ...
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NewsNew taskforce to 'challenge' weak STP proposals
Joint NHS taskforce set up to challenge weak STP workforce plans NHS Improvement nursing director says staffing is the “weakest” element of the STPs Ruth May warns of divergence between operational plans and STP forecasts A new taskforce will challenge weak workforce proposals in sustainability and transformation plans, ...
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NewsChief nurse says she will 'step up efforts' to increase staffing
NHS Improvement identified a similar decline in nurse staffing found by HSJ investigation Ruth May says more needs to be done to increase nurse numbers Practice of one upping “poses a significant risk” to patients, she says NHS Improvement was aware of a significant decline in nurse staffing ...
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HSJ LocalMP criticises 'remote' Simon Stevens over hospital reconfiguration
MP criticises NHS England and Simon Stevens for silence over Shropshire emergency care reconfiguration row Telford and Wrekin CCG and Shropshire CCG at deadlock over preferred reconfiguration plan Health minister said CCGs will appoint an independent chair who will have a casting vote in future disagreements NHS England says ...
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NewsNew consultation on future of specialist heart surgery imminent
NHS England to launch consultation on congenital heart disease services “soon” It has not publicly changed its controversial plans but said “no decision” will be made before consultation is completed Royal Brompton and University Hospitals of Leicester trusts remain at risk of losing their services NHS England is ...
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Former trust chief faces jail after pleading guilty to fraud
A former hospital trust chief executive faces jail after she pleaded guilty to fraudulently paying her husband more than £11,000.
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NewsFormer trust chief accused of unlawfully paying husband £20,000
Paula Vasco-Knight accused of two charges of fraud when she was chief executive of Torbay and South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust Court hears she commissioned her husband to produce a newsletter and a leadership document that was never submitted to the NHS Ms Vasco-Knight failed to declare interest in ...