Our Fabulous NHS \u2013 Academy of Fabulous Stuff HSJ Roundup\u00a0<\/strong>(contact the Library for further details<\/a>)<\/p>\n The north-south NHS divide: how where you are not what you need dictates your care –\u00a0Medical Technology Group (MTG)<\/strong> Bridging the health care gap through telehealth: the MedicallHome and ConsejoSano models –\u00a0Commonwealth Fund<\/strong> Report from the UK Shape of Training Steering Group (UKSTSG) –\u00a0Shape of Training<\/strong> Survey: supporting and developing SAS doctors\u00a0– NHS Employers<\/strong> Improving services using the Friends and Family Test<\/strong>
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\nTwo foundation trust chiefs are to be the interim leaders of a financially challenged sustainability and transformation partnership, HSJ can reveal.<\/li>\n
\nThree clinical commissioning groups could create a joint committee after one ruled out a merger and sharing a single accountable officer.<\/li>\n
\nNorfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been rated requires improvement following an inspection prompted by whistleblowers\u2019 allegations including bullying.<\/li>\n
\nAn acute and community trust has been praised by inspectors after its urgent and emergency care was rated good just 15 months after being inadequate.<\/li>\n
\nA CCG must pay an unexpected bill likely to run to millions of pounds, after a legal judgement that it had been wrongly\u00a0undercutting tariff rates to an independent provider for three years.<\/li>\n
\nMajor property deals between the NHS and private firms to unlock capital funds worth \u00a35.7bn \u201cat speed\u201d could be signed off within weeks after being hit by delays.<\/li>\n
\nSir Robert Naylor has said he is \u201cdelighted\u201d at an offer from three private property firms to invest more than \u00a33.3bn in new NHS primary care facilities.<\/li>\n
\nThe country\u2019s only mental health vanguard is preparing to launch the first bed management system across multiple trusts, to halve the number of patients being sent out of area.<\/li>\n
\nOne of the country\u2019s leading digital trusts is moving its core clinical system on to Microsoft\u2019s cloud service, as more trusts consider outsourcing IT services.<\/li>\n
\nNHS England has shifted its position on the use of WhatsApp by staff in the NHS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nThis report <\/a>outlines the findings of an examination\u00a0of data from 209 CCGs to assess patient access to medical technology. It finds wide variation in access between the north and south of England and argues that CCG performance against access indicators should be made clearer to patients.<\/p>\n
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\nThis case study <\/a>looks at two telehealth models in Mexico and the U.S. targeting low- to middle-income parts of the population. Using a call centre as the point of access, these models have reduced unnecessary use of services and supported patient navigation of local health services.<\/p>\n
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\nThis report <\/a>outlines the work of the UKSTSG who are tasked with providing policy advice on NHS workforce planning. It discusses how recommendations in the independent Shape of Training review could be implemented. One of the key recommendations discussed is the need for more generalists and the UKSTSG argues that developing the workforce in this way would support the needs of patients with co-morbidities, provide continuity of care and develop a greater number of doctors working at the interface of primary and secondary care.<\/p>\n
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\nComplete our survey <\/a>to provide information around the recruitment, retention, morale, career development and pay of specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctors.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Department of Health commissioned the Policy Innovation Research Unit (PIRU) to investigate whether and how the Friends and Family Test (FFT) contributes to the improvement of services in general practice<\/a>.\u00a0 The report concludes that if a single item instrument, for example the FFT, is to be used to stimulate quality improvement in general practice, its impact could be improved in four ways by: enhancing the general capacity for managing quality in practices; changing the content of the FFT; improving practice staff understanding the of purpose of FFT; and altering national reporting requirements.<\/p>\n
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