All Service redesign articles – Page 36
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CommentIntegration is not all about structure or organisational form
It is high time the community health sector was brought in from the cold and used as a willing flexible partner to redesign care for urgent and long care needs of our local populations, writes Matthew Winn
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health to keep services after divestment plan reversed
Community services will remain at Southern Health Foundation Trust after the new leadership team opted against a proposed divestment.
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HSJ LocalTrusts to work around major reconfiguration delay
Two acute trusts are trying to develop a shared on-call rota for vascular surgery after a long awaited reconfiguration was delayed again.
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NewsNHS Improvement to drive reconfiguration of provider sector
NHS Improvement is to drive hospital and service level reconfiguration across the service to deliver greater levels of clinical and financial sustainability.
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NewsHigh Court told ACOs will unlawfully 'usurp' CCG powers
NHS England’s promotion of integration is an unlawful “usurping” of the Health and Social Care Act, the High Court has heard.
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HSJ LocalLeaders of alliance trusts agree to full merger
Leaders of two acute hospital trusts have agreed to go ahead with plans to merge into one organisation.
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CommentCommunity services – the glue in the system
Georgia Butterworth argues that we need to recognise and build on the massive untapped opportunities presented by strengthening community services
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HSJ LocalTrusts in separate health economies consider 'stronger collaboration'
Two hospital trusts in separate health economies are looking at the benefits of a “stronger working relationship and collaboration”.
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HSJ LocalNew ward to eliminate mental health trust out of area placements
A mental health trust in a rural location has opened 15 rehabilitation beds to implement a “unique” model of care which it says will eliminate the need for inappropriate out of n area placements.
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HSJ InteractiveNHS estate management must be more dynamic
Debbie Cragg on why it’s more important than ever to address the under use of NHS estate
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NewsNHS England wins judicial review over ACO contract
A High Court judge has ruled in favour of NHS England in the first of two judicial reviews against its accountable care organisation contract.
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NewsRevealed: Greater Manchester plans major hospital services shake-up
New plans to reconfigure more than two-thirds of acute services across Greater Manchester are expected to be outlined later this year, the leader of its devolution team has said.
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NewsCQC: 'No coherent strategy' for city's health services
Health and care leaders in Birmingham lack a coherent strategy for the city and remain focused on organisational rather than system priorities, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust wins £4m integrated urgent care contract
A provider and a site have been chosen for a new urgent care service in the North East, after two procurement processes and an abandoned legal challenge.
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HSJ LocalTrust can 'do no more' as new Carillion hospital faces further delay
An NHS trust badly affected by Carillion’s liquidation can “do no more” to get construction work restarted on its already delayed new £350m hospital, its chief executive has admitted.
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HSJ LocalFive-trust consortium to repatriate high risk patients
A consortium of mental health trusts has created a new central team to bring back out of area patients and manage beds for the footprint.
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HSJ LocalMajor A&E reconfiguration delayed
Plans to consult on much needed changes to accident and emergency services in east Kent are being pushed back.
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HSJ LocalHospital trusts merger delayed by NHS Improvement
The merger of two trusts in neighbouring sustainability and transformation partnership areas has been delayed by NHS Improvement.
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NewsExclusive: Trust chiefs form joint committee across STP
Mental health leaders are creating a joint committee to standardise pathways and improve service quality across their sustainability and transformation partnership, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalEight CCGs to share chief officer and consider merger
All eight clinical commissioning groups in Kent and Medway are to work together as a single strategic commissioner and share an accountable officer.