All articles by Will Hazell – Page 2
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NewsExclusive: Charity loses legal challenge to NHS England drug decision
Hepatitis C Trust loses legal challenge to NHS England’s decision to cap access to new drugs for the disease Judge rules decision to roll out treatments via “monthly run rate” is “legitimate” and “rational” Charity argued that capping therapy approved as cost effective went against NICE rules The ...
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NewsSimon Stevens: There's no new reform plan for the NHS
Simon Stevens says there is “no new reform plan for the NHS” and the government wants it to “get on with” reshaping services NHS England chief executive says “minimum efficient scale of some acute services” has increased Applications to split into subdivisions could result in “modest adjustment” in STP ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS free to 'abandon payment by results'
NHS England and NHS Improvement “entirely open” to health economies dropping payment by results, says Simon Stevens Follows planning guidance proposals for whole system control totals NHS England chief executive says alternative proposals must “stack up in the round” The NHS England chief executive has said he and ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Struggling CCGs weigh up merger
Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire CCGs to appoint single accountable officer Correspondence between CCGs and NHS England reveals turnaround director will support the struggling groups NHS England director says “under-delivery” entrenched across the patch on a scale not seen elsewhere in the country Three clinical commissioning groups ...
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NewsFirst set of standardised products for NHS providers announced
NHS Improvement announces first tranche of standardised products to boost procurement volumes and cut prices Twelve products cover £100m of trust spending and could result in 25 per cent savings Regulator says it would prefer “coalition of the willing” to enforcing compliance through contracts Read the products list and ...
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NewsNHS England targets 'long tail' of specialised provision
Service reviews planned to cut “long tail” of providers doing small amounts of specialised work Prosthetics, spinal cord injury and paediatric burns services could be reconfigured in 2017-18 STPs must set out plans for collaborative commissioning with NHS England in cancer, mental health or learning disabilities NHS England ...
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Expert BriefingDeep South: Tributes to a GP leader
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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NewsPlanning guidance: 'System control totals' to be issued for STPs
All providers and clinical commissioning groups will be accountable for “overall system control total” Transformation funding and incentive payments will be tied to delivery of system financial target Targets aim to “reduce the incentives for individual organisations to optimise their own financial position at the expense of the wider ...
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HSJ LocalGloucestershire finance director got six months' pay on resignation
Helen Simpson received at least £72,500 as six months’ pay in lieu of notice Finance director resigned from Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust after £13.4m downward revision in trust’s finances Chief executive pledges to make referral to professional bodies if review finds wrongdoing at trust A finance director at ...
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Trust heading for unexpected deficit after governance failings
Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust had planned for £5.3m year-end surplus but had deficit of £11.1m by August Review conducted into finances after “concerns raised at a number of levels within the trust” “Changes” to planning assumptions “offset an underlying loss of financial control and a failure to fully deliver ...
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health chair resigns
Tim Smart stands down as interim chair of Southern Health Foundation Trust Trust says resignation is for “personal reasons” Mr Smart had received criticism for the terms of Katrina Percy’s resignation as chief executive Tim Smart has resigned as interim chair of Southern Health Foundation Trust after less ...
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HSJ LocalLong-serving hospital chief to stand down
Mary Edwards, the chief executive of Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust for more than a decade, has announced she will stand down at the end of the year.
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HSJ LocalSecond South West social enterprise to close next month
Swindon based social enterprise SEQOL to close next month after losing main contract to Great Western Hospitals FT Adult community services due to be transferred in February 2017 but process brought forward because of SEQOL’s “challenging financial position” It is the second social enterprise in the South West to ...
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HSJ LocalSouth West trust takes action following mortality concerns
Weston Area Health has second highest summary hospital level mortality indicator in England “Further increase” expected in data to be published this month Trust has launched two reviews to investigate the mortality concerns Weston Area Health Trust has launched two external reviews into its mortality rates, after it ...
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NewsStevens: Southern Health controversy 'undermined public confidence'
Simon Stevens says at “Southern Health, patients and families have been let down and public confidence undermined” Follows Katrina Percy resigning as chief executive but retaining salary NHS England chief executive says NHS “can’t justify examples of what can come across as self-serving behaviour” Mr Stevens warns it is ...
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NewsAnalysis: The biggest providers of specialised services
HSJ analysis of NHS England data shows Barts Health Trust had largest increase in its specialised services income in 2015-16 University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust moves from fourth to ninth biggest specialised provider after cardiac transfer to Barts No evidence of significant consolidation of specialised services in 2015-16 ...
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Expert BriefingDeep South: The class of 2011
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ LocalDelay to major Midlands trust merger revealed
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust merger with Sherwood Forest Foundation Trust delayed until 2017 Trusts had hoped to merge before “busy winter period” but “work required to create the merged organisation is taking longer than expected” Sherwood Forest, which has been in special measures since 2013 and is forecasting a ...
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NewsBournemouth and Poole reopen talks on blocked merger
Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital Foundation Trust reopen merger talks Previous attempt at merger blocked by competition authority in 2013 after landmark decision Trusts say merger needed to make planned acute reconfiguration in east Dorset work Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust and ...
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NewsCCGs asked to ensure fetal medicine access following HSJ investigation
Clinical commissioning groups have been asked about their arrangements for ensuring women and their babies have access to fetal medicine services, after an HSJ investigation raised concerns babies were “dying unnecessarily” because of a flawed funding system.