Trust chief: STP must be reviewed after ‘extraordinary’ winter
Full story in The HSJ, 12 March 2018 The new chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has said the … Read more
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Poverty medicine: how we are failing poorer and isolated patients – Zara Aziz
Full story in The Guardian, 8 March 2018 Poverty medicine is a term coined by US physician Raymond Downing in … Read more
Revealed: ‘Ludicrous’ CCG variation for care at home
Full story in the HSJ, 5 March 2018 There is dramatic variation across England in the rate of people with serious … Read more
Exclusive: NHS England mulls specialised services payment overhaul
NHS England is considering a radical overhaul of the way specialised mental health services are paid for including a greater … Read more
‘Vulnerable patients’ face ongoing caps to care funding
Commissioners have been allowed to continue applying cost caps to the more than £3bn of NHS Continuing Healthcare claims as … Read more
NHS England treats too many patients as an emergency, watchdog warns
Hospitals in England are admitting so many patients as medical emergencies that the NHS’s finances and ability to function are … Read more
Firm with safeguarding issues launches new ‘CareBnB’ trial.
Full Story at HSJ 1 March 2018 The company developing a controversial “Airbnb for social care” model allowing homeowners to … Read more
Inspectors warn Birmingham’s mental health services for children and young people need ‘urgent improvements’
Full story in the Birmingham Mail, 27 February 2018 Children, teenagers and young adults with mental health problems in Birmingham … Read more
NHS England director appointed to lead integrated care system
Article from HSJ, 22 February 2018 An integrated care system early adopter has appointed an NHS England director to lead … Read more
Families’ fears over closure of Rotherhithe specialist care home
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), which runs Ann Moss specialist care unit in Rotherhithe, wrote to relatives … Read more