All South Central articles – Page 9
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CCG plans major procurement after providers fail to integrate services
CCG plans major procurement after providers fail to agree on how to integrate care Community provider moves towards setting up MCP with GP federations CCG has £17m shortfall in the year to date Community trust says acute provider wanted to “take operational control of all services” Commissioners in ...
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HSJ Local
Mayor calls for new approach to Bedford reconfiguration
COMMISSIONING: A “flawed” review of health services should be rejected in full rather than become part of sustainability and transformation plan for health and social care integration, according to the elected mayor of Bedford Borough Council.
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HSJ Local
South Coast trust in special measures after serious leadership failings
QUALITY: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust is to be placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission rated it inadequate.
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HSJ Local
Doctor shortage may see maternity unit downgraded
WORKFORCE: A shortage of doctors may lead to an Oxfordshire maternity unit being downgraded next month.
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HSJ Local
Local A&E review scrapped in favour of STP
Standalone review of A&E services at Bedford and Milton Keynes hospitals merged into regional STP Decision made between NHS England and CCGs after draft STP submitted at end of June Bedford Hospital appeared unaware review was ending just two weeks prior to announcement ACUTE CARE: A standalone review ...
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Chair appointed to 'facilitate' accountable care system
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 ...
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HSJ Local
Mental health trusts lay out plans for new commissioning powers
Oxford and Thames Valley outlines new care model for low and medium secure adult mental health services Consortium aims to take control of £80m-90m budget from NHS England to run services across five STP and 23 CCG areas Slice of £1.8m NHS England pilot investment to be used to ...
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HSJ Local
Cash-strapped council plans funding cuts to joint NHS discharge project
Northamptonshire County Council looks to axe £650,000 from joint NHS discharge project Council also plans £4m of cuts to adult social care and a review of menta health services for children Cabinet papers reveal Treasury advised “self-help” under the government’s austerity drive A county council struggling to make ...
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Analysis: CCGs with biggest increases and decreases in GP access
Bexley CCG sees biggest increase in patients unable to get GP appointments Most improved group on access to appointments was Slough CCG Recruitment cited as most common problem by CCGs HSJ analysis has identified the clinical commissioning groups with greatest improvements and biggest declines in patient access to ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Into the great wide open: looking beyond your organisation
At the first of three events linked to HSJ’s Top Chief Executives list, healthcare leaders gathered to discuss the need for collaboration across organisations
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Six areas take on new mental health commissioning powers
Six areas chosen to take on new commissioning powers for tertiary mental health services Providers were invited to submit bids to NHS England by the middle of June A key aim of the pilot is to reduce the number of patients going to out of area beds Six ...
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HSJ Local
CQC warning notice to embattled ambulance trust
NHS 111 calls not responded to quickly enough by South East Coast Ambulance Staffing shortages not handled efficiently, CQC finds Trust has until 10 September to respond to CQC QUALITY: The Care Quality Commission has issued a warning notice to South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust telling ...
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HSJ Local
Trust forced to close unit for three months due to staff shortage
Wycombe birth centre to close between 25 July and 31 October due to midwife shortage Forty shifts a month unfilled with 24.8 full-time equivalent midwives having resigned or retired in recent months Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust says it is confident birth centre will re-open WORKFORCE: A shortage of midwives ...
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Smart's verdict on Southern Health
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Knowledge
Roundtable: How to tackle unwarranted variation
How to reduce unwarranted variation in the NHS was the focus of HSJ’s latest roundtable
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient Safety Awards 2016: Improving Safety in Medicines Management
The winner worked on a mission enuring patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are recognised before they arrive in hospital
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HSJ Local
Hampshire GP leaders declare backing for Katrina Percy
Three GP leaders of the Hampshire multispeciality community provider vanguard have formally backed Katrina Percy, the under-pressure chief executive of Southern Health Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Southern Health to be split up but chief executive stays on
Southern Health Foundation Trust’s learning disability services in Oxfordshire to transfer to Oxford Health Foundation Trust Interim chair Tim Smart says “other changes will occur” at troubled trust Chief executive Katrina Percy will stay on but her focus will switch from operational matters to strategy STRUCTURE: Southern Health ...
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Trust chiefs declare support for 'brave' EU staff following Brexit vote
Senior NHS leaders for organisations across the service have sought to reassure employees in the wake of the vote for the UK to leave the EU, and have restated their policies for zero tolerance towards racist abuse.
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Southern CCGs join leadership and target merger
Two clinical commissioning groups in south of England have joined their leadership and plan to merge if they are permitted to, they have told HSJ.