The chief executive of NHS England, Simon Stevens, has promised a ‘new deal’ for GPs but the promise comes with some major changes. At the House of Commons health select committee, Simon Stevens used Birmingham as an example regarding NHS plans for the delivery of primary care in the future. He envisioned two large groupings … [Read more…]
A top NHS England official has suggested that General Practice could request funding from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to ensure patients return to work sooner than later. Professor Keith Willett, national director for acute episodes of care, said the NHS could ask the DWP for funding to enable GPs to get people … [Read more…]
The NHS has paid out to almost 700 patients in the last eight years, totalling to £45 million, all due to the hospital missing to give them a vital cancer diagnosis. Alarmingly, this totals to an average of seven people a month being misdiagnosed as being clear of cancer when in actual fact they … [Read more…]
Payments by results initiative could be ditched NHS England and Monitor have suggested a national reform of the way emergency care is funded, in a bid to introduce changes put forward by the Keogh review. Currently, A&E departments are paid on an activity based ‘payment by results’ tariff, however this system is said to “bear little or no … [Read more…]
Private firms receive insider information about NHS contracts A campaign group have discovered that consultancy and health insurance companies have been part of a discreet group which receives regular updates from senior health service managers. This has raised alarm bells that privatisation could be on the cards sooner than expected. Spinwatch obtained the information from … [Read more…]
Trusts could face regulatory action if no ethnic minorities in senior spots NHS organisations will be forced to increase black and ethnic minority representation in senior positions or face contractual or regulatory consequences. NHS England will be introducing the recent regulation with a new national workforce race equality standard on the health service through the … [Read more…]
21,000 signature petition is delivered to Downing Street Campaigners who are fighting new funding arrangements for GP surgeries took a 21,000 signature petition to Downing Street’s front door in protest. The Save our Surgeries group are urging NHS England to cease funding cuts, claiming that 22 practices across Newham, Tower Hamlets and Hackney could be … [Read more…]
Potential for hundreds of jobs to be cut NHS England is expected to carry out a drastic restructure of the 27 area teams over the next nine months as hundreds of posts are cut. Due to requirements to cut running costs by 10%-15% over 2015/16, NHS England is expected to draft in the necessary changes … [Read more…]
