All Service redesign articles – Page 55

  • Heart
    News

    Questions raised over NHS England's use of heart surgery research

    2016-08-12T07:00:00Z

    Author cited by NHS England has “no idea” where 125 operations per year figure came from How many operations a surgeon should do ”depends on the type of surgery”, academic says RCS backs NHS England recommendation NHS England’s congenital heart disease review acknowledged the 125 figure is “arbitrary” ...

  • Samantha Jones
    Comment

    Vanguards must utilise their workforce to the best of their ability

    2016-08-10T15:38:00Z

    The NHS is under such considerable pressure that we need to make best use of our dedicated staff and teams.

  • Waiting room
    HSJ Local

    New mental health crisis units designed to take strain off A&E

    2016-08-10T14:44:00Z

    New mental health urgent crisis support unit opened near Bradford Shipley unit is the first of three designed to take pressure off A&E by directing mental health patients to other services Units funded through West Yorkshire Urgent Emergency Care Network vanguard SERVICE DESIGN: The first of three mental ...

  • Office writing on form
    News

    Trust chiefs told which back-office services to prioritise in savings drive

    2016-08-09T11:59:00Z

    NHS Improvement sets out which back-office services trusts should prioritise in consolidation plans “In time” providers will have to look at consolidating “all corporate and administrative costs” NHS Improvement also seeks to improve “accuracy” of its efficiency data NHS Improvement has written to trust chief executives outlining the ...

  • David Williams
    Expert Briefing

    What's new in care models: Keeping GPs onside

    2016-08-09T11:39:00Z

    Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by integration reporter David Williams.

  • Lawrence dunhill expert briefing
    Expert Briefing

    North by North West: Talking job cuts

    2016-08-09T07:30:00Z

    Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill

  • Luke March
    News

    Chair appointed to 'facilitate' accountable care system

    2016-08-09T07:00:00Z

    Luke March appointed as chair of West Berkshire accountable care system Chair will be a “facilitation role” and does not have powers to mandate cooperation ACS is developing new alternative payment approach and GP clinical strategic group An independent chair has been appointed to Berkshire West’s accountable care ...

  • Ambulance
    News

    16 CCGs launch integrated NHS 111 and urgent care services

    2016-08-03T12:19:00Z

    Sixteen West Midlands CCGs launch integrated NHS 111 and out of hours service Care UK to deliver NHS 111 services across the region Seven urgent care providers have formed an alliance agreement to integrate with 111 services Patients can access social care through new 111 service Sixteen West ...

  • Eye reaction test
    News

    NHS England 'not holding Capita to account' for support contract failings

    2016-08-02T16:52:00Z

    Problems with primary care support service provided by Capita “regularly played down”, optometrists and opticians body claims NHS England not “doing all they should” to hold company to account, letter says Staffing capacity for primary care support services “not what it should be” Problems with primary care support ...

  • Richard Murray
    Comment

    Don’t rush to reconfigure: there is another way

    2016-07-29T11:28:00Z

    Sustainability and transformation plans must not be kicked into the long grass - they could be a better solution to NHS problems than reconfigurations

  • News

    Future GP contract options revealed under 'MCP framework'

    2016-07-28T16:56:00Z

    NHS England confirms three different versions of MCP contract Multispecialty community provider contract can last from 10 to 15 years NHS England plans to increase population coverage of new care models from 8 to 25 per cent by next year There will be three different ways to contract ...

  • Handshake
    News

    NHS Improvement to explore new private sector partnerships

    2016-07-28T11:03:00Z

    NHS Improvement’s 2016-17 business plan includes priority to “explore” and “facilitate” private sector partnerships Regulator will look at “outsourcing of new, novel or restructured clinical services” and “independent sector management models” NHSI believes private sector can help relieve operational pressures, provide capital and support hospital chains NHS Improvement ...

  • Test tubes
    HSJ Knowledge

    How we created a better service for people living with Behçet’s syndrome

    2016-07-25T07:00:00Z

    One stop clinics that enable timely diagnosis and treatment are improving services for people who have this auto inflammatory condition

  • Hinchingbrooke Hospital
    News

    Updated: Strategic Projects Team closed after 'real concerns' emerge

    2016-07-21T09:34:00Z

    Controversial advisory team “closed down” Move follows SPT being cited in recent critical official reports on collapse of £750m Cambridgeshire contract SPT has been involved in a number of controversial contracts since it was established to advise of the franchising of Hinchingbrooke Hospital in 2009 The NHS’s East ...

  • contract
    News

    MCP plan poses 'significant risks to trust’s future', says chief executive

    2016-07-20T12:17:00Z

    Dudley Group chief executive criticises Dudley CCG’s plans to put MCP contract out to tender Vanguard trust worried about “financial and clinical” future should it lose revenue to new MCP provider PFI commitments could become “unaffordable” unless MCP takes on risk, says trust The chief executive of Dudley ...

  • David Behan
    News

    Exclusive: CQC says regulation must not be 'barrier' to new care models

    2016-07-20T09:26:00Z

    David Behan says regulation must not be “an unnecessary barrier to innovation” CQC admits new care models will lead to “periods of risk” Regulator to work in partnership with vanguards and STPs to develop “nimble” regulatory approach The Care Quality Commission has set out plans to ensure regulation ...

  • Mike wedgeworth 3x2
    Comment

    You should get out more: why meeting beats tweeting every time

    2016-07-20T07:00:00Z

    We can never hope to win the public over to our side by staying in our offices and using social media – we must get out there and meet the people

  • GP_doctor6
    HSJ Local

    Vanguard CCG to take on alliance contract from 2017

    2016-07-20T07:00:00Z

    COMMISSIONING: The lead commissioner for a multispecialty community provider in Yorkshire has said it will work create an alliance contract from next year before going on to establish a “single big entity”.

  • community nurse with patient
    News

    Vanguard CCG to start procurement for multi-billion MCP contract

    2016-07-15T07:00:00Z

    Dudley CCG set outs procurement timetable for MCP contract worth £244m a year MCP contract not expected to be operational until April 2018 32 per cent of services within the contract scope currently provided by Dudley Group Foundation Trust MCP will be a “single legal entity” holding one ...

  • law
    HSJ Local

    CCGs halt service closure plan ahead of legal challenge

    2016-07-14T14:52:00Z

    CCGs stop closure of several mental health services ahead of judicial review The closures will be examined as part of a wider consultation Cuts were confirmed in March amid protests from local campaigners MENTAL HEALTH: Commissioners in Greater Manchester have halted the closure of several mental health services, ...