All North East articles – Page 25
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News
Revealed: Which CCGs are paying GP practices to form federations
A third of clinical commissioning groups with control of their primary care budgets plan to fund member GP practices to get them to form federations, HSJ has found
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News
Exclusive: CCGs choose not to use power to ditch QOF
There is a little appetite among clinical commissioning groups to move their member practices off the national GP pay for performance framework, despite recently being given powers to do so, HSJ has found.
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HSJ Local
South Tees hit by regulatory double whammy
PEFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust been rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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Comment
'Local beds' are now obsolete for teenage patients in crisis
More are admitted far from home
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HSJ Local
Commissioning support unit wins European award
COMMERCIAL: The North of England Commissioning Support has been recognised at the European Shared Services and Outsourcing Network Excellence Awards.
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HSJ Knowledge
'If vanguards work, the return on investment is to the wider NHS'
Interviews with three vanguard trusts
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News
Updated: Monitor to review consultancy contracts above £50k
Foundation trusts wanting to spend more than £50,000 on a management consultancy contract will have the deal reviewed by Monitor, as part of new measures announced today.
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Supplements
Supplement: Make the most of non-executives and the independent sector
In this HSJ supplement, we look at the role of non-executives and why the NHS should enhance the role of the independent sector
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News
Value in Healthcare Awards 2015 shortlist announced
Book your table for the ceremony on 22 September.
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News
Patient Safety Awards shortlist announced
We are recognising and rewarding outstanding practice within the NHS
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HSJ Local
Trust delays new hospital decision after forced land sale
STRUCTURE: A foundation trust that shelved plans to build a new hospital until after the election has given itself a six month deadline to decide whether to abandon the project, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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Supplements
Roundtable: Leading the way in developing new care models
The pros and cons of vanguard sites developing new care models
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HSJ Local
Mental health charity tops Stonewall equality index
Mental health charity St Andrew’s Healthcare has taken top spot in Stonewall’s 2015 healthcare equality index.
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HSJ Local
Residents moved from care home by commissioners
QUALITY: Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Clinical Commissioning Group has moved some residents from Admiral Court Care Home in Hartlepool because their nursing needs were not being met there.
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HSJ Local
North East CCG forecasts £6m deficit
FINANCE: North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group has forecast a £6.4m deficit for the 2014-15 financial year, its chair has said.
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HSJ Local
Northumbria trust looks to international market for income
COMMERCIAL: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has express interest in providing services for older people in China as part of a consortium.
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HSJ Local
First merged CCG comes into operation
STRUCTURE: The first new clinical commissioning group formed as a result of a merger comes into operation today.
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HSJ Local
Trust borrows £3m to cover capital ‘slippage’
FINANCE: Northumberland Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust plans is to loan £3m from the Department of Health’s independent trust finance facility to cover a shortage of funds for capital projects this year.