Knowledge @lert for Wednesday 9th July
NHS England Chief offers local government leaders radical new health and social care integration option – NHS England
High-need individuals to be offered ability to control their own blended NHS and community care, in partnership with voluntary sector. The NHS will offer local councils across England a radical new option in which individuals could control their combined health and social care support, Simon Stevens CEO of NHS England will announce today.
CQC hired inspectors who failed recruitment criteria in ‘flawed’ process – HSJ Article
The Care Quality Commission has admitted that scores of its inspectors were appointed despite falling short of its own recruitment standards, creating the risk that its regulatory judgments could be “impaired”.
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Corporate report: Monitor and the Department of Health: framework agreement – Department of Health
The agreement covers roles and responsibilities and lines of accountability, and describes how Monitor and theDepartment of Health will work together.
The framework agreement focuses on:
- how Monitor and the Department of Health will work in partnership to serve patients, the public and the taxpayer
- how Monitor and the Department of Health discharge their accountability responsibilities effectively
Monday deadline for tech fund two bids – EHI News
NHS trusts in England are at varying stages of readiness for the £240m second round of NHS England’s technology fund, with the deadline for applications closing in less than a week.
Annual OD in the NHS conference hits a high note – NHS Employers
OD in the NHS II was another inspirational event for organisational development practitioners which included speeches from Prof. Michael West, Dr Pat Oakley, Dean Royles and Chris Lake.
Better Care Fund, better read the small print? – The King’s Fund
Although earlier rumours of the demise of the Better Care Fund have turned out to be greatly exaggerated, the significance of the government’s latest announcement about the fund should not be.
Why we must value leaders from the third sector – The King’s Fund
The need to lead culture change by not only celebrating inspirational leaders, but by ensuring they are drawn from a diverse pool of talent, including the third sector has been highlighted at the recent leadership summit. But how well are leaders in the third sector supported to take up this leadership challenge?
Monitor ‘must get better’, says Hodge – HSJ Article
Health regulator Monitor’s effectiveness has been brought into question by an influential group of MPs after its latest report highlighted the large proportion of foundation trusts, which Monitor regulates, are in financial difficulties.
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The Dalton Review: new options for providers of NHS care – Department of Health
This independent review, led by Sir David Dalton (Chief Executive of Salford Royal), is investigating ways to secure the clinical and financial sustainability of providers of NHS care through offering new options for organisational forms. The review is running an informal engagement on the work and is seeking information and insight about organisational forms for providers of NHS care: what works best, and what changes are needed to improve the delivery of services.
Gaps in UK maternal mental health services
Maps highlighting the gaps in specialist perinatal mental health services provision have been published by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance to mark the launch of its Everyone’s business campaign. Pregnant women and new mothers across almost half of the UK do not have access to such services potentially leaving them and their babies at risk. The Alliance of professional bodies, patient organisations and charities, is warning that women who develop a perinatal mental illness are missing out on essential and potentially lifesaving care.