All NHS Somerset CCG articles – Page 4
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NewsTrusts combine to pioneer open source patient records project
Trusts to pioneer open source patient records system
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HSJ LocalAcute trusts seek to establish 'blueprint' for regional locum agencies
COMMERCIAL: Nine South West trusts have embarked on an initiative to bring down the cost of hiring locum doctors, which it hopes will be a “blueprint” for the health service across the country.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust looking for two new ‘buddies’
PERFORMANCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust is in talks to enter into a formal ‘buddying’ arrangement with Royal United Hospitals Bath FT, following the end of its relationship with Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals FT.
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HSJ LocalBeds could go under Somerset community services plans
STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is planning a major overhaul of its community services which will see a significant reduction in hospital beds and the potential procurement of an integrated service for patients with long term conditions.
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HSJ LocalFirst of new NHS 111 contracts awarded
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has been left “deeply disappointed” after losing out on the contract to provide an integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours service in Somerset.
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NewsPatient data sharing pilot CCGs unveiled
NHS England has chosen six clinical commissioning groups for the next phase of its controversial Care.data patient record sharing initiative.
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HSJ LocalSomerset abandons alliance ambitions
STRUCTURE: A pioneering project to improve the integration of care in south Somerset has abandoned its ambition to boost cooperation among providers with an ‘alliance contract’.
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HSJ LocalSomerset shortlists for 111 and OOH
COMMERCIAL: Four bidders have been shortlisted to provide NHS 111 and out of hours primary care services in Somerset, in one of the first NHS 111 re-procurements to be run.
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NewsCCG’s break with QOF set to test integration and co-commissioning support
Allowing GPs in a single clinical commissioning group to break away from the nationally agreed quality and outcomes framework will test whether the approach could help drive integration and support co-commissioning, HSJ has been told.
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LeaderNHS England content to let CCGs break free
The organisation is willing to risk BMA disapproval
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NewsCCGs seek to follow Somerset in breaking away from QOF
Clinical commissioning groups have queued up to follow Somerset’s lead and break away from the national quality and outcomes framework, despite a strong signal from NHS England that further extension of the freedoms were unlikely in 2014-15.
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NewsBMA: NHS England QOF move spells 'Balkanisation of national healthcare'
Allowing GPs in a single clinical commissioning group to break away from the nationally agreed quality and outcomes framework could lead to the “Balkanisation of national healthcare”, the British Medical Association has warned.
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NewsExclusive: Somerset GPs get the go ahead to depart from QOF
GPs in Somerset have been given permission to ditch reporting against the majority of quality and outcomes framework indicators in favour of a locally developed approach, in a move seen as a “significant departure” for NHS England.
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HSJ LocalTwo CSUs announce formal merger
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning support units have announced they are entering into a formal merger.
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HSJ Local
Yeovil misses ambulance handover target
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Foundation Trust is failing commissioner targets on ambulance handovers, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Taunton investigating weekend mortality
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is investigating why deaths have been higher than expected at weekends, commissioner board papers reveal.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: South Somerset's integration plan
Looking at Somerset’s Symphony integrated care project
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HSJ Local
Somerset CCG begins work on community services redesign
STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is developing plans for closer working between health and social care in the county.
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HSJ Local
Official opening for new Somerset health centre
STRUCTURE: A new health centre funded by local GPs has officially opened next door to Frome Community Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Somerset CCG focuses on urgent and emergency care
PERFORMANCE: The latest board papers for Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group show the CCG’s concerns over “urgent and emergency care pressures”.
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