NEWS - APRIL and MAY 2016
INFORMATION ON DEVOLUTION PROCESS
NHS England has published information on how it will assess proposals for devolution of NHS England functions and how the devolution agenda links with the sustainability and transformation planning process. The document provides a useful framework and guidance for local systems as they develop their devolution proposals. Queries can be directed to england.NHSdevolution@nhs.net.
NHS England has published information on how it will assess proposals for devolution of NHS England functions and how the devolution agenda links with the sustainability and transformation planning process. The document provides a useful framework and guidance for local systems as they develop their devolution proposals. Queries can be directed to england.NHSdevolution@nhs.net.
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AUTISM AND GPs
4 pages Resource packs to support GPs and their teams to make their Surgeries more visibly friendly for patients with an autism spectrum disorder, have been sent to every GP Practice in England this week. |
CQC - SMALLER INSPECTIONS
The Care Quality Commission will move to a new approach of “smaller and more frequent” hospital inspections, the regulator has announced.
While every Trust will be inspected annually, smaller inspection teams will look at an organisation’s leadership and one core service “as a minimum”, with core services already rated good or outstanding being scrutinised less frequently.
David Behan: ‘It doesn’t make sense to us to just repeat the inspections again’
The changes to hospital inspection are part of the regulator’s new strategy, published on Tuesday.
The Care Quality Commission will move to a new approach of “smaller and more frequent” hospital inspections, the regulator has announced.
While every Trust will be inspected annually, smaller inspection teams will look at an organisation’s leadership and one core service “as a minimum”, with core services already rated good or outstanding being scrutinised less frequently.
David Behan: ‘It doesn’t make sense to us to just repeat the inspections again’
The changes to hospital inspection are part of the regulator’s new strategy, published on Tuesday.
INDEMNITY FOR GPs
English GPs move north of the border due to spiralling indemnity fees - 20 May 2016
GPs in the English borders are crossing over to work exclusively in Scotland after identifying that indemnity costs are one third of what they would pay working full time in England.
The Chief Clinical Officer of NHS Northumberland CCG said that several senior GPs who have switched to locum work after a career in English General Practice, have said working south of the border ‘makes no financial sense’ due to flaws in the indemnity system.
Indemnity providers said that a GP practising in England is three times more likely to face a Clinical Negligence claim than and the value of the claim is likely to be higher as well.
A GPC negotiator has also said that he has seen his indemnity quote by 500% when moving from Scotland to England.
Local leaders said that the situation is compounding workforce issues in a region already facing ‘alarming’ fill rates to GP training posts.
It was reported last year that some doctors quoted £30,000 for annual cover including out-of-hours, with GPs reporting an average fee increase of 25% last year.
English GPs move north of the border due to spiralling indemnity fees - 20 May 2016
GPs in the English borders are crossing over to work exclusively in Scotland after identifying that indemnity costs are one third of what they would pay working full time in England.
The Chief Clinical Officer of NHS Northumberland CCG said that several senior GPs who have switched to locum work after a career in English General Practice, have said working south of the border ‘makes no financial sense’ due to flaws in the indemnity system.
Indemnity providers said that a GP practising in England is three times more likely to face a Clinical Negligence claim than and the value of the claim is likely to be higher as well.
A GPC negotiator has also said that he has seen his indemnity quote by 500% when moving from Scotland to England.
Local leaders said that the situation is compounding workforce issues in a region already facing ‘alarming’ fill rates to GP training posts.
It was reported last year that some doctors quoted £30,000 for annual cover including out-of-hours, with GPs reporting an average fee increase of 25% last year.
SINGLE REGULATOR FOR TRUSTS
- NHS Improvement has begun consultation on new staff structure with 1,113 full-time equivalents, down from 1,244 last year
- Large number of vacancies means it expects to make only a few redundancies
- Regulator aims to move to single oversight model for trusts and FTs in 3-6 months, staff told
- It will create sub-regional teams to mirror NHS England area teams
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A REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO UNSAFE DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman 30 pages Foreword . Introduction . Issue One: Patients being discharged before they are clinically ready to leave hospital . Issue Two: Patients not being assessor consulted properly before their discharge . Issue Three: Relatives and carers not being told that their loved one has been discharged . Issue Four: Patients being dischargted with no home-care plan in place, or being kept in hospital due to poor co-ordination across services . Conclusion . End Notes |
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SEVEN DAY NHS? - COMMONS HSC REPORT
Managing the supply of NHS clinical staff in England ... 11 May 2016 - 26 pages Summary . Introduction . Conclusions and Recommendations . Staffing Shortages . Informed Decision-Making . Formal Minutes . Witnesses . Published written evidence . List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament |
HEALTH-BASED PLACES OF SAFETY ... BIDS
The Governments opens bidding to fund health-based places of safety to stop those in mental health crisis being held in prison cells.
When a person is experiencing a mental health crisis they need care from healthcare professionals in the right place. Too often the only safe place available is a police cell, which can add to the person’s suffering. This £15 million fund will help to provide health and community based places of safety to prevent vulnerable people being held in police cells.
The Governments opens bidding to fund health-based places of safety to stop those in mental health crisis being held in prison cells.
When a person is experiencing a mental health crisis they need care from healthcare professionals in the right place. Too often the only safe place available is a police cell, which can add to the person’s suffering. This £15 million fund will help to provide health and community based places of safety to prevent vulnerable people being held in police cells.
GENERAL PHARMACEUTICAL COUNCIL CHALLENGES THE CQC
The group that manages the GPC’s funding is launching a judicial review against the CQC, arguing that its inspection process is not fair, equitable or ‘within the parameters of natural justice’.
A letter from the General Practitioners Defence Fund to LMCs and GPC members revealed that the GPC was taking up the case of a practice that lost an appeal to the CQC about its inspection rating.
It said that, following legal advice, it would use this case to ‘ensure that the CQC process is set before the courts’.
The group that manages the GPC’s funding is launching a judicial review against the CQC, arguing that its inspection process is not fair, equitable or ‘within the parameters of natural justice’.
A letter from the General Practitioners Defence Fund to LMCs and GPC members revealed that the GPC was taking up the case of a practice that lost an appeal to the CQC about its inspection rating.
It said that, following legal advice, it would use this case to ‘ensure that the CQC process is set before the courts’.