Barker calls for joint NHS/care funding
The King’s Fund has called for an end to the split between health and social care in a report that calls for a joint, ring-fenced budget for both and a single commissioner for local services.
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Another view of savings
GP Neil Paul says some clear thinking is needed about where IT can be used to meet patient demand and save the NHS money, and where it will make things worse; but a couple of real cases show the difference pretty clearly.
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Power to the people on the sharing economy
From car sharing to sharing care – Paul Hodgkin asks: “What does the ‘sharing economy’ mean for health?”
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King’s Fund warns crisis “inevitable”
A financial crisis in the NHS is “inevitable” by 2015-16 or even sooner, the King’s Fund has warned in a report that says money must be found for transformation and for trusts in trouble.
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Stevens calls for change on first day
NHS England’s new chief executive, Simon Stevens, has taken up the top job in health service management.
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NHS England puts IT in five year plans
NHS England has issued draft planning guidance for 2014-15, calling for action on the NHS Number, progress on the digital revolution, and five-year plans to create a sustainable NHS in the face of ever tougher finances.
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Another view
Neil Paul has been thinking about the future of GP practice. It needs to change, he argues, and IT needs to help it to do that.
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Simon Stevens to head NHS England
Simon Stevens, a one-time Blairite health advisor, has been announced as the new chief executive of NHS England.
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Enter the CCG
John Lockley is looking for some simple, computer assisted ways to help his GP colleagues prescribe and refer effectively – and to help his clinical commissioning group to save money.
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The next leader of the NHS
EHI doesn’t do speculative pieces on who may get NHS top jobs, says editor Jon Hoeksma. But if it was to make an exception, it would be for the very top job, a successor for Sir David Nicholson…
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