Service design – Page 51
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NewsVanguard CCG tenders landmark new care model contract
Dudley CCG begins procurement process for multispecialty community provider contract MCP contract may include budgets for adult social care Chief officer for Dudley CCG says it is the responsibility of providers to highlight risks and concerns about the MCP Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group has become the first CCG ...
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CommentPlotting? Scheming? The reality behind the scenes at an STP
What takes place behind closed doors has more to do with negotiation and details of principle than the scheming sometimes imagined by the public
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trusts and GPs to create 'ACO'
Oxford University Hospital and Oxford Health Foundation to create not for profit organisation with GP federation The partners must agree contractual and organisational model by next week to enable some joint commissioning for 2017-18 Oxfordshire CCG will devolve all but its statutory accountabilities to the new organisation Two ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: A CSU-sized stumbling block
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View. By integration reporter David Williams.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: how to turn STP theory into reality
HSJ’s roundtable brought together some of those in our HSJ100 list, plus others, to discuss the challenges of implementing sustainability and transformation plans
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NewsLeak reveals plan for MCP rollout across south coast
Primary care in central Sussex and east Surrey to be organised into 20 hubs £296.4m of savings predicted from moving elective care into the community Partner organisations hope “credible vision” will win vanguard funding Health leaders in central Sussex and east Surrey have an “ambitious programme” ...
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NewsRegion plans shake-up of nursing skill mix to save millions
Changes in workforce skill mix with more support workers and reduced registered nursing input to deliver £34.2m savings National regulators will sit on Buckingham, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West STP board to ensure finance and quality targets are met Potential future restrictions on treatments as STP aims to save £60.2m ...
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CommentThe prime minister must make this one thing a top priority
Myriad shortcomings in children and young people’s mental healthcare have prompted the Education Policy Institute to issue a National Challenge to Theresa May
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HSJ KnowledgeThe five conditions that will allow people to learn from failure
Vanguards must not be afraid of the F word – as former Obama adviser Don Berwick tells us, ‘failure’ is an essential process if we are to improve
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: NHS non-reorganisation – the next chapter
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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CommentCommunity mental health survey shows results falling short of ambitions
The Care Quality Commission’s new findings indicate worrying failings in delivery of the government’s mental health strategy
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CommentWatching Wallonia: or what STPs can learn about team working
A recently endangered trade deal between the EU and Canada offers some pertinent thoughts on balancing the interests of the new partnerships
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HSJ LocalTrust to take over running of more GP practices
The Royal Wolverhampton Trust is set to partner with two more GP practices, increasing the number involved in its vertical integration programme to five.
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NewsExclusive: Vanguard hospital to trial private GP app provider
Yeovil trust signs up to trial with app firm providing virtual GP consultations App to be offered free to trust staff, but if trial is successful it could roll out to NHS patients Some GPs are “anxious” but trust pledges to work “hand in hand” with doctors if changes ...
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HSJ PartnersDelivering frailty services – excellence and outcomes
The proactive treatment of frailty as a long term condition requires dedicated primary care services to work alongside more established and reactive services in emergency departments and acute wards
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NewsSeven councils reject STP submissions
Hammersmith and Fulham, and Ealing councils reject north west London STP Both local authorities say they oppose the downgrade of Charing Cross Hospital assumed in the plan Leaders of the five west Yorkshire councils say they have not been given proper scrutiny of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate plan ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts cancel merger plan, blaming 'operational challenges'
Plan for both trusts to merge has been cancelled They will continue to operate as stand alone organisations Operational challenges cited as a key reason Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will no longer pursue a merger with Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust, the trusts have announced.
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NewsMapped: The NHS trusts merging, forming chains or building alliances
Our map shows the spread of current and proposed major collaborations between whole acute trusts across England, including mergers, acquisitions, shared leadership and chains.
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NewsOne in three acute trusts set to merge, join chains or form alliances
Around a third of acute and specialist trusts are involved in potential mergers/acquisitions, hospital chains, or other major collaborations, HSJ analysis has found.
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: Can a long distance relationship work?
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View. By integration reporter David Williams.