Health Service Journal - Commissioning http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png Health Service Journal http://www.hsj.co.uk Exclusive: Senior NHS Direct directors warned 111 was unsafe but were overruled http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-senior-nhs-direct-directors-warned-111-was-unsafe-but-were-overruled/5059900.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-senior-nhs-direct-directors-warned-111-was-unsafe-but-were-overruled/5059900.article Senior directors at NHS Direct warned it was not safe to go live with one of its biggest NHS 111 contracts but were overruled, HSJ has learned. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:01 GMT Ricketts 'sceptical' about CCGs relying on in-house commissioners http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/ricketts-sceptical-about-ccgs-relying-on-in-house-commissioners/5059885.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/ricketts-sceptical-about-ccgs-relying-on-in-house-commissioners/5059885.article NHS England’s director of commissioning support strategy has indicated he is “deeply sceptical” that clinical commissioning groups can function at their best without buying in support services. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:36 GMT Mid Staffs administrators to ask for more time http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mid-staffs-administrators-to-ask-for-more-time/5059810.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mid-staffs-administrators-to-ask-for-more-time/5059810.article The special administrators running Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have asked Monitor for extra time to decide the fate of its acute services, HSJ can reveal. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:37 GMT CCGs should demonstrate their contribution http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/ccgs-should-demonstrate-their-contribution/5060000.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/ccgs-should-demonstrate-their-contribution/5060000.article HSJ’s editor on why the new bodies should enter the HSJ Awards alastair.mclellan@emap.com (Alastair McLellan) Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:54 GMT Revealed: the 100-fold variation in CCG workforce size http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/revealed-the-100-fold-variation-in-ccg-workforce-size/5059624.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/revealed-the-100-fold-variation-in-ccg-workforce-size/5059624.article There is a more than a 100-fold variation in the numbers of people employed by clinical commissioning groups, HSJ research has found. The revelation has prompted concern over the viability of smaller CCGs david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00 GMT