All Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) articles – Page 14
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Hoarding the headroom
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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News
Stroke units could close under new NHS England plans
A planned major reorganisation of stroke services could see the number of acute units in England cut by more than a third, with patients going to more specialised centres, HSJ understands.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Five questions about ICS development
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by commissioning correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Fat and rich?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Filling the clinical waste void
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Comment
The long-term plan's ambitions are credible and deliverable
There are many reasons to be cautious about whether the long-term plan can be delivered but there is hope that the NHS can rise to the challenge it has been set, writes Chris Ham
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News
Single chief exec appointed to neighbouring CCGs
A single accountable officer has been appointed to two clinical commissioning groups in neighbouring counties.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: New year, new appointments
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Long term plan offers short term fix
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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News
New regime revealed for trusts with biggest financial holes
The 30 worst financially performing NHS trusts will be subject to a new regulatory regime as part of plans to bring the provider sector into the black by 2020-21.
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News
Regulator invites areas with ‘appetite’ to tender for spec com budget
NHS England is encouraging bids from advanced health economies which have the “appetite” to take on delegated specialised commissioning budgets.
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News
Every health economy to get 'system control total'
Every health economy must produce a “system operating plan” and will be set a shared financial “control total” for 2019-20.
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News
Planning guidance: NHS England tightens spending restrictions
NHS England is set to increase rules for clinical commissioning group spending on mental health services and implement stricter controls on those failing investment standards, new planning guidance has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Second council supports referral to Hancock over £150m reconfiguration
Health chiefs in Dorset have “confidence” in their plans to reconfigure acute services in the county despite two local authorities asking for a review by health secretary Matt Hancock, they have said.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Rating the Russell era
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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News
Many mental health trusts are too small, says top CEO
Many mental health trusts are too small and risk being “left on the side” in system integration plans, a leading chief executive has warned.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Waiting to get real
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Comment
Where does the end of PFI leave PPP?
The longevity of models such as LIFT demonstrate that, done correctly, PPPs offer a flexible and sustainable environment for dynamic services, at a time when GPs are less inclined to buy into career long partnerships. By Chris Whitehouse
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Comment
We need a reset on the NHS’s haphazard approach to allocating capital funding
David Williams says the NHS’s process of allocating capital is indiscriminate and opaque with no obvious prioritisation for the type of work being funded
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HSJ Local
Three CCGs to hire joint chief and consider merger
Three East Midlands clinical commissioning groups have decided to appoint a single accountable officer and management team, and will consider a full merger next year.