South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1245
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Cambridgeshire system plans joint integration bid
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough health economy is likely to submit a joint expression of interest to develop a new integrated model of care, HSJ has learned.
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Director behind Hinchingbrooke deal defends decision
The former strategic health authority director who led the franchising of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has defended the decision.
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Dalton: Hinchingbrooke collapse does not scupper franchise model
The author of a major government review on provider sector reform has rejected the suggestion that the collapse of the Hinchingbrooke contract should spell the end of franchising in the NHS.
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HSJ Live 14.01.2015: Bidders shortlisted for £1bn primary care support services contract
Tender is one of largest single outsourcing deals ever proposed in the NHS, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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Exclusive: NHS children's services 'not fit for purpose'
The NHS’s failure to reconfigure children’s services, has left it with a model of care not fit for purpose, the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has told HSJ.
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HSJ Knowledge
Taking the forward view from the bottom up
Effective change happens from the bottom up
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HSJ Knowledge
How the clinical case won hearts and minds on service reconfiguration
Using clinical evidence
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News
Exclusive: NHS Employers reveals plans to overhaul contracts
Proposals to enable the NHS to deliver seven day services have been unveiled by NHS Employers. It includes an overhaul of medical contracts and how much staff are paid for weekend and evening work.
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Cancer drugs fund receives surprise £60m boost
NHS England has announced a surprise £60m boost to the cancer drugs fund, bringing it up to £340m for 2015-16, even as it slashes the number of drugs available.
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HSJ Local
CCG to extend community provider contract
COMMERCIAL: Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is to extend the contract of its community services provider by a year, with it now ending in March 2017.
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New care model proposals 'must involve patients'
Proposals to develop new health and social care models will need to demonstrate meaningful clinical and patient involvement to get NHS England support, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Live 13.01.2015: New care model proposals 'must involve patients'
Proposals to develop new health and social care models will need to demonstrate meaningful clinical and patient involvement to get NHS England support, says Samantha Jones, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Comment
Funding black hole for specialised services leave CCGs in the dark
Turning the spotlight on specialised services data
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Exclusive: Public Health England examines older people life expectancy 'alert'
National public health officials are investigating concerns about a ‘sustained’ fall in the life expectancy of older people in some areas, after a local authority raised an alert.
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Exclusive: 'Deeply troubling' emails sent from Healthwatch England to CQC during tender
The chief executive of Healthwatch England emailed the Care Quality Commission during a live tender, enquiring whether the regulator’s procurement process could be flexed to help local Healthwatch bidders, HSJ has learned.
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Uncertainty for dermatology patients as acute service faces axe
Concerns have been raised about ongoing uncertainty over arrangements for emergency dermatology patients at a major teaching hospital, just a month before the service is set to be axed.
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HSJ Local
Cardiology to be merged across Northamptonshire hospitals
STRUCTURE: Cardiology services are set to be merged across Northamptonshire’s two major acute hospital trusts, commissioners have said.
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HSJ Live 12.01.2015: NHS England removes 25 treatments from Cancer Drugs Fund
The budget for the Cancer Drugs Fund will rise £280m in 2014-15, and an estimated £340m from April 2015, but 25 treatments have been removed, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ Knowledge
Scrap the programme: Successful change starts with a change platform
The change challenge campaign