All articles by Sarah Calkin – Page 4
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HSJ LocalNEW Devon sets out service cut plans
FINANCE: Surgical procedures for prostate cancer, hernias and cataracts are among a raft of treatments that could be restricted or stopped in one of the country’s most financially challenged health economies.
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NewsPatients 'denied treatments' because of 'Kafkaesque' commissioning regime
Patients are being denied access to life changing treatments because parts of NHS England’s “Kafkaesque” commissioning regime appear to have ground to a halt, clinicians and charities have warned
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NewsExpensive drugs to be cut from cancer drugs fund
NHS England is to start evaluating the cost effectiveness of medicines available through the cancer drugs fund in a bid to bring the budget under control
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HSJ LocalNEW Devon presses ahead with procurement plans
COMMERCIAL: A South West clinical commissioning group has agreed to award community services contracts worth more than £90m without going out to tender.
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NewsPlans to involve GPs in NHS 111 'naive'
NHS England has ‘lost’ time exploring the use of GPs for the NHS 111 phone line as there are too few in the workforce to support it, a leading clinician has said
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NewsCancer drugs fund threatens NHS England's bottom line
The NHS commissioning system is forecast to miss its target surplus by £184m in 2014-15, with much of the overspend attributed to the cancer drugs fund
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NewsExclusive: Stevens warns leaders that funding increase will depend on A&E performance
Senior NHS chiefs have begun ramping up the pressure on providers and commissioners to improve performance in A&E during a round of high level meetings which began last week
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HSJ LocalIntegration pioneer criticised for poor relationships
A health economy designated as one of the government’s integration pioneers has been warned its poor relationships with social care are putting patients at risk, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust's winter cash withheld until it has 'believable' A&E plan
PERFORMANCE: One of the worst performing areas on the four hour accident and emergency target has seen its “system resilience” money withheld temporarily after failing to devise a “believable” improvement plan.
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HSJ LocalDevon CCG warns 'services will suffer' due to unaffordable demand
FINANCE: The country’s biggest clinical commissioning group will have to take immediate action to prioritise patient access to services in the face of unaffordable increases in demand, it has warned.
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News'New care models' to cover half of England
More than half of England should be covered by new models of providing care, such as hospitals running GP practices, under a major shift proposed by national NHS leaders
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NewsForward view: Unprecedented call for NHS funding growth
The national leadership of the NHS has issued an unprecedented warning to politicians that it cannot continue at current funding levels
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News'Brave' new patient safety drive launched
England’s new patient safety drive to halve avoidable harm will not follow the usual “paternal” NHS approach to driving improvements, the director of the Sign up Safety campaign has said
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NewsCQC: System needs to improve 'patchy' response to poor care
Commissioners and regulators need to improve their ‘patchy’ record of supporting struggling providers, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsRevealed: Specialised services failing to make the grade
One in five specialised hospital services fall short of the quality standards set for them by leading clinicians, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalOnly one bidder in the running for Weston
STRUCTURE: Only one organisation has submitted a bid to take over England’s smallest acute hospital, it has been announced.
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NewsReturned drug money should not fund waiting list drive
The billions of pounds due to be clawed back from pharma firms under a new NHS pricing deal should not be diverted to help hospitals cut waiting lists, the head of the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry has urged.
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NewsSpecialised services worth £600m could be handed to CCGs
Clinical commissioning groups should be handed responsibility for commissioning specialised services worth more than £600m, NHS England has recommended.
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NewsSpecialised commissioning plan 'shifts risk to providers'
A plan by NHS England to clamp down on growth in spending on specialised services during 2015-16 will shift financial risk onto providers, potentially pushing even more acute trusts into deficit.
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HSJ LocalCornwall GPs look to out of hours to protect future
COMMERCIAL: GPs in Cornwall have been urged to take back control of out of hours services to preserve the future of general practice in the county, HSJ has learned.