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NewsCapita cut out of screening support services
Capita will no longer provide the cervical screening programme’s back office services after NHS bosses cited a lack of confidence following the service suffering a major national incident last year.
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Comment
Private Patient Units – the £1bn opportunity?
Putting resources into PPUs will always be controversial and many will be asking whether it is worth bothering, writes Hugh Risebrow
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Revealed: CCGs restricting access to basic treatments
Nearly one in five clinical commissioning groups are restricting access to at least three basic elective surgeries and treatments, according to researchers.
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HSJ Partners
An integrated system requires collaboration and strong leadership
Circle Integrated Care has been delivering end-to-end MSK services to Bedfordshire CCG, supporting the delivery of high-quality outcomes, writes Amanda Phillips
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HSJ Knowledge
An integrated approach to MSK
Claire Read explores how an integrated MSK pathway in Greenwich improved patient experience and delivered savings.
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News
Screening IT set for overhaul following high-profile failures
The IT systems for national screening services are set for a major overhaul in the wake of two high-profile failures in the programmes.
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GP networks need new leadership, says NHS England lead
Primary care networks typically need a new style of leader, rather than transferring them from clinical commissioning groups or elsewhere, NHS England’s primary care lead has said.
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Comment
How staff and patients use workarounds to keep the NHS on track
Dr Beth Fylan on how “props and bridges” used by staff and patients promote the NHS’s safe functioning – despite the pressure borne from busy ward environments, multiple discharges and complicated medicines
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Three CCGs appoint single CEO
Three clinical commissioning groups in the South West have appointed a single chief executive, who will also lead their sustainability and transformation partnership.
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Exclusive: Nearly 3,300 patients in 'harm review' for merged service
The Royal College of Pathologists has been called in to review a merged pathology service which has had to recall thousands of patients for repeat blood tests.
