CCG needs to show more ‘gravitas’ and ‘get a grip’ says NHS England
Full Story at HSJ 19 March 2018 A struggling clinical commissioning group was told it needed to show “stronger evidence … Read more
NHS reform
Department of Health sets up company to oversee £2bn savings drive
Full story in The HSJ, 16 March 2018 The Department of Health and Social Care has established a subsidiary company … Read more
Horton review ‘will only add more bureaucracy’ say campaigners
Full story in The Oxford Mail, 14 March 2018 Campaigners have criticised an independent review into the decision to downgrade … Read more
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
Official review tells Hunt to knock back hospital downgrade
Full story in The HSJ, 8 March 2018 An independent review has recommended Jeremy Hunt knocks back an NHS decision … Read more
Dorset NHS hospital shake-up plans face judicial review
Full story in BBC News, 6 March 2018 A decision to reorganise Dorset NHS hospital services is to face a … 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
Cornwall Council drops plans for an ACS
Full story in Cornish Stuff, 1 March 2018 Cornwall Council will reject and abandon plans to establish an Accountable Care … Read more
Plans to merge three trusts is dropped.
Full story at HSJ 2 March 2018 A merger of three trusts has been dropped because it would have created … Read more
Exclusive: Three-trust merger plan dropped
A merger of three trusts has been dropped because it would have created a trust spanning two sustainability and transformation … Read more