http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.hsj.co.uk 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 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 http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/quarter-of-ccgs-facing-financial-difficulty/5059791.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/quarter-of-ccgs-facing-financial-difficulty/5059791.article About a quarter of clinical commissioning groups are facing “real difficulty “ in “making ends meet” this financial year, the NHS England finance director has said. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:14 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/general-practice-safety-reporting-to-be-investigated/5059589.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/general-practice-safety-reporting-to-be-investigated/5059589.article Low rates of reporting patient safety incidents in general practice are to be investigated by NHS England, the organisation’s director of patient safety has told HSJ. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:57 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-sir-david-nicholson-announces-major-review-of-nhs-strategy/5059398.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-sir-david-nicholson-announces-major-review-of-nhs-strategy/5059398.article NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has told HSJ it is time to question whether “the straightforward commissioner-provider split” is the best way to organise care for some communities. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Thu, 6 Jun 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/ccg-barometer-confident-commissioners-voice-gripes-with-new-system/5058970.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/ccg-barometer-confident-commissioners-voice-gripes-with-new-system/5058970.article Clinical commissioning group leaders’ confidence in delivering on their responsibilities has increased, but they are grappling with significant confusion in the reformed NHS system. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/exclusive-david-nicholson-to-leave-by-march-2014/5058957.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/exclusive-david-nicholson-to-leave-by-march-2014/5058957.article Sir David Nicholson will step down by March next year as NHS England chief executive. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Tue, 21 May 2013 15:14 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/patients-able-to-complain-to-monitor-about-anti-competitive-behaviour/5058894.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/patients-able-to-complain-to-monitor-about-anti-competitive-behaviour/5058894.article Monitor will consider complaints about anti-competitive commissioning from individual patients and representative groups, under new guidance. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Mon, 20 May 2013 18:10 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/uncertainty-grows-over-nhs-directs-future/5058791.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/uncertainty-grows-over-nhs-directs-future/5058791.article NHS Direct may not continue to deliver the NHS 111 service beyond the end of this financial year, it has emerged. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Fri, 17 May 2013 13:55 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/updated-interactive-commissioning-system-map/5052901.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/updated-interactive-commissioning-system-map/5052901.article HSJ has updated its comprehensive interactive map of the reformed NHS commissioning system, showing critical details about the new organisations. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Wed, 15 May 2013 11:47 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-ccg-performance-and-assurance-regime-unveiled/5058302.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-ccg-performance-and-assurance-regime-unveiled/5058302.article Clinical commissioning groups will be rated four times a year on their performance and annually on their organisational capability, under a draft assurance regime to be published today. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Tue, 7 May 2013 17:04 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/commissioning-reforms-redundancy-count-exceeds-10000/5058119.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/commissioning-reforms-redundancy-count-exceeds-10000/5058119.article More than 10,000 NHS staff have been made redundant in the past three financial years as a result of the government’s commissioning reforms, according to official figures published today. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:17 GMT 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 http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/local-briefing/analysed-the-commissioning-workforce-post-transition/5059622.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/local-briefing/analysed-the-commissioning-workforce-post-transition/5059622.article The size of the commissioning workforce david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/relegate-ccgs-to-advisory-role-says-burnham/5059799.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/relegate-ccgs-to-advisory-role-says-burnham/5059799.article The shadow health secretary has said clinical commissioning groups should be relegated to an advisory role because councils were more in tune with their local populations than GPs. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:10 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/struggling-csus-set-to-be-told-to-outsource-or-lose-accreditation/5059683.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/struggling-csus-set-to-be-told-to-outsource-or-lose-accreditation/5059683.article NHS England aims to provide CSU quality assurance david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/hunt-announces-gp-out-of-hours-responsibility-plans/5059053.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/hunt-announces-gp-out-of-hours-responsibility-plans/5059053.article GPs should be ultimately responsible for out-of-hours care - even if they don’t personally provide it, the health secretary has said. Fri, 24 May 2013 10:16 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-ccgs-doubt-csus-ability-to-innovate/5058936.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-ccgs-doubt-csus-ability-to-innovate/5058936.article Many clinical commissioning groups doubt whether their support service providers can work in an innovative way, or are well led, a survey has found. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Fri, 24 May 2013 09:55 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/most-leaders-would-leave-if-groups-budgets-were-given-to-councils-survey-finds/5058935.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/most-leaders-would-leave-if-groups-budgets-were-given-to-councils-survey-finds/5058935.article Large numbers of clinical commissioning group leaders would leave their roles if the groups’ budgets were given to local authorities, as has been proposed by the shadow health secretary. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/patient-safety-chief-admits-nhs-111-likely-to-have-harmed-patients/5058958.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/patient-safety-chief-admits-nhs-111-likely-to-have-harmed-patients/5058958.article Patients have been harmed by NHS 111, NHS England’s director of patient safety Mike Durkin has said. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Wed, 22 May 2013 15:46 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/nicholson-retirement-what-next-for-nhs-england/5058982.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/nicholson-retirement-what-next-for-nhs-england/5058982.article NHS England’s challenges as Sir David Nicholson announces his departure. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Tue, 21 May 2013 19:40 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/clinical-commissioners-say-gps-under-pressure-as-ae-row-escalates/5058853.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/clinical-commissioners-say-gps-under-pressure-as-ae-row-escalates/5058853.article NHS Clinical Commissioners, which represents a large number of clinical commissioning groups, has said GP “workloads are at breaking points and GPs are ready to buckle under the strain”, which will affect willingness to take part in commissioning. Mon, 20 May 2013 10:19 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-dh-pressure-contributed-to-111-failure-alliance-report-finds/5058534.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-dh-pressure-contributed-to-111-failure-alliance-report-finds/5058534.article “Unprecedented” central pressure and a procurement process focused more on cost than quality were two of the biggest factors in the failure of NHS 111’s launch, a new report has concluded. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Mon, 13 May 2013 16:16 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/hospitals-leader-nhs-reorganisation-coming-home-to-roost-in-ae-failure/5058432.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/hospitals-leader-nhs-reorganisation-coming-home-to-roost-in-ae-failure/5058432.article The organisation representing English hospitals has said the government’s NHS reorganisation is in part to blame for the failure to maintain low accident and emergency waiting times. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Thu, 9 May 2013 16:52 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-panic-over-hunt-plan-to-announce-ae-rescue-fund/5058414.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-panic-over-hunt-plan-to-announce-ae-rescue-fund/5058414.article Jeremy Hunt is seeking to announce a £300-£400m fund to “solve” the accident and emergency performance dive, but the money may not be available, according to emails seen by HSJ. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Thu, 9 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-competition-jeopardy-for-icon-of-integration/5058323.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-competition-jeopardy-for-icon-of-integration/5058323.article Commissioners of Torbay’s pioneering integrated care organisation are taking legal advice amid fears its progress could be placed “in jeopardy” by a requirement to competitively tender some services, HSJ has learned. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Wed, 8 May 2013 09:23 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/gp-commissioning-leader-defends-ccgs-over-nhs-111-failure/5058306.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/gp-commissioning-leader-defends-ccgs-over-nhs-111-failure/5058306.article Blaming local commissioners for the failure of NHS 111 in some parts of the country is a “bit rich”, the president of NHS Clinical Commissioners has told HSJ. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Tue, 7 May 2013 10:43 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/commissioners-raise-concerns-over-caldicott-recommendations/5058242.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/commissioners-raise-concerns-over-caldicott-recommendations/5058242.article Efforts to integrate care and improve services with better use of patient data could be hindered by proposals in the government-commissioned Caldicott review, it has been warned. james.illman@emap.com (James Illman) Fri, 3 May 2013 15:45 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/care-claims-backlog-will-take-five-years-to-clear/5058115.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/care-claims-backlog-will-take-five-years-to-clear/5058115.article The deluge of retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding that flooded into the NHS last year will take at least half a decade to be resolved, lawyers have warned. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Wed, 1 May 2013 10:57 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/nhs-england-could-manage-111-market/5058121.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/nhs-england-could-manage-111-market/5058121.article NHS England is to conduct an urgent review of the sustainability of NHS 111 and the market of providers as the timetable for full national roll-out of the service slips further. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:49 GMT