Health Service Journal
Commissioning
Stories with this category.
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Patient leaders concerned over CCG lay member strength
21-Jan-2013
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Basic decision making around CCG delegation
18-Jan-2013
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How the delegation of continuing care may develop
18-Jan-2013
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New thinking about the future of maternity care
17-Jan-2013
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Health and health services: the next 20 years
17-Jan-2013
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Unlock potential with clinical senates
17-Jan-2013
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New IFR policy could 'snuff out' innovation
16-Jan-2013
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Commissioning board specialised service move 'could destabilise small trusts'
16-Jan-2013
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Nicholson seeks "legitimacy" amidst a storm of protest
15-Jan-2013
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Commissioners have rationed cataract surgery on inferior evidence, Keogh admits
15-Jan-2013
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A guide to the NHS Commissioning Board’s Everyone Counts
15-Jan-2013
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Geographical variation in new drug uptake revealed
14-Jan-2013
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Sir David embraces partnership but 'hasn't given up on grip'
14-Jan-2013
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To authorisation and beyond
14-Jan-2013
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Improving the diagnosis and referral process
10 January 2013
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Commissioning board makes its move
9-Jan-2013
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Joint commissioning reforms 'are disruptive'
8-Jan-2013
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Providers 'nervous' about commissioning board role in contract disputes
7-Jan-2013
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Newbury and District CCG authorised with five conditions
4-Jan-2013
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Problem CCGs face 'greater scrutiny'
3-Jan-2013
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'Inherent conflict of interest' in specialised services commissioning
28-Dec-2012
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Patient voice 'lost' in rush to specialised commissioning
28-Dec-2012
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Oxfordshire CCG authorised with five conditions
25-Dec-2012
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Best of 2012: commissioning
23-Dec-2012
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GPs re-elected to Leicester CCG
21-Dec-2012
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Foundation trusts still lagging on savings targets in Q2
20-Dec-2012
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NHS Direct chief to stand down
20-Dec-2012
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We must root out ageism in NHS cancer care
20-Dec-2012
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Dalton interview: 'I don't see it as a provider vs commissioner thing'
19-Dec-2012
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Minister casts doubt on use of tariff across mental health
19-Dec-2012
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NHS Cornwall may have acted anti-competitively
18-Dec-2012
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Full coverage: Commissioning board sets priorities and rules for 2013-14
18-Dec-2012
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CCG "progress" to be judged on 35 measures
18-Dec-2012
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CCGs will choose own improvement areas for quality payment
18-Dec-2012
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Financial squeeze on NHS providers to continue in 2013-14
18-Dec-2012
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Commissioning Board will lift and shift just 200 staff
14-Dec-2012
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Exclusive: Interactive commissioning system map
13-Dec-2012
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HSJ commissioning map HTML5
13-Dec-2012
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Caldicott expected to raise legal doubts over CSU data services
13-Dec-2012
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A timely strategy for hospitals to cope with demand
13 December 2012
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Sally Gainsbury: Gilding the NHS settlement lily
12-Dec-2012
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HSJ commissioning map
11-Dec-2012
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NHS seeks legal advice over Mid Staffs CEO job
11-Dec-2012
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Three quarters of first wave CCGs given authorisation 'conditions'
11-Dec-2012
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Lamb: Learning disability hospitals should be 'throttled'
10-Dec-2012
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The future of delegating NHS Continuing Healthcare
10-Dec-2012
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Duty of candour will cost NHS £130m in 10 years
7-Dec-2012
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'Brave' Bristol presses ahead with mental health tender
7-Dec-2012
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South Staffordshire’s approach to surge planning
7-Dec-2012
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NHS Direct begins redundancy consultation
6-Dec-2012
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Fulfilling the mandate will be worth the effort
06 December 2012
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We must beat our hospital addiction
5-Dec-2012
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CSUs are heading for centre-stage
5-Dec-2012
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CCG budgets: Challenging or naive?
5-Dec-2012
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Ricketts: don't externalise before CSS market is mature
5-Dec-2012
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Providers to be forced to own up to mistakes
4-Dec-2012
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Commissioners 'bombarded' with care cost claims
4-Dec-2012
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Supporting CCGs in patient engagement
3-Dec-2012
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Family GP firm named preferred bidder for 20 practices
30-Nov-2012
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CCG bans GP member from governing body
30-Nov-2012
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How to make integration work
30-Nov-2012
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GP retirement threatens surgery closure
28-Nov-2012
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CSUs frustrated by lack of clarity on funding
28-Nov-2012
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Labour's vision of 21st century care
28-Nov-2012
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NHS 111 switch will be a 'big bang'
27-Nov-2012
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ANALYSED: The rollout of NHS 111
27-Nov-2012
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Closing the gap between the theory and real change
26-Nov-2012
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Dalton: move on from 'national versus local' debate
22-Nov-2012
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Primary care should not be on CCGs' backburner
22-Nov-2012
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Operating model published for specialised services
21-Nov-2012
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Preferred provider named for new urgent care centre
21-Nov-2012
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Hakin: bear with managers 'trying to do two jobs'
21-Nov-2012
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CCGs told to set aside more than £2bn of budgets
21-Nov-2012
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Commissioning board struggles to improve diversity
21-Nov-2012
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CCG managers must make sense of evidence
21-Nov-2012
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'Prime contractors' could run pathways for decade
20-Nov-2012
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How CCGs can build leadership capacity
20-Nov-2012
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Sustainable GP leadership for commissioning
20-Nov-2012
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The NHS mandate: liberation or ligature?
19-Nov-2012
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Integrated CCG sidesteps government's councillor ban
16-Nov-2012
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Minister seeks to defend lack of GPs in CCG lead role
15-Nov-2012
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CCGs reconsider staffing after running-cost funds reviewed
15-Nov-2012
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Mandate aims to spark a 'revolution in transparency'
15 November 2012
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Payment by results can enhance mental health services
15 November 2012
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'Agreed resignations' to cost Birmingham and Black Country clusters £11m
14-Nov-2012
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Formal assembly for commissioners will avoid 'usual suspects'
14-Nov-2012
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Mandate requires board to guarantee CCG autonomy
13-Nov-2012
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Mandate approach will avoid perverse incentives
13-Nov-2012
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Hunt loosens the reins of power
13-Nov-2012
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DH earmarks £2bn for commissioning system running cost
13-Nov-2012
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Providers to be judged on integration and deaths from poor care
13-Nov-2012
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The mandate provides a historic opportunity for better mental healthcare
13-Nov-2012
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Mandate: Mental health sector faces new challenges
13-Nov-2012
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Analysis: mandate may allow space for CCGs' freedom
13-Nov-2012
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Mandate proposes workforce changes to improve care
13-Nov-2012
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Trusts to be rewarded for friends and family test success
13-Nov-2012
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Government reveals ‘historic’ first mandate
13-Nov-2012
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It's time to rethink payment by results
13-Nov-2012
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Stairlifts on cell block H: who cares for older prisoners?
12-Nov-2012
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More than half of NHS Direct staff could be made redundant
9-Nov-2012
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How do we define fair in commissioning?
9-Nov-2012
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CCG Barometer: CCGs fear political flak for controversial service shifts
8-Nov-2012
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CCG Barometer: 'Weak support' a major concern for clinical commissioners
8-Nov-2012
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Commissioner behaviour is main barrier to independent sector providers
8-Nov-2012
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Exclusive: CCG leaders favour integration over competition
8-Nov-2012
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CCGs face old fears with desire for change
8 November 2012
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Croydon's finance crisis is not incredible
8 November 2012
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Let's find the political will to integrate care
8 November 2012
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Readers' letters - 8 November 2012
8 November 2012
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Why is the road to recovery so far away?
8 November 2012
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Four-fold regional variation in use of private sector providers
7-Nov-2012
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Updated: Care UK buys Harmoni
6-Nov-2012
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Exclusive: Jim Easton's commissioning board role to be split up
6-Nov-2012
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Oxfordshire CCG forecast to fall £1m short on QIPP
5-Nov-2012
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Penalty cash returned to trust following A&E progress
5-Nov-2012
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Nicholson: More funding will be linked to quality
5-Nov-2012
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New rules raise fresh problems on procurement
5-Nov-2012
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Why pharmacies must think big
1-Nov-2012
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Exclusive: GP practices' huge income variation revealed
1-Nov-2012
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Harpal Kumar: outcomes at risk
1 November 2012
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Jeremy Hunt: More a Dorrell than a Lansley
1 November 2012
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Our own cardiac arrest
1 November 2012
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Sally Gainsbury: to have and have not
1-Nov-2012
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Provider sparks probe into placement claim
31-Oct-2012
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Spending powers 'can be used for local benefit'
31-Oct-2012
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The benefits of the Atlas of Variation
31-Oct-2012
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Board could force CCGs to work with its teams on reconfiguration
31-Oct-2012
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New Derby drug and alcohol centre opens
29-Oct-2012
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Somerset Partnership community budget overspends
29-Oct-2012
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Commissioning board extends control as 'specialised' budget balloons
29-Oct-2012
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NHS 111 'unlikely to lead to emergency care savings'
26-Oct-2012
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DH tracker shows cluster confidence
25-Oct-2012
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Safeguarding in the future NHS – what CCGs need to know
25 October 2012
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The board's first challenges
25 October 2012
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Central Southern CSU set to appoint MD
24-Oct-2012
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At last, a consumer-led NHS?
24-Oct-2012
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UPDATED: Government seeks significant change to GP contracts
23-Oct-2012
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Acute FTs push their workforce reductions back to 2013-14
18-Oct-2012
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How CCGs can learn to innovate
18 October 2012
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How competition can help community services
18 October 2012
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Is choice a blight or a boon for patient care?
18 October 2012
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Outside groups could vie with NICE over guidance
18-Oct-2012
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Peter Edwards on the latest Chief Executive Barometer: Not quite the brave new world
18 October 2012
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New healthcare rules 'nonsensical'
17-Oct-2012
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Money down the drain: avoidable costs for CCGs
17-Oct-2012
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'No substance' to clinical network claims
16-Oct-2012
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A new look for eating disorder care
15-Oct-2012
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Joint commissioning to continue in Bath and North East Somerset
12-Oct-2012
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Lib Dem peers backtrack over CCG board membership vote
12-Oct-2012
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UPDATED: Jim Easton resigning to join Care UK
11-Oct-2012
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In full: CCG leader names
11-Oct-2012
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Big drop in GPs lined up for CCG leader roles
11 October 2012
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Face the facts on closures
11 October 2012
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NHS commissioners could be made to pool budgets with councils
10-Oct-2012
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DH unveils rules for objecting to Monitor tariff proposals
9-Oct-2012
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Patient leaflets help reduce PCT waiting times by half
5-Oct-2012
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Commissioners forecast East Lancashire Hospitals overspend of £8.6m
5-Oct-2012
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Commissioning board structure 'could harm specialised services'
5-Oct-2012
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South Warwickshire CCG loses grip on QIPP
5-Oct-2012
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Cumbria CCG to buy support from North East CSU
4-Oct-2012
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Brought in from the cold
4 October 2012
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Developing a legacy
4 October 2012
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Sally Gainsbury: a new metaphor
4 October 2012
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The many shades of grey
4 October 2012
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CSU private partnerships 'essential' for QIPP
3-Oct-2012
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Equal opportunities under the new CCGs
2-Oct-2012
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Planning, complaints and collaboration are common problems for CCGs
2-Oct-2012
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Manchester CSU boss appointed
1-Oct-2012
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Warnings after PCT data protection breach
1-Oct-2012
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Finding the way forward
27 September 2012
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How to stop diabetes engulfing the NHS
27 September 2012
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Huge variation in CCG staff numbers
27 September 2012
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In defence of small hospitals
27 September 2012
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Isn’t it time CCGs owned waiting lists?
27 September 2012
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Noel Plumridge: the outsourcers' next big prize
27-Sep-2012
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NHS Buckinghamshire names NHS 111 provider
26-Sep-2012
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Board mandate may be shortened
26-Sep-2012
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Exclusive: Government faces Lib-Lab challenge over Health Act regulations
25-Sep-2012
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Joint MD appointed to Cheshire and Merseyside CSUs
21-Sep-2012
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Business services quango set to employ 8,000 commissioning staff
21-Sep-2012
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Good directions - an HSJ commissioning supplement
20 September 2012
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GP commissioners: sole traders or private governments?
20 September 2012
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Map a course to quality
20 September 2012
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Patient data may give NHS an unfair edge
20 September 2012
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CCG to unveil plans at Northants AGM
14-Sep-2012
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Final sign-off for CCG authorisation to be put back a month
13-Sep-2012
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CCGs face temporary limits on authorisation
13 September 2012
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CSUs urged to delay private sector deals
13 September 2012
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Getting end of life care right
13 September 2012
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'Justifying health priorities will not be easy'
13 September 2012
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Commissioners reject 24/7 reopening of Mid Staffs A&E
12-Sep-2012
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Commissioning board promises CCGs a lighter planning 'ask'
11-Sep-2012
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Birmingham CCGs set to merge
11-Sep-2012
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Specialised service review highlights risks to integration
11-Sep-2012
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Hakin: Quality premium will not come from £25 per head management allowance
10-Sep-2012
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Four CSU networks to supply communications support
10-Sep-2012
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Tenders for sexual health contracts could leave HIV services 'unviable'
7-Sep-2012
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Coventry and Rugby CCG appoints new members
7-Sep-2012
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The new minister's agenda
6-Sep-2012
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Easton: support for ‘medium-term’ change
6 September 2012
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Fixing the broken system
6 September 2012
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Local schemes fall behind in NHS’s drive for efficiency
6 September 2012
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Media Watch: Sir David and his board
6 September 2012
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New HSJ online channel launched
6 September 2012
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QIPP tracker: Get involved and tell us how QIPP is doing in your area
6 September 2012
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Analysis: Decisions need to be taken before Hunt's honeymoon ends
5-Sep-2012
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CFS patients 'neglected by NHS'
5-Sep-2012
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David Stout leaves NHS Confederation to run commissioning support organisations
3-Sep-2012
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Mark Adams named designate accountable officer for three North East CCGs
31-Aug-2012
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A mountain to climb
30 August 2012
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Ignore the integration naysayers
30 August 2012
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Local nurses for local people
30 August 2012
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Chief: £170m mental health trust 'lost its way'
29-Aug-2012
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Different strokes for different folks
23 August 2012
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Lessons from the world of payments
23 August 2012
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NHS urged to think long-term to save
23 August 2012
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The long term care conundrum
23 August 2012
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FTs expect CCGs to reverse activity growth next year
22-Aug-2012
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Options for engaging members of the CCG governing body
22-Aug-2012
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No CCG is an island
22-Aug-2012
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Collaboration not competition CSUs' 'priority'
22-Aug-2012
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What makes service redesign legally defensible?
22-Aug-2012
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Analysis: Nicholson triggers shift in control to new system leaders
21-Aug-2012
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DH unveils licensing and competition plans
16-Aug-2012
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Uniting voices in epilepsy treatment
16 August 2012
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Latest surgery outcome figures show 'marked' variation
15-Aug-2012
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Parity of esteem
14-Aug-2012
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Competition to be limited between commissioning support units
14-Aug-2012
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Commissioning board and Trust Development Authority directors handed responsibility for 2012-13 delivery
13-Aug-2012
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CSUs will not be allowed to have a board
10-Aug-2012
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Commissioning support units to collaborate on key intelligence services
10-Aug-2012
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A collaborative operation
9 August 2012
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Bring social care best to NHS
9 August 2012
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Peter Carter: CCGs need nurses’ talents
9 August 2012
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Board to buy support services
8-Aug-2012
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Winterbourne View commissioners under fire
8-Aug-2012
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PCTs begin new wave of redundancies
7-Aug-2012
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Oldham: Tackle problem GPs to improve primary care in poor areas
7-Aug-2012
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Nine directors appointed to NHS property company
7-Aug-2012
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North Staffordshire trust fined again over waiting time failures
6-Aug-2012
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Commissioning board encourages CCG contract and risk sharing
6-Aug-2012
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Exclusive: 400 PCT jobs at risk in Birmingham and Black Country
3-Aug-2012
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NICE proposes indicators for holding CCGs to account
3-Aug-2012
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Consultant quits over diagnostic 'failures'
2 August 2012
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Fish for the best variety of CCG
2 August 2012
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In control of their condition
2 August 2012
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Into the patient pathway
2 August 2012
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Make time for talking
2 August 2012
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Neil Churchill: living within our means locally
2 August 2012
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Tees Valley mulls 'shared public health service'
1-Aug-2012
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Local area team budgets dwarf CCG funds
1-Aug-2012
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Call for £1.3bn CCG funding handover
1-Aug-2012
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West Hants CCG chosen to trial year of care tariff
31-Jul-2012
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Commissioners could be incentivised not to give services additional protection
31-Jul-2012
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Some 'abolished' PCT and SHA staff to stay on after April 2013
30-Jul-2012
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SHIP cluster U-turns on Lucentis policy after price is slashed
27-Jul-2012
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FIlling the void
26-Jul-2012
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Support confirmed for four types of clinical network
26-Jul-2012
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Avoid budgetary stretch marks
26 July 2012
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Easton: we must tackle cost-cutting masked as efficiency
26 July 2012
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Mental health - a joint approach
26 July 2012
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Michael Rawlins: playing fair on treatments
26 July 2012
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Mountain to climb - an HSJ QIPP supplement
26 July 2012
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Room for manoeuvre on public health funding formula
26 July 2012
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Whistleblowing: the way ahead
26 July 2012
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Is scrutiny of care poorer the further you are from London?
25-Jul-2012
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Trust chiefs fear regulators would not spot scandal
25-Jul-2012
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'Engaging CCGs' in North Yorks deficit 'essential'
24-Jul-2012
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CCG budgets face complications, says DH
24-Jul-2012
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Data quality concerns delay mental health tariff
24-Jul-2012
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Kicking habits: a special report on NHS drug services
20-Jul-2012
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Commissioning board names local directors to take 'strategic oversight'
19-Jul-2012
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Vacant commissioning board posts endangering transition
19-Jul-2012
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David Stout: what did PCTs ever do for us?
19-Jul-2012
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How to improve variation in inappropriate admission performance
19 July 2012
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'Poor patient experience is a clinical time bomb'
19-Jul-2012
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GEM CSS leader appointed
18-Jul-2012
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Ming Tang appointed as MD to South Yorkshire CSS
18-Jul-2012
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Tough choices await CCGs hoping to reverse GP referral trend
18-Jul-2012
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Rising GP referrals contradict Lansley claims
18-Jul-2012
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CCG authorisation 'support' could see powers taken back
18-Jul-2012
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Five companies in the running for Nottingham ITC
13-Jul-2012
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West Mercia CCGs choose new support providers
12-Jul-2012
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Virgin set to run children's services in Devon
12-Jul-2012
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Nicholas Timmins: the aftermath of reform
12-Jul-2012
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How to put patients at the centre of palliative care
12 July 2012
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Ready for the unexpected: how one trust is tackling unplanned admissions
12 July 2012
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Stability trumps choice in the birth of commissioning support
11-Jul-2012
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Competition panel to probe referral management
11-Jul-2012
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Commissioning support market faces heavy regulation
11-Jul-2012
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Stephen Childs confirmed as North East CSS director
10-Jul-2012
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South west CSS managing director appointed
10-Jul-2012
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Information for commissioners: an HSJ roundtable
9-Jul-2012
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Just nine CSS managing directors appointed
9-Jul-2012
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Birmingham and Solihull faces £16.9m QIPP shortfall
6-Jul-2012
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Exclusive: Mike Richards given key commissioning board post
5-Jul-2012
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Midlands director appointed commissioning board director of strategy
5-Jul-2012
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CCGs may get to rate commissioning board's behaviour annually - mandate
5-Jul-2012
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A safer approach to hospital pharmacy
5 July 2012
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Ciarán Devane: out with the old
5 July 2012
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Plan launched to integrate health and social care data
5-Jul-2012
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Private MH hospitals facing tighter margins
5 July 2012
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Ruth Carnall: take the shakes out of the shake-ups
5 July 2012
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Why patient leaders are the new kids on the block
5 July 2012
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Successful CSSs to be given a 'licence to operate'
4-Jul-2012
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Leicester hospitals opens new ward to meet targets
4-Jul-2012
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CCG study threatens mental health reconfiguration
4-Jul-2012
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Analysed: acute demand outpacing supply on the south coast
3-Jul-2012
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Mike Farrar: steps to success for commissioning board mandate
3-Jul-2012
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Hillingdon Hospital faces 'challenges' on savings as activity continues to rise
29-Jun-2012
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HSJ Awards: entry deadline extended
29-Jun-2012
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UCLH chief fears CCGs could bring more fragmentation
29-Jun-2012
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Lansley: I'll back commissioners leading the case for change
28-Jun-2012
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Commissioning board admits shortage of interest in CSS director jobs
28-Jun-2012
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How voluntary organisations can demonstrate their value
28-Jun-2012
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How CCGs can tackle the ever-shifting procurement regime
28 June 2012
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How GPs can remove obstacles to QIPP targets
28 June 2012
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Commissioning Show 2012
27-Jun-2012
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North of Tyne CCGs budgets identified
27-Jun-2012
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Analysed: financial problems in North Yorkshire and York
26-Jun-2012
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Councillors banned from CCG boards as new rules set
25-Jun-2012
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Joe Rafferty to leave NHS Commissioning Board
21-Jun-2012
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The NHS Commissioning Board local leadership challenge
21-Jun-2012
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Cambs CCG appoints CEO
21-Jun-2012
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How CCGs can be innovative about their functions
21 June 2012
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The brave new world of managed failure
21-Jun-2012
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Why CCGs should be encouraged to innovate in the new NHS
21 June 2012
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Roughton, Dyson and Bewick given key commissioning roles
20-Jun-2012
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GEM CSS rolls out new data dashboard for CCGs
20-Jun-2012
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Information Centre in talks over CCG data service
20-Jun-2012
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Exclusive: commissioning board will develop CSSs beyond assurance period
20-Jun-2012
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Exclusive: struggling GP practices may be classed 'cause for concern'
20-Jun-2012
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Four new commissioning board directors announced
18-Jun-2012
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Hospital fined over never events
15-Jun-2012
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Identifying the opportunities for CCGs to make savings and efficiencies
14-Jun-2012
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'Reform could lead a transition to a non-hierarchical NHS'
14-Jun-2012
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The benefits of centralised emergency services are less than clear
14-Jun-2012
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Lansley expects 'nearly all' CCGs to be authorised by deadline
14-Jun-2012
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GPs 'absurd' to walk away from CCGs over pensions
14-Jun-2012
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Readers' letters - 14 June 2012
14 June 2012
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Exclusive: commissioning board to direct CSS recruitment
13-Jun-2012
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NW ambulance service blames 'protracted' contract negotiations for performance dip
12-Jun-2012
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Mid Staffs could merge with neighbour
12-Jun-2012
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Uncertain future for Somerset learning disability services
7-Jun-2012
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Councils using social care cash to plug funding gaps
7-Jun-2012
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Kent, Surrey and Sussex NHS 111 provider named
7 June 2012
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CCG in Kent to launch patient network
6-Jun-2012
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Unequal GP access could hamper NHS reforms, MPs warned
6-Jun-2012
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PWC wins £3.4m contract to help authorise CCGs
1-Jun-2012
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Concern about Avon and Wiltshire spreads
1-Jun-2012
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New ECG service in Norfolk
1-Jun-2012
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NHS 111 commissioners told to protect staff or lose funding
31-May-2012
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Exclusive: commissioning board offices 'to match old SHAs'
31-May-2012
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Mental health charity funding falls as demand grows
31-May-2012
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Several CCGs to be larger than outgoing PCTs
31-May-2012
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Tools to help CCGs take predictive risk modelling forward
31 May 2012
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Preferred providers for NHS 111 announced in the south west
30-May-2012
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Exclusive: HSJ Clinical Commissioning Groups Map Tool
24-May-2012
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'Landmark' agreement on 212 CCGs covering England
24-May-2012
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Commissioning outcomes framework will enable meaningful quality improvement
24-May-2012
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Getting CCGs working with health and wellbeing boards
24 May 2012
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How CCGs can make the best use of tightening resources
24-May-2012
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Trust's high activity level costs commissioners £27m
23-May-2012
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Exclusive: Commissioning board engagement and information director revealed
23-May-2012
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Commissioning board seeks £130k GP to 'influence CCGs'
23-May-2012
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Analysing the results of the largest ever stroke care survey
17 May 2012
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How to improve commissioning for long term conditions
17 May 2012
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CCGs choose in-house commissioning support ahead of outsourced services
16-May-2012
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RCN chief 'fears' for commissioners negotiating with private sector
14-May-2012
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Commissioning board must safeguard the future of secure care services
14-May-2012
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Three commissioning support services fail key test
14-May-2012
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Exclusive: Plans for national communications service scrapped
11-May-2012
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Consultation on new GP centre
11-May-2012
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Final days of survey on Leicestershire community services
11-May-2012
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David Worskett: implementing reforms requires collaborative open minds
10-May-2012
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Why CCGs should prepare for managing financial risk
10 May 2012
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£300m contract out for Midlands pathology services
9-May-2012
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CCGs appointing non-NHS staff 'must justify' redundancy costs
9-May-2012
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Local commissioning board offices will be fewer than planned
9-May-2012
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Safety fears grow as upheaval of care quality staff triples
9-May-2012
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Trio of CCGs could be among first to gain authorisation
4-May-2012
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Why research and development is a key component of trust outcomes
3-May-2012
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Just 35 CCGs to be tested in first wave of authorisation
3-May-2012
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CCG eyes joint commissioning with local council
3-May-2012
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How to identify - and manage - conflicts of interest
3 May 2012
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Mapping variation to prioritise areas needing improved outcome, quality and productivity
3-May-2012
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Reducing emergency admissions in children and young people
3 May 2012
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Jim Easton: current squeeze 'just a rehearsal'
2-May-2012
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CCGs to manage and reward GP performance
2-May-2012
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Commissioning Board guidance to resolve CCG boundary disputes
2-May-2012
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Private sector avoiding 'shambolic' NHS 111 procurement
2-May-2012
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Surplus for Black Country PCTs
1-May-2012
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Lansley: CCG allocations should be based on age, not poverty
26-Apr-2012
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The DH continues to dance around the issue of CCG freedoms
26-Apr-2012
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CCG data service support to come from local suppliers
26-Apr-2012
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Nigel Edwards: how Lansley's big vision got shredded
26-Apr-2012
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From healthcare to self care: services that help patients look after themselves
26 April 2012
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Readers' letters - 26 April 2012
26 April 2012
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Mandate will test government's 'political grip' on NHS
25-Apr-2012
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Commissioning board chair: liberation of the NHS 'won't happen overnight'
25-Apr-2012
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PCTs restricting availability of contraceptives
25-Apr-2012
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Commissioning functions delegated to three Birmingham and Solihull CCGs
24-Apr-2012
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Commissioning board 'could control half of some trusts' income'
24-Apr-2012
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Trust put finances ahead of waiting lists, Monitor suggests
24-Apr-2012
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Portsmouth CCG appoints GP to lead role
19-Apr-2012
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CCGs excluding local medical committees, says GP leader
19-Apr-2012
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Royal Brompton loses reconfiguration case at the High Court
19-Apr-2012
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Commissioning board mandate could lead to government clashes
19-Apr-2012
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How localism really can be achieved in healthcare provision
19 April 2012
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How to handle NHS contract arrangements with confidence
19 April 2012
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Readers' letters – 19 April 2012
19 April 2012
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The dos and don'ts of contract management
19-Apr-2012
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Noel Plumridge: CCGs meet their controllers
18-Apr-2012
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Three top NHS regional chiefs decline commissioning board roles
18-Apr-2012
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NHS must 'up its game' on homeless people's mental health
18-Apr-2012
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CCGs will be subject to Agenda for Change
16-Apr-2012
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Pay scheme will force leaders to 'justify salaries'
13-Apr-2012
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Commissioning board mandate must set out a clear vision
12-Apr-2012
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Acute trusts absent from local wellbeing boards
12 April 2012
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Don Redding: give the public remote control
12 April 2012
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How an NHS-pharma partnership is improving prevention
12 April 2012
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Exclusive: Poor patients face shorter GP opening hours
11-Apr-2012
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NHS Commissioning Board highlights major HR risk
5-Apr-2012
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CCGs to get 'development agreement' and ‘rectification plan’ on authorisation
5-Apr-2012
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King's has 'fewer' quality concerns than other south London providers
5-Apr-2012
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'All staff' in Berkshire cluster to transfer to new bodies
5-Apr-2012
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First public board for East CCG
4-Apr-2012
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Paul Zollinger-Read to join Bupa
3-Apr-2012
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Competition panel to advise on CCG conflict of interest regulation
2-Apr-2012
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Five Arden CCGs merge into three
30-Mar-2012
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Wiltshire cluster services to merge with Berkshire/Gloucestershire CSS
30-Mar-2012
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Nicholson: commissioning staff will know job fate by December
29-Mar-2012
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How to inspire a generation of entrepreneurial leaders in healthcare
29-Mar-2012
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What's beneath the surface of the provider market?
29-Mar-2012
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Guidance on producing an any qualified provider implementation pack
29 March 2012
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How to make patient experience out of this world
29 March 2012
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Exclusive: NHS Commissioning Board to appoint all CSS leaders
28-Mar-2012
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CSSs to collaborate on national support functions
28-Mar-2012
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SHIP CSS to take more than 350 staff from PCT cluster
28-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: CCG authorisation requirements and timetable revealed
26-Mar-2012
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York FT must change gatekeeping role, says competition panel
22-Mar-2012
-
New tools for new commissioners: an HSJ special supplement
22-Mar-2012
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How trusts can get value for money commissioning pathology services
22-Mar-2012
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The legal implications of EU procurement law for the NHS
22-Mar-2012
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How EU procurement directives could impact health service commissioning
22 March 2012
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NHSCB patient role ‘too information focused’
16-Mar-2012
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CCG leaders: full list
15-Mar-2012
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HSJ…more for healthcare leaders
15-Mar-2012
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How trusts are getting smarter about business intelligence
15-Mar-2012
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How will CCGs assure the quality of care they commission?
15 March 2012
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Noel Plumridge: do not underestimate CCG support organisations
15-Mar-2012
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'The NHS needs to be better at adopting innovation'
15-Mar-2012
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Voluntary redundancies dominate PCT pay-offs
15 March 2012
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Why clinical commissioners will be in search of a new approach
15 March 2012
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PCTs must not focus on ‘fantastic’ pasts
14-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: CCG leaders to be assessed on 'aptitude and attitude'
14-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: commissioning support development falls to PCT staff
14-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: many experienced commissioners predicted to leave
14-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: over 60 per cent of CCGs choose PCT manager as their leader
14-Mar-2012
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Experienced GPs and managers can give CCGs the best start
14-Mar-2012
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National NHS surplus rises by £329m
14-Mar-2012
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Rebel Lib Dem reforms revolt defeated
14-Mar-2012
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Lib Dem vote against support for bill puts more pressure on peers
12-Mar-2012
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Out of CSS failure will come a ready-made market
9-Mar-2012
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Health Bill could bring in US-style system, report warns
9-Mar-2012
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'High volume surgery outcomes suggest there is safety in numbers'
8-Mar-2012
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Are GPs the right people for the job?
8-Mar-2012
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Motivation is needed to see clinical commissioning succeed
6-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: commissioning board says CSSs 'on the cusp of failing'
6-Mar-2012
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DH chief defends early implementation of NHS reforms
6-Mar-2012
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PCT staff to be designated 'affected by change'
2-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: East Midlands hires big commercial name to develop commissioning
2-Mar-2012
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Ernst and Young brought in to support CSS
2-Mar-2012
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Health Bill 'unfit for purpose' - BMA
2-Mar-2012
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Bristol and Somerset to work together on commissioning support
1-Mar-2012
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Second CCG condemns health bill and 'bureaucratic' authorisation process
1-Mar-2012
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'Patient choice should not force commissioners away from competition'
1-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: national commissioning leads CCG to merge
1-Mar-2012
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CCG performance framework missing key quality indicators
1-Mar-2012
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Nick Seddon: healthcare reform's new dawn
1-Mar-2012
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In this together: why clinically led commissioning will rely on collaboration
1 March 2012
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Smallest CCG told: merge tomorrow
29-Feb-2012
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Charities pursue involvement for CCG commissioning support
29-Feb-2012
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Key insights into making health and wellbeing boards work
28-Feb-2012
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CCG calls for Health Bill to be scrapped
28-Feb-2012
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Conflicts of interest Health Bill amendments agreed
28-Feb-2012
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Developing integrated care for an ageing population
28-Feb-2012
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Further operational guidance for public health teams
27-Feb-2012
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How to get better value for money from psychiatric care units
27-Feb-2012
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US private health firm cuts UK executive team
23-Feb-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: peculiar commissioning spend estimates could threaten surpluses
23-Feb-2012
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Embracing new technologies can drive innovation in healthcare services
23 February 2012
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'Low priority treatments should not let commissioners cut corners'
23-Feb-2012
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Taking up the Dorrell challenge? It's the money, stupid
23-Feb-2012
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Why trusts should pay closer attention to surgical site infections
23 February 2012
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How to empower GPs and local commissioners to deliver care
22-Feb-2012
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Westminster GPs want community nursing in borough 'substantially changed'
21-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: Lansley assures CCGs over competition
20-Feb-2012
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PMS contracts being cut by £800,000 in Staffs and Stoke
17-Feb-2012
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Three commissioning support services under development in South West
17-Feb-2012
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NHS Bristol to tender for new mental health provider
16-Feb-2012
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Standardised GP contract by 2015 is 'naive'
16-Feb-2012
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How to choose the right treatment for community-acquired pneumonia
16 February 2012
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Why engaging the workforce helps enhance service innovation
16 February 2012
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Why reconfiguration remains a difficult balance between commissioners and providers
16 February 2012
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Commissioning support services to get private sector guidance
15-Feb-2012
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Three clusters advertise for commissioning support MD
15-Feb-2012
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Government forced to defend McKinsey bill involvement
14-Feb-2012
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How using a tariff system can help community service providers hit targets
14-Feb-2012
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Andrew Lansley: competition is critical for NHS reform
13-Feb-2012
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Oxfordshire and Bucks CSS told to address 'footprint' issue
10-Feb-2012
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Buckinghamshire CCGs mull merger
10-Feb-2012
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Commissioning for Social Value: a vision for people, practices and communities
10-Feb-2012
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'There is inherent value in high quality outcomes data'
9-Feb-2012
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David Kerr: the true value of reform must be defined by patient outcomes
9-Feb-2012
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Telehealth can be at the heart of integrated health and social care
9 February 2012
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Leadership Academy highlights gender discrimination in NHS
8-Feb-2012
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Government risks going backwards on integration, warn MPs
8-Feb-2012
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Revealed: CCG funding gulf could 'destablise services'
7-Feb-2012
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Lord Owen: Lords have failed to alter the Health Bill
7-Feb-2012
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'New insights could help CCGs be clear on population health services'
6-Feb-2012
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SHIP cluster courts KPMG for commissioning support development
3-Feb-2012
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Five NHS commissioning board directors confirmed
3-Feb-2012
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Commissioning board restricted by Health Bill 'turbulence'
3-Feb-2012
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Health Bill amendments target integration and secretary of state's duties
2-Feb-2012
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Ciarán Devane interview: 'There is a role for top-down control'
2-Feb-2012
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Croydon out-of-hours care failures exposed
2-Feb-2012
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'Engaging GPs is the new year's resolution for clinical commissioning'
2-Feb-2012
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Private providers attack Monitor failure regime
1-Feb-2012
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CCG performance could be measured against 120 indicators
1-Feb-2012
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Medical royal colleges divide over Health Bill
1-Feb-2012
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Consultant support sought for CCG authorisation process
27-Jan-2012
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Farrar: Commissioning board manager cuts 'pose a danger to patient care'
27-Jan-2012
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Cuts to commissioning management 'risk quality and savings'
26-Jan-2012
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Unions to hold reform summit with royal colleges
26-Jan-2012
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Key risks posed by NHS commissioning reforms revealed
26-Jan-2012
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'Reconfiguration may do more harm than good'
26-Jan-2012
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'Don't rush through regulation at the expense of innovation'
26 January 2012
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Risks facing the commissioning board: in its own words
26 January 2012
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Monitor could advise commissioners on reconfiguration to combat financial difficulties
25-Jan-2012
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Commissioning by any other name: will 'clinical' become 'world class'?
24-Jan-2012
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Lansley defends reforms from 'unfair and out-of-date' report
24-Jan-2012
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Solid foundations: how to lead successfully in the new foundation landscape
24-Jan-2012
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MD of Somerset CCG steps down
23-Jan-2012
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Managers encouraged to blow whistle on colleagues in draft plans to regulate NHS leaders
20-Jan-2012
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Forty-one commissioning support services are proposed
19-Jan-2012
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Five integral steps to support commissioning headache services
19-Jan-2012
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Managers to fly in to run straggling CCGs' budgets
19-Jan-2012
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Salaries of 10 NHS Commissioning Board directors total £1.7m
18-Jan-2012
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Competitive tendering will be ‘as important’ as any qualified provider
18-Jan-2012
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Developing a health and local government service integration model
18-Jan-2012
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DH urges councils to support commissioning
16-Jan-2012
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'Start planning the execution, instead of dreaming about the ambition'
16-Jan-2012
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HSJ's latest CCGs map
12-Jan-2012
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Noel Plumridge: has the sparkle gone from social enterprise?
12-Jan-2012
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Can CCGs learn to integrate mental health services from a Californian healthcare model?
12 January 2012
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Why physical health checks for mental health patients are vital to their wellbeing
12 January 2012
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Exclusive: only half of CCGs will be ready - GP commissioning champion
11-Jan-2012
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How a transformation programme helps improve community services' efficiency
11-Jan-2012
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'Common principles' for commissioning support offer emerging in Birmingham and Solihull
10-Jan-2012
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Why AQP can drive real benefits in primary and secondary care
6-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: DH leak reveals uncertainty over 11,000 PCT jobs
5-Jan-2012
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PCT and SHA staff set to learn job decisions
5-Jan-2012
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'Integrated care should be this decade's number one priority'
5-Jan-2012
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Clinical commissioning behind schedule and risking 'suspended animation'
5-Jan-2012
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'Patients and organisations still need an information revolution'
5 January 2012
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Your Humble Servant: the rallying cry for 2012
5 January 2012
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Sexual health services should offer alcohol advice
30-Dec-2011
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The critical need to evaluate and improve back office functions
29-Dec-2011
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Field's Future Forum report to call for GPs to move into 'bigger organisations'
28-Dec-2011
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Dorset County Hospitals to cut services in the community
21-Dec-2011
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Exclusive: Commissioning board will have GP deputy medical director
20-Dec-2011
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Cluster condemns DH pressure on NEDs to resign
19-Dec-2011
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BMA: GPs are being 'bullied' to meet April 2013 commissioning deadline
15-Dec-2011
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Twelve months of turbulence: 2011 in review
15-Dec-2011
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Clinical commissioning group boards should have tenure and size limits
15-Dec-2011
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'Delivering better community services requires equal relationships'
15 December 2011
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How to meet QIPP challenges in end of life care services
15 December 2011
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PCTs to receive flat 2.8pc increase next year
14-Dec-2011
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Lincolnshire, Humber and North Yorkshire to form single CSO
13-Dec-2011
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Cost of rising emergency dementia admissions revealed
13-Dec-2011
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Why trust procurement needs price comparison to be efficient
13-Dec-2011
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Commissioning board names medical and finance chiefs
9-Dec-2011
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South Tyneside hospital spending 'not sustainable in future years'
9-Dec-2011
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North East PCTs pursue single commissioning support organisation
9-Dec-2011
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Andy McKeon: does commissioning change anything?
8-Dec-2011
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Reforms causing 'continued chaos' to frontline services - BMA
8-Dec-2011
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'Specialised commissioning gives the NHS Commissioning Board a chance to deliver'
8 December 2011
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North of Tyne PCTs provide information dashboard to GPs and CCGs
7-Dec-2011
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Exclusive: Lansley to step up push on variation as second NHS atlas published
7-Dec-2011
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PCTs take easy option on AQP
7-Dec-2011
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Exclusive: CCGs, national board and fellow GPs will tackle 'underperformers' - Lansley
7-Dec-2011
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Flory plans CCG finance chief 'accreditation' process
7-Dec-2011
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GPs opt for a single CCG for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
6-Dec-2011
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North Yorkshire and York PCT welcomes evidence for telehealth
6-Dec-2011
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David Nicholson seeks NHS 'nature and culture' change to innovate
5-Dec-2011
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Nicholson: providers and commissioners will be fined for not meeting NICE guidance
5-Dec-2011
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Clinical senate role still unclear - DH
2-Dec-2011
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CCG performance and payment regime allowed to include 'process' measures
2-Dec-2011
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Exclusive: CCGs subject to extra safeguards when commissioning from GPs
1-Dec-2011
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CCG management could learn from schools - Lansley
1-Dec-2011
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DH to set out CCG behaviour guidance
1-Dec-2011
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London CCGs begin mergers as clusters warn on size
1-Dec-2011
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DH exerts pressure to merge on smaller CCGs
1-Dec-2011
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Warning over status of nurses involved in NHS commissioning
30-Nov-2011
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Hakin: pace of CCG development next year will 'be dramatic'
30-Nov-2011
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GPs claim CCGs are being 'bullied and coerced' by PCTs
30-Nov-2011
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HSJ interview: Nicholson and Flory prepare the ground for CCGs
29-Nov-2011
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Price competition fears over provider penalties
29-Nov-2011
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BMA declares full opposition to reforms
25-Nov-2011
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CCG staffing must be 'commensurate' with delegated budgets
24-Nov-2011
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CCG staff assignment to accelerate despite redundancy fears
23-Nov-2011
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PCT public health spending revealed
23-Nov-2011
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Most commissioners see readmissions rate rise despite harsh penalties
23-Nov-2011
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Setting out the principles for integrated care
23-Nov-2011
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CCGs 'feasible' if covering 100,000 or more
22-Nov-2011
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Community group launches survey following London HIV drugs change
22-Nov-2011
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Commissioners and providers seek move to long-term contracts
22-Nov-2011
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Exclusive: NHS begins planning CCG authorisation 'pipeline'
22-Nov-2011
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Rise in PCTs reporting above-average costs
22-Nov-2011
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Why a better understanding of emergency admissions needs better data
22-Nov-2011
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CCGs may be 'ill-equipped' to meet information governance standards
21-Nov-2011
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Payment by results moves to 'bundled' contracts
17-Nov-2011
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Fertility treatment bans reversed by PCTs
17 November 2011
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Mental health tariffs 'not fit for purpose' - NHS Confederation
17 November 2011
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Why occupational therapists have a vital role in integrated care
17 November 2011
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Exclusive: 'Significant majority' of CCG population will live in its area - minister
16-Nov-2011
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Exclusive: Lansley on the CQC, integration, the reform risk register and commissioning
16-Nov-2011
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Why the success of health and wellbeing boards depends on relationships
16-Nov-2011
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DH reforms assessment release demanded by peers
15-Nov-2011
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Devloping new structures for improved service delivery
15-Nov-2011
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Derbyshire identifies AQP priorities
14-Nov-2011
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Lansley to announce 'ban' on minimum waiting times
14-Nov-2011
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Exclusive: commissioning board to include 50 local medical directors
11-Nov-2011
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'Healing our finances needs a long term, not short term, strategy'
10 November 2011
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How scenario planning can inspire creative approaches to innovation
10 November 2011
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DH signals new delays to commissioning support procurement
9-Nov-2011
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Lack of female CCG leaders puts future success of NHS at risk, report finds
8-Nov-2011
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GP commissioning leaders: CCGs should not set referral limits
8-Nov-2011
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Leicestershire and Rutland CCGs to take over full relevant commissioning budget
7-Nov-2011
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Judge rules cardiac review consultation unlawful
7-Nov-2011
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NHS facing 'tsunami' of patient anger
7-Nov-2011
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Joint commissioning plans need to 'go further', Future Forum lead urges
3-Nov-2011
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HSJ interview: Clayton M Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Prescription
3 November 2011
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Moving to fairer funding and standardised services for GP practices
2-Nov-2011
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Nicholson says CCGs should get choice of support provider
1-Nov-2011
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Setting up successful joint strategic needs assessments
1-Nov-2011
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How a holistic approach to healthcare drives better value
1-Nov-2011
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Delivering integrated care will bring us all closer together
27-Oct-2011
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Three quarters of Birmingham CCGs rated 'red' in pre-authorisation test
27-Oct-2011
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Phil Hammond: the reforms remain more question than answer
27-Oct-2011
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North East PCTs mull region-wide commissioning support
27 October 2011
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Single NHS finance and performance post abolished
26-Oct-2011
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Barnsley chief exec seconded to DH
24-Oct-2011
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SW clusters press ahead with development of commissioning support
24-Oct-2011
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Guidance 'misconstrued' as commissioners restrict drugs
24-Oct-2011
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Why public and patient engagement must work in the new commissioning system
24-Oct-2011
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Leicestershire cluster shortlists four services for AQP
20-Oct-2011
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Exclusive: government defending 'autonomy clause'
20-Oct-2011
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Lords propose greater transparency in new Health Bill changes
20-Oct-2011
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The benefits of PbR in commissioning smoking cessation services
20 October 2011
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Why exceeding patient expectations should be central for clinical commissioners
20 October 2011
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Why NHS boards might be missing out on opportunities to act
20 October 2011
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Derbyshire agrees ambulance commissioning plan
19-Oct-2011
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DH commissioning support vision revealed
19-Oct-2011
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Government eyes timing as Health Bill amendments pour in
19-Oct-2011
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Lansley's candidate for Commissioning Board chair narrowly wins MPs' backing
19-Oct-2011
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How predictive modelling can help reduce risk, and hospital admissions
17-Oct-2011
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Exclusive: DH publishes detailed plans for commissioning support
17-Oct-2011
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New Somerset social enterprise sets 'marker in the sand'
14-Oct-2011
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NHS Commissioning Board chair announced
14-Oct-2011
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Commissioners may struggle with 'tight' PbR timescales for mental health
14-Oct-2011
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'After destructive debate, the case for reform needs to be rebuilt'
13 October 2011
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Surgery in Yorkshire goes it alone on procedures decision
13 October 2011
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DH to 'bring in line' commissioners who ration treatments
12-Oct-2011
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Health inequalities scheme flagging as GPs shun 'charity work'
12-Oct-2011
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NHS London offers GPs training to smooth passage into CCGs
11-Oct-2011
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How to avoid legal pitfalls when procuring goods and services
11-Oct-2011
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NHS Confed: Health Bill could lead to vital decisions 'paralysis'
11-Oct-2011
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Compete or collaborate? The policy dysphoria facing NHS organisations
10-Oct-2011
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NHS Greenwich says it will probably need to dip into its top-slice
7-Oct-2011
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BMA 'alarmed' about CCGs excluding some GPs and LMCs
7-Oct-2011
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Lansley's 'shining example' forced to deny rationing claims
6-Oct-2011
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CCGs call for more choice over commissioning support
6-Oct-2011
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'No evidence' that collaborative procurement lowers prices, FT Network says
6 October 2011
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Why public health practice must be integrated into commissioning
6 October 2011
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Two social enterprises up and running in the south west
5-Oct-2011
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'Social enterprise is a real alternative to the big, bland offer'
3-Oct-2011
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Number of trusts predicting 2011-12 deficit trebles compared with last year - DH report
30-Sep-2011
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Third of CCGs reluctant to become statutory bodies, PM warned
30-Sep-2011
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Six Warwickshire CCGs likely to become four
29-Sep-2011
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DH considers a country-wide push on reconfiguration
29-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: few GP commissioners in DH top leaders list
29-Sep-2011
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'No conflict' in contract awarded to private company associated with commissioners
29-Sep-2011
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'Only mugs work in commissioning’: tackling the management brain drain
29-Sep-2011
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Farrar and GP commissioners criticise competition diktat
28-Sep-2011
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Will commissioning reform aid integration? A special HSJ supplement
28-Sep-2011
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Commissioning support costs for CCGs emerging with variations
28-Sep-2011
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Private company accuses foundation trust of 'predatory pricing'
27-Sep-2011
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Heatherwood FT refuses to share data with commissioners
27-Sep-2011
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Birmingham and Solihull agrees CQUINs
26-Sep-2011
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Is more surgery the answer to the nation's obesity crisis?
26-Sep-2011
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What the realities of competition mean for organisations' sustainability
26-Sep-2011
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John Lawlor confirmed as Airedale, Bradford and Leeds PCT cluster chief
23-Sep-2011
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West Midlands trauma care review due to complete in February
23-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: CCG leaders: Gerada is 'misleading' over GP commissioning
23-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: GPs 'anxious' about conflicts of interest in commissioning, says doctors regulator
22-Sep-2011
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Providing integrated care won't be easier for CCGs, study suggests
22-Sep-2011
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GP conflicts of interest could 'badly undermine' confidence in NHS
22-Sep-2011
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Why the amended Health Bill still creates a worrying outlook for the NHS
22 September 2011
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Why the NHS needs more transparency in benchmarking to truly drive better services
22 September 2011
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Emergency services commissioning needs clarity, committee warns
21-Sep-2011
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Arden cluster plans commissioning support service
21-Sep-2011
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CCGs will be liable for PCT redundancy costs
21-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: GP contract changes could standardise services and pay
21-Sep-2011
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CCP to investigate attempts to close walk-in centre
21-Sep-2011
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Cheshire and Merseyside consider merging family health support services
20-Sep-2011
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Can US models of care delivery inform how CCGs should work?
20-Sep-2011
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Drop in admission rates hailed as possible CCG success
19-Sep-2011
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DH: Clinical senates will not ‘interfere with or constrain’ CCGs
15-Sep-2011
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Government drug treatment strategy questioned by new watchdog
15-Sep-2011
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Legal costs could see CCGs allowances 'wiped out'
15-Sep-2011
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CCGs setting spending priorities urged to 'be brave'
15-Sep-2011
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CCP backs commissioners in care home procurement row
15 September 2011
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Health and Wellbeing Boards 'should drive integration'
15 September 2011
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Lansley told CCGs are frustrated over commissioning support
15-Sep-2011
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Michael White: in reality, even a centralised model devolves power
15 September 2011
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Practice 'federations' frustrated by reform - Gerada
15 September 2011
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Clinical commissioners need 'bold' approach, report claims
14-Sep-2011
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NHS Alliance and NAPC unite to 'champion' clinical commissioning groups
13-Sep-2011
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Lib Dem rebels to contest cleared reform legislation at conference
13-Sep-2011
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SE London cluster reviewing spinal surgery at Lewisham Hospital
12-Sep-2011
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'We need to build the proper foundations for clinically led commissioning'
12-Sep-2011
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'If the reforms go wrong, the potential risk to public health huge'
9-Sep-2011
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GP plans may result in ‘even greater reductions in funding’ for Countess of Chester
8-Sep-2011
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HSJ special report: sustainability in the NHS
8-Sep-2011
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'Huge opportunities' for private provision under reform - Howe
8-Sep-2011
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House of Commons votes through revised Health Bill
8-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: GPs should seek legal advice over commissioning role - Gerada
8-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: fixed costs leave CCGs just £9 per head for commissioning
8-Sep-2011
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Mental health savings scheme putting patients in 'inappropriate services'
8 September 2011
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Why critical comparisons are needed to improve management of patients with chronic diseases
8 September 2011
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Why it is crucial for commissioning support to be established successfully
8 September 2011
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NHS 'substantially achieved' management cut target last year
6-Sep-2011
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GPs commission new Norfolk community COPD service
5-Sep-2011
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Reforms risk 'the end' of the NHS - Robinson
5-Sep-2011
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Lib Dems renew Health Bill concerns ahead of Commons debate
5-Sep-2011
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GP leads for West Hampshire CCG announced
2-Sep-2011
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Cumbria PCT agrees £164.6m contract with NCUHT
2-Sep-2011
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'Health services need a new type of investment to help achieve savings'
2-Sep-2011
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GP practices in east and north Birmingham named as pathfinder consortia
1-Sep-2011
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Cull hospital and consultant numbers - Crisp
1-Sep-2011
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Ensuring the correct provision of mental health services for children
1 September 2011
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New medical director for West Mercia Cluster
31-Aug-2011
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'Real change in public health will be made more difficult if service transfers are delayed'
31-Aug-2011
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Further Health Bill amendments to include new 'failure' rules
31-Aug-2011
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How a broader view of emergency readmissions could reduce overall activity levels
31-Aug-2011
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Why valuable health outcomes data is vital to improving care
31-Aug-2011
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Healthcare without limits: what the EU directive on cross-border care means for the NHS
30-Aug-2011
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PCTs urged to fill alcohol treatment gap in prisons
30-Aug-2011
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Lung disease costs to rise in retirement hotspots
25-Aug-2011
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'Crude' spending estimates risk CCGs' funding
25 August 2011
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Local forecast: predicting healthcare demand, and targeting interventions
25 August 2011
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Sally Gainsbury: PROMs prove McKinsey right - nearly
25 August 2011
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The gap between academia and practice is a barrier to evidenced-based management
25 August 2011
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Future Forum adds integrating care as priority
24-Aug-2011
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Listening exercise workstreams continue to identify concerns
24-Aug-2011
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Lansley is taking us back to medical domination - Lord Crisp
24-Aug-2011
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Why sustainable health services are key to the future of healthcare
23-Aug-2011
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Carving out a path for clinically led commissioning
22-Aug-2011
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One in seven CCG populations too small for authorisation
18 August 2011
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DH reveals authorisation 'journey' for CCGs
17-Aug-2011
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New chair elected for Sussex joint commissioning board
16-Aug-2011
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Exclusive: the Christie plans national 'chain' of cancer centres
16-Aug-2011
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Surrey dementia tool to help local authorities
15-Aug-2011
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Lambeth moves to single emerging CCG
12-Aug-2011
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Michael Dixon: it's time for general practice to get real
11-Aug-2011
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Exclusive: draft authorisation document reveals key tests for new commissioning groups
11-Aug-2011
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Arden cluster makes final executive appointments
9-Aug-2011
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Single Bristol GP practice not signed up to one of three emerging CCGs
9-Aug-2011
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NHS Direct to get central role in NHS 111
9-Aug-2011
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Sheffield moving to single clinical commissioning groups
8-Aug-2011
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New money-saving medicines scheme a step closer
4-Aug-2011
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What the new healthcare environment holds for clinical negligence indemnity
4-Aug-2011
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North West London Hospitals Trust to open more beds to cope with winter pressures
4 August 2011
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The financial challenges GPs face in developing surgery estate
4 August 2011
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Two practices remain outside a clinical commissioning group covering the rest of Wakefield
3-Aug-2011
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DH announces commissioning reform milestones and single comms service
29-Jul-2011
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Lansley condemns commissioners as 'cynical' over choice restrictions
29-Jul-2011
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Commissioners 'excessively constraining' patient choice
28-Jul-2011
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GPs back specialist nursing post after pressure from charity
28 July 2011
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Optimum value: transforming healthcare delivery from volume driven to value driven
28 July 2011
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DH to create two temporary arm's length bodies
27-Jul-2011
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Leeds and Bradford and Airedale form late PCT cluster
26-Jul-2011
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The conditions that boost the independent sector
26-Jul-2011
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Private hospital spend varies widely, study shows
26-Jul-2011
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Future of health service 'under threat' from reform - Boyle
26-Jul-2011
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Marked change in pathology provision expected
25-Jul-2011
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Choice plans are 'enforced competition', say GPs
22-Jul-2011
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Reform transition cost now £1.49bn, according to DH figure
22-Jul-2011
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Commissioning reform costs already near quarter of a billion
21-Jul-2011
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The NHS Commissioning Board must support CCGs, not overshadow them
21-Jul-2011
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Local services need the backup of national support
21-Jul-2011
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NHS management is misleading GPs about commissioning, DH adviser says
19-Jul-2011
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Oxfordshire PCT devolves two thirds of its budget to shadow CCGs
18-Jul-2011
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End of life care must be prioritised to avoid A&E admissions
18-Jul-2011
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How to lead NHS transformation
18-Jul-2011
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Commissioning Board will get funds from public health budget
14-Jul-2011
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SHA clustering arrangements announced
14-Jul-2011
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Bexley Care Trust ‘stand-off’ over cluster revealed
14 July 2011
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Commissioning brain drain ‘stripping assets’
14 July 2011
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Capacity a risk in NHS Sandwell's commissioning support model
13-Jul-2011
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Sir David sets out single commissioning vision
13-Jul-2011
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The difficulties reform poses for improving quality in the NHS - an HSJ round table
12-Jul-2011
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NICE wants to produce guidance for health and wellbeing boards
11-Jul-2011
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DH publishes full Commissioning Board plans
8-Jul-2011
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Field: clinical senates a 'hand grenade' to GP consultant relations
7-Jul-2011
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Chase Farm is 'signal' ministers will not back major NHS change, says Hunt
7-Jul-2011
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Commissioning primary care plans still in development
7-Jul-2011
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Warner: DH resisting Dilnot reforms
7-Jul-2011
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Crossing the line: how shifting organisational boundaries are impacting roles in the NHS
7-Jul-2011
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Exclusive: speech and language therapy suffers drop in scope and quality of services
7-Jul-2011
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Fears over mental health gap in commissioning knowledge
7 July 2011
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PCT legacy shows 'significant improvement' despite challenges
7 July 2011
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Power to the patients: promised improvements to patient choice need backing up
7 July 2011
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Suffolk mental health trust risks £2m arbitration
7 July 2011
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'NHS England' name plan stirs controversy
5-Jul-2011
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Future Forum chair warns small CCGs they will have to merge
5-Jul-2011
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NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney staff transfer to CIC
30-Jun-2011
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Commissioning board draft structure revealed
30-Jun-2011
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Barnsley agrees 'way forward' on commissioning groups
29-Jun-2011
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‘Specialist’ doctors on CCG boards could be GPs
29-Jun-2011
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Health secretary gains powers over NHS Commissioning Board in amended bill
29-Jun-2011
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Proposed commissioning groups will be 'unsustainable'
29-Jun-2011
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Meldrum: reform changes 'more than a respray'
28-Jun-2011
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Twenty-two contracts signed off late in Yorkshire and the Humber
28-Jun-2011
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Seventeen South East Coast provider contracts signed off late
28-Jun-2011
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Avoid 'slash and burn' approach to spending cuts - BMA
28-Jun-2011
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BMA chair claims reform victory
27-Jun-2011
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Health Bill: changes risk ‘paper duties’ and central pressure
24-Jun-2011
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Health Bill: government publishes 181 amendments
24-Jun-2011
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Auditors to query use of foundations’ resources
23 June 2011
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The right-to-request primary care trust: one year on
23 June 2011
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Bradford and Airedale consortium still hopes to cross council border
22-Jun-2011
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Commissioning groups that cross boundaries may have to reform
22-Jun-2011
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Half of NHS staff pessimistic on patient care
21-Jun-2011
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Nicholson: PCT clusters to survive as arms of Commissioning Board
21-Jun-2011
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Groups to commission for 'their whole population'
20-Jun-2011
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Health secretary and NCB will only intervene when failure is 'significant'
20-Jun-2011
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Board membership requirements to be set out in regulations
20-Jun-2011
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Nicholson to remain NHS chief executive until 2013 as reform timetable relaxes
20-Jun-2011
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Parliament to approve regulations on dissolving failing consortia
20-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: Details of NHS regional tier plan
17-Jun-2011
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Commissioning board shouldn’t become ‘greatest quango’ – Nicholson
16-Jun-2011
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Lansley: 'We want to take people with us'
16-Jun-2011
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Consortia rebrand required to 'clearly link' with locality
16 June 2011
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Royal Bournemouth breaching mixed sex accomodation rules
15-Jun-2011
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Fears raised over two-tier commissioning system
15-Jun-2011
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Major power to be focused at centre
15-Jun-2011
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GP-private healthcare link raises conflict of interest concerns
15-Jun-2011
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NHS Confederation warns over centralised commissioning power
14-Jun-2011
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Government introduces string of requirements for new-look consortia
14-Jun-2011
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How to manage conflicts of interest in GP commissioning
14-Jun-2011
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Beefed up health and wellbeing boards extend council powers
14-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: ministers set to overrule Future Forum
13-Jun-2011
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Quality premiums and Any Qualified Provider supported by Future Forum
13-Jun-2011
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Councils poised to scale back consortia freedoms
13-Jun-2011
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No requirement to include doctors and nurses on boards
13-Jun-2011
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Andrew Lansley to speak at Commissioning Show 2011 - HSJ subscriber free ticket offer
9-Jun-2011
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BMA GP chief: Prime minister NHS changes 'welcome'
9-Jun-2011
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The importance of data in commissioning good care
9-Jun-2011
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South Central consortia leads involved in QIPP and given budgets
8-Jun-2011
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Royal College commissioning school receiving nearly £2m for GPs' training
8-Jun-2011
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Reform changes may threaten what little progress is being made
8-Jun-2011
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Commissioning board to constrain consortia powers if 'not ready'
8-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: GP commissioning consortia boards must contain a doctor and nurse
7-Jun-2011
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Cameron to outline 'personal guarantees' on NHS
7-Jun-2011
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Central reform principles are 'not controversial'
7-Jun-2011
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What the Health Bill means for continuing quality improvement
6-Jun-2011
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Restoring order: how a commissioning senate can lead a smooth transition to consortia
6-Jun-2011
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Performance pay for GPs risks patient trust in doctors, says BMA
3-Jun-2011
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Lansley ready to modify reforms
2-Jun-2011
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Health and wellbeing boards 'lack real influence'
2 June 2011
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Clusters to be given single operating model under DH plans
1-Jun-2011
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North East Lincs set to hand over children's commissioning
31-May-2011
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The benefits better communication and negotiation skills could bring to the NHS
26 May 2011
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The need for clarity in evidence based commissioning
23-May-2011
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'Complex consortia issues will require a new style of leadership'
23-May-2011
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Exclusive: Commissioning Board will be told to save cancer lives
20-May-2011
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BMA: commissioning consortia are excluding salaried GPs
20-May-2011
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Online seminar: driving standards up and costs down
19-May-2011
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Consortia authorisation 'window' risks quality
19-May-2011
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Providers warn over dangers of PCT ‘war chest’
19-May-2011
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Private provider bosses confident of reform opportunities
19-May-2011
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Among the structural turmoil, maintaining performance is a matter of life and death
19 May 2011
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No evidence for money saving potential of community care pathways
19 May 2011
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QIPP and care plans for long term conditions: revisited
19 May 2011
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Blackburn with Darwen surplus was ahead of plan in January
17-May-2011
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How pathway mapping software is improving evidence based care delivery
16-May-2011
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'Listening exercise' delays DH business plan
16-May-2011
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PCTs withholding consortia funding, claims NAPC
12-May-2011
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Multimillion pound commissioning support tender suspended
12-May-2011
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How health sector and independent sector partnerships can bring mutual benefits
12 May 2011
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NHS Direct fined £1.1m for missing targets
12 May 2011
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Specialist trust says Monitor process leaves 'no room for growth'
12-May-2011
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Hartlepool and Stockton PCTs expect surplus despite acute overspend
11-May-2011
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NHS funding model is no longer 'resilient' - Britnell
11-May-2011
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NHS Scotland 'a model for reform'
11-May-2011
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South West clusters draw up new specialised commissioning agreement
9-May-2011
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North Somerset enters joint commissioning agreement with local council
9-May-2011
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Ben Gowland: changing the minds of managers in a clinically led NHS
9-May-2011
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Tools to help commissioners deal with disinvestment
9-May-2011
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Exclusive: Ambulance boss to step down
5-May-2011
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Passing judgement on Lansley's vision
5 May 2011
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North Essex cluster sets out governance
4-May-2011
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North East mental health FT building GP links
4-May-2011
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Prescriptions bill up £300m despite improved value for money
4-May-2011
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Provider contracts still in dispute
4-May-2011
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PM 'took GP's views out of context'
3-May-2011
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Maintaining and improving outcomes through transitioning point of care
28-Apr-2011
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The barriers to achieving cost effective interventions
28 April 2011
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PCT clusters and chief executives list
27-Apr-2011
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Avon and Wiltshire performs poorly against CQUIN target
27-Apr-2011
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Londonwide GP council to represent capital's pathfinders
27-Apr-2011
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Getting health and wellbeing boards into gear
27-Apr-2011
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Cluster landscape shows 52 commissioners
27-Apr-2011
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Equipping clinicians with the right skills for commissioning
27-Apr-2011
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No hospital doctors on consortia boards
27-Apr-2011
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GP commissioning executive takes up reins in Rotherham
26-Apr-2011
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Keeping safer service delivery at the forefront of the NHS
26-Apr-2011
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£300m bill for social care services transfer
26-Apr-2011
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'Business review' to start for commissioning support
21-Apr-2011
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Fears over offender services as duties transfer to PCTs
21-Apr-2011
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Field emphasises focus on secondary legislation for NHS reform tweaks
21-Apr-2011
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The debate on consortia governance requires sound principles, and hard evidence
21-Apr-2011
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Is the NHS constitution still relevant in the new NHS landscape?
21 April 2011
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GPs unclear on forming non-neighbouring consortia
20-Apr-2011
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Trusts set 'unlikely' savings targets for 2011-12
20-Apr-2011
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Stepping up: the collaborative approach to becoming a model of innovation
20-Apr-2011
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UnitedHealth pulls out of UK primary care provision
20-Apr-2011
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Reforms listening review 'not PR move'
19-Apr-2011
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Cameron promises changes to NHS plans
18-Apr-2011
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Salford boss to take top job at greater Manchester cluster
14-Apr-2011
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Pennine Acute expects 'significant' decommissioning from Manchester and Oldham this year
14-Apr-2011
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Sir David will 'press on' with reform details
14-Apr-2011
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Nicholson warns on 'unrealistic' savings plans
14-Apr-2011
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'Any qualified provider' guidance to slow market expansion
14 April 2011
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Performance surplus hides the fact many trusts are facing critical finance problems
14 April 2011
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Reform goals hampered by political pause
14 April 2011
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Variation in surgery rates hints at savings potential
14 April 2011
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NHS outer north east London ‘cluster’ gets underway
13-Apr-2011
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'Putting PCT staff into commissioning organisations could prove to be insanity'
12-Apr-2011
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Barnsley consortia 'can't become pathfinders'
11-Apr-2011
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HSJ consortia development map
11-Apr-2011
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NHS Stoke on Trent devolves strategic commissioning to GPs
8-Apr-2011
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Steve Field: Cameron listening exercise is for real
7-Apr-2011
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Commisioners agree to pick up the bill for Portsmouth's PFI
7-Apr-2011
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Earl Howe orders break-up of North West's 'anti-competitive' four year contract
7-Apr-2011
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Assigning PCT staff to commissioning consortia will be phased
7 April 2011
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Book review: 2030 - The Future of Medicine
7 April 2011
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Burns care across three regions 'unsustainable'
7 April 2011
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Consortia to handle PCTs' savings burden
7 April 2011
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Health Bill amendments 'soften' competition rules
7 April 2011
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Pathfinder consortia focusing on integration, analysis shows
7 April 2011
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'Public health cannot survive on £4bn'
7 April 2011
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Urgent care efficiency tool to get nationwide roll out
7 April 2011
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NHS Westminster predicting £5m slippage on QIPP plans
5-Apr-2011
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Commissioning Board control of GP contracts would be 'disaster'
5-Apr-2011
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Exclusive: national social enterprise could handle communications for GP consortia
5-Apr-2011
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Can consortia bear the burden?
3-Apr-2011
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£18m assisted living technologies project announced
31 March 2011
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Changing information into valuable data for the new, local NHS
31 March 2011
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Early consortium transfers expected by commissioners
31 March 2011
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GPs 'don't get' what third sector has to offer
31 March 2011
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Hakin rejects 'disappointing' reform criticisms
31 March 2011
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Hakin rules out consortia patient charges
31 March 2011
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Health boards need greater powers, says King's Fund
31 March 2011
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Leading GP groups risk creation of 'sink estate' consortia
31 March 2011
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Win a free place at the GP Forum
30-Mar-2011
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Rethinking clinical services: avoiding the hidden costs of saving and efficiency strategies
30-Mar-2011
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NHS West Sussex to joint commission with council next year
29-Mar-2011
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Health and wellbeing needs to remain a local responsibility
28-Mar-2011
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Tariff changes make contract negotiation tough for NHS Liverpool
25-Mar-2011
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Uniting health and social care to give dementia patients improved services
25-Mar-2011
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Budget forecast sees Cameron's NHS pledge challenged
25-Mar-2011
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Confess 'longstanding problems' in consortia handovers, PCTs told
24 March 2011
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Funding formula change boosts South
24 March 2011
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Howe promises to 'expose' underperforming GPs
24 March 2011
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Monitor predicts 20 FT contract disputes
24 March 2011
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Nice to see you: inspiring public and patient engagement with NHS services consultations
24 March 2011
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Watch now: KPMG head of health on the challenges facing the NHS
24-Mar-2011
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Tower Hamlets beats surplus target despite acute overspend
22-Mar-2011
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New Worcestershire provider hires chief executive
21-Mar-2011
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Simulation Lab: What if GPs developed a special interest in dermatology?
21-Mar-2011
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GPs 'to become change agents' - Lord Warner
18-Mar-2011
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Can GPs become agents of change, or will they remain gatekeepers?
18-Mar-2011
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Don't simply cut posts to deliver QIPP savings, Easton warns trusts
17 March 2011
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Dozens of consortia match PCT area
17 March 2011
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Health Bill dissent 'destabilising' for NHS - Alliance chief
17 March 2011
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Labour tables amendments to planned Monitor role
17 March 2011
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MPs told of budget topslicing 'risk'
17 March 2011
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Pace of consortia handovers varying widely
17 March 2011
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Bradford, Leeds and North Yorkshire PCTs remain unclustered
16-Mar-2011
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Calderdale PCT joins cluster and chief exec departs
16-Mar-2011
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Rotherham chief exec to lead five PCTs cluster
16-Mar-2011
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Blood service privatisation criticised in Commons
16-Mar-2011
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Prioritising mental health commissioning is brave, but it's also sensible
15-Mar-2011
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Lib Dems rebuke leadership over NHS reforms
14-Mar-2011
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Developing community children's health services
14-Mar-2011
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DH 'reneging' on cancer drugs fund pledge
14-Mar-2011
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Commissioning Support for London to be closed
11-Mar-2011
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HSJ Efficiency Awards open for entries
10-Mar-2011
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Functions guidance for consortia published by DH
10-Mar-2011
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Brighton GPs plan to cut commissioning teeth on mental health
10 March 2011
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Consortia grapple with size pros and cons
10 March 2011
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Consortia staff numbers will be limited
10 March 2011
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Drawing on past lessons to improve future public health and wellbeing
10 March 2011
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FTs warn budget cuts could cause organisational failure
10 March 2011
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'GPs run the risk of alienating themselves from their colleagues'
10 March 2011
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Individual user outcomes help measure effectiveness and value
10 March 2011
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NHS Bury predicts year-end surplus, despite January deficit
9-Mar-2011
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Hospitals will not have to close - Lansley
9-Mar-2011
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PCT clusters should have guarantee of existence beyond 2013, says Nuffield Trust
9-Mar-2011
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Hull GPs refuse pathfinder 'political football'
7-Mar-2011
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'There are no winners while there is 'them and us' tribalism in the NHS'
7-Mar-2011
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GPs commission controversial complementary therapies
3-Mar-2011
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Cally Bann
3-Mar-2011
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Commissioning funds used to pay for GP basics
3 March 2011
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Confed warns over EU purchase rule change
3 March 2011
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Half of PCTs employing temporary executives
3 March 2011
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Noel Plumridge: feeling the squeeze
3 March 2011
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'Sensible boundary' needed on GP competition rules, says Monitor
3 March 2011
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The role of patient panels in consortia commissioning
3 March 2011
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The spirit of independent enterprise still requires sustainable business planning
3 March 2011
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'Without a firm battle plan, consortia might find themselves neither here nor there'
3 March 2011
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Gloucestershire consortium made pathfinder
2-Mar-2011
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DH forbids PCT cluster companies
2-Mar-2011
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Consortia decisions could be voted on via mobiles
2-Mar-2011
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Readmissions penalties surpass savings target
2-Mar-2011
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Analysed: government announces third wave pathfinders
2-Mar-2011
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BMA leader questions GP cash rewards
1-Mar-2011
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Up to £800m GP income could be linked to commissioning
1-Mar-2011
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Reforms 'may not give GPs freedom'
28-Feb-2011
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'Will community services boil down to "any willing price"?'
28-Feb-2011
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NHS Warrington chief plans power handover to GPs
25-Feb-2011
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NHS Wirral shifts 120 staff to GP commissioning support
25-Feb-2011
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Hospitals 'must adapt to survive'
25-Feb-2011
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32 NHS Wirral staff come forward for voluntary redundancy
24-Feb-2011
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Can value-based drug pricing deliver a 'postcode lottery' alternative?
24 February 2011
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Kingston consortium demands fair play from PCT cluster
24 February 2011
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NHS Direct renews plans for FT status in 2013
24 February 2011
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Noel Plumridge: trapped in PFI purgatory
24 February 2011
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The legal issues facing the transition to consortia commissioning
24 February 2011
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Transparency in London reveals hive of activity
24 February 2011
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PCTs fail to make half of savings targets
23-Feb-2011
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PCT cluster retracts threat to cut public health posts
22-Feb-2011
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Conflict of interest concern in primary care centre cuts
22-Feb-2011
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Circle refers two PCTs to Cooperation and Competition Panel
22-Feb-2011
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Consortia to be authorised in stages, Sir David tells HSJ
22-Feb-2011
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Ministers warned PCT clustering 'will damage innovators'
21-Feb-2011
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Reforms will break up NHS - Healey
21-Feb-2011
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Making changes to achieve savings - without disastrous consequences
21-Feb-2011
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NHS Richmond & Twickenham cluster predicting bigger overspend after pessimistic assessment of acute challenges
18-Feb-2011
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Readmissions payment ban will cost hospitals £790m and create 'perverse incentives' - Confed
18-Feb-2011
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GPC calls for consortia provider lists
18-Feb-2011
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Nicholson: My commissioning board won't be 'shy'
18-Feb-2011
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Bill Moyes: the reform agenda presents a massive opportunity
17 February 2011
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Competition can work, but only with the right tactics
17 February 2011
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Joint surgery redesign could save trusts £664m
17 February 2011
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Real healthcare reform needs a new conceptual landscape
17 February 2011
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Yorks and North East pathfinders reflect national uncertainty
16-Feb-2011
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PCT 'first' to look at commissioning social enterprise
16-Feb-2011
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Achieving better outcomes with learning disabilities services
16-Feb-2011
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Public-private health services show bright promise in Spain
16-Feb-2011
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Anti-trespass laws to be used to shift bed blocking patients
15-Feb-2011
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Early A&E redesigns have implications for today's commissioners
15-Feb-2011
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Lansley: Competition will protect commissioners from 'abusive relationships'
11-Feb-2011
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GP services face scrutiny under competition system
10 February 2011
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If accountability counts, its value must be recognised
10 February 2011
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Local performance is the key to the future of the NHS
10 February 2011
-
PCT non-execs to hold clusters to account
10 February 2011
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Primary care trusts set to defy DH over IVF policy
10 February 2011
-
Hertfordshire joint commissioning board to be dissolved
9-Feb-2011
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Southampton plan to delegate urgent care to city-wide consortium
8-Feb-2011
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DH: 20 trusts' futures in doubt
8-Feb-2011
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NHS reforms 'need patient voice'
8-Feb-2011
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NHS Tameside & Glossop underspends by £706,000
7-Feb-2011
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Sheffield 'likely' to delegate commissioning soon
7-Feb-2011
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Commissioning firms to help shape support landscape
4-Feb-2011
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Commissioning consortia must avoid top-down organisation
4-Feb-2011
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Exclusive: Lib Dem MPs closer to opposition on health reform
4-Feb-2011
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PCT cluster discussions revealed
3-Feb-2011
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A patient’s perspective on the NHS
3 February 2011
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Flory tells PCTs to give providers leeway over winter pressures
3 February 2011
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Media Watch: Cameron and Lansley spring into action
3 February 2011
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Michael White: opposition's political artillery fire rings hollow
3 February 2011
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PCT overspending sparks fresh efficiency fears
3 February 2011
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The governance challenge for commissioning consortia
3 February 2011
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Reforms will destroy the NHS, claims Unite
1-Feb-2011
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60% of doctors 'disagree with reforms'
1-Feb-2011
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The transition from primary care to independent provider
1-Feb-2011
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NHS Networks site aims to help commissioners
31-Jan-2011
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Lansley insists 'risky' reforms are vital
31-Jan-2011
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Nigel Edwards calls for constructive dialogue on competition
31-Jan-2011
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Reforms are evolution not revolution, insists Cameron
31-Jan-2011
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Setting a course for consortia: an HSJ and doctors.net.uk discussion
31-Jan-2011
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Thousands of cancer patients 'denied radiotherapy'
28-Jan-2011
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End of life care: full interaction at the end of life
28-Jan-2011
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Commissioning: sizing up the issues of financial security
28-Jan-2011
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The Health Bill - rising to the challenge
28-Jan-2011
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Central grip tightens under 'independence' bill
27-Jan-2011
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Humana 'assured' client it was committed to UK market
27 January 2011
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Hull seeking one commissioning consortium
26-Jan-2011
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Labour attacks government on waiting times
26-Jan-2011
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Lansley: reforms will not see banker-style bonuses
26-Jan-2011
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Watch: Andrew Lansley at HSJ's 'Delivering a New Approach to Public Health' conference
25-Jan-2011
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Monitor may pay private providers more
25-Jan-2011
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The NHS Commissioning Board: biggest of the big spenders
24-Jan-2011
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The commissioner's essential guide to the Health Bill
24-Jan-2011
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Commissioners could be forced to pay into Monitor fund
20-Jan-2011
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Tribunal to have responsibility for settling disputes over protected services
20-Jan-2011
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Commissioning board given 'draconian' powers
20-Jan-2011
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Small consortia will reduce savings, warns DH
19-Jan-2011
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Health secretary to get powers over commissioning board
19-Jan-2011
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Commissioning transition to cost £1.2bn
19-Jan-2011
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Do GPs have 'the balls' to decommission hospital care?
19-Jan-2011
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'Time to scrap GP exception reporting'
19-Jan-2011
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'We all know what’s wrong with the NHS'
19-Jan-2011
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'Accountability in the NHS is a mess'
19-Jan-2011
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Major questions remain over commissioning, say insiders
19-Jan-2011
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Nicholson: NHS commissioning board will step in if consortia falter
19-Jan-2011
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Earl Howe: Contestability is 'not alien to integration'
19-Jan-2011
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‘Brave’ Sir David stresses freedoms and delivery
19-Jan-2011
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Michael White: ministers are puzzled by the BMA’s hostility
19-Jan-2011
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Noel Plumridge: SHAs need to decide their priorities, and soon
19-Jan-2011
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NHS market faces closer EU attention
19-Jan-2011
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Cancer strategy relies more heavily on charities
19-Jan-2011
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PCT directors warned over cluster job conditions
19-Jan-2011
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The four challenges facing consortia
19-Jan-2011
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Commissioning board should run large scale 'experiments' - UnitedHealth head
18-Jan-2011
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Private sector takeover not as imminent as some may have it
18-Jan-2011
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US health giant Humana to pull out of UK
18-Jan-2011
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Nicholson warns price competition could be 'extremely dangerous'
18-Jan-2011
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Voluntary sector speaks up on QIPP
18-Jan-2011
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RCS warns on 'backdoor rationing' in NHS
17-Jan-2011
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'Direct management' of under-par consortia an option, says Nicholson
13-Jan-2011
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London reviews future of PCT support body
13 January 2011
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Nick Bosanquet: Five steps to security
13 January 2011
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Readmission savings plan softened
13 January 2011
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Rules change on EU treatments
13 January 2011
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'Through the lens of commissioning consortia the world seems quite different'
13 January 2011
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How to maximise your marginal gains
12-Jan-2011
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How to create healthcare without walls
11-Jan-2011
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Local flu vaccine shortages revealed
6-Jan-2011
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GPs will walk a tightrope between making or buying
6 January 2011
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Health and wellbeing boards are given new scrutiny role
6 January 2011
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'The NHS is every health secretary's trainset'
6 January 2011
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Acute stay management and PACE
5-Jan-2011
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How to put 'nudge' principles to work in the health service
5-Jan-2011
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Tim Riley on GP attitudes to commissioning consortia
30-Dec-2010
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A model for the co-provision of home-based care
29-Dec-2010
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How localism can work for the NHS
28-Dec-2010
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A survival plan for non-foundation trusts
27-Dec-2010
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Government sets out who will commission public health services
21-Dec-2010
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Government sets out who will commission public health services
21-Dec-2010
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Nicholson is master of all he surveys after surprise decision
20-Dec-2010
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Price competition could raise death rates, experts warn
17-Dec-2010
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Are NHS efficiency savings a dead dog?
17 December 2010
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Commissioning group rapped for rules breach
17 December 2010
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Computer models could help NHS save £20bn
17 December 2010
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Danger consortia will overlook networked services
16-Dec-2010
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DH figures show pathfinder GPs are set to bust budgets
17 December 2010
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Lansley defends NHS reforms to MPs
16-Dec-2010
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PCTs identify roles to hand on speedily
17 December 2010
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'People are skeptical of welfare spending'
17 December 2010
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Plans for 'at risk' NHS staff revealed
16-Dec-2010
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Productivity gains elude NHS trusts
17 December 2010
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RCN 'extremely disappointed' at lack of nurse inclusion in reforms
16-Dec-2010
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Think tanks warn reforms are distraction from QIPP
16-Dec-2010
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NHS operating framework reasserts central 'grip'
15-Dec-2010
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Providers freed to set their own referral to treatment targets and set prices below tariff
15-Dec-2010
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HSJ exclusive: Lansley appoints first commissioning board chief
15-Dec-2010
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BMA criticises government for 'disregarding' the concerns of doctors
15-Dec-2010
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No roles for PCT and SHA staff with new health and wellbeing boards
15-Dec-2010
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Consortia to get £25-35 per head for running costs
15-Dec-2010
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The outstanding ideas that will transform healthcare
15-Dec-2010
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Call for action on teen pregnancy services
14-Dec-2010
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Consortia should share finance directors, says NHS finance chief
10-Dec-2010
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Battleship Lansley ploughs on through the fog of reform
9 December 2010
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'Don't allow healthcare and public health improvement to be divided'
9 December 2010
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How will the health reforms be judged?
9 December 2010
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Michael White: caution and openness
9 December 2010
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MP questions strategic health planning base
9 December 2010
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PCT chiefs help drive new structure
9 December 2010
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PCTs expected to be ‘ordered’ to cluster
9 December 2010
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Sharing healthcare costs, pooling healthcare risks
9 December 2010
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Primary care organisations welcome variation in pathfinders
8-Dec-2010
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Bigger consortia safer from risk, say consultants
7-Dec-2010
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Pathfinder consortia revealed
7-Dec-2010
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NHS Sheffield chief executive goes to top leadership role at DH
7-Dec-2010
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QIPP and care plans for long-term conditions
6-Dec-2010
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Payment by Results - conference sessions
2-Dec-2010
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Payment by Results
2-Dec-2010
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Blackpool deficit hints at tough era for foundations
2 December 2010
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Department of Health maps end of PCTs and SHAs
2 December 2010
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Noel Plumridge: Must no deficit mean saying no to delivery?
2 December 2010
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PCTs restrict many treatments as overspend looms
2 December 2010
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Treasury 'Icy cold wind' may end GP independence, says NHS medical director
1-Dec-2010
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Finance: No Time Like the Present
1-Dec-2010
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London to fund development pot for pathfinders
30-Nov-2010
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PCT stroke spending at odds with outcomes
30-Nov-2010
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Ali Parsa: the NHS must learn to put quality ahead of price
26-Nov-2010
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BMA warns managers not to instruct consortia
25 November 2010
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Competition panel bans exclusive provider deals
25 November 2010
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'Dorrell argues now for quiet pragmatism, for letting change evolve'
25 November 2010
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Pioneering 'NHS Atlas' reveals huge contrasts in care
25 November 2010
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Wasted prescriptions cost £300m
24-Nov-2010
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Practical tips to prepare for consortia commissioning
24-Nov-2010
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PCTs need to up game on out of hours coding
23-Nov-2010
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Mid Staffs doctors and nurses 'will not be named'
23-Nov-2010
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Confed and RCGP to set up network for consortia
23-Nov-2010
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PCT job losses 'will happen within a year' - Unison
23-Nov-2010
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Commissioning board chief exec not in post until October
19-Nov-2010
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Academics criticise the pace of change
19-Nov-2010
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Andrew Murrison on the military covenant
19-Nov-2010
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NHS back office savings worth £1bn
19-Nov-2010
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Our lives are in the cancer detectives’ hands
19-Nov-2010
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Boards urged to improve cost-saving measures
18 November 2010
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NHS cancer spending queried by National Audit Office
18 November 2010
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HSJ100: Hakin and Gerada lead the rise of the clinicians
17-Nov-2010
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MPs want power to scrutinise DH spending plans in detail
17-Nov-2010
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Lancashire PCTs to review funding for 70 procedures
16-Nov-2010
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Andrew Lansley defends NHS reforms
16-Nov-2010
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GPs could be ordered to give evidence at Mid Staffs inquiry
16-Nov-2010
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NHS Surrey stops funding for IVF and tattoo removal
15-Nov-2010
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Former RSM president condemns NHS reforms as 'anathema'
12-Nov-2010
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£800m savings identified through better COPD care
11 November 2010
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GP consortia: new roles and new rules
11 November 2010
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Michael White: health panel discussions
11 November 2010
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The national public health service
11 November 2010
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Pledge for democratic input on commissioning 'watered down'
10-Nov-2010
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Nicholson letter suggests caution on scrapping PCTs
10-Nov-2010
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DH chief warns consortia off using PCTs for commissioning support
10-Nov-2010
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DH speeds up abolition of PCTs and SHAs
10-Nov-2010
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Hakin warns against consortia using PCTs for commissioning support
9-Nov-2010
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Government backtracks to hand maternity to GPs
8-Nov-2010
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MSPs split on waiting time law
5-Nov-2010
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Kent PCT to delay referrals in order to dodge overspend
4-Nov-2010
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GP consortia accountability questioned
4 November 2010
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GPs stung by maternity services rebuff
4 November 2010
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Independent contractors and the NHS
4 November 2010
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Mental health hit by integration issues
4 November 2010
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Patients will move between commissioners, warns GP
4 November 2010
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Practice based commissioning academy gets rebranded
4 November 2010
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The NHS needs to re-invent itself to cope with funding cuts
4 November 2010
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Trust plans closure of seven wards
4 November 2010
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GP commissioner groups ‘will be size of PCTs’
3-Nov-2010
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Foreign firms will 'swoop on NHS'
1-Nov-2010
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NHS Commissioning Board to check foreign doctors' language skills
29-Oct-2010
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Commissioning tools launched for neuro conditions and cardiac rehab
29-Oct-2010
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GP consortia pathfinder guidelines published
28-Oct-2010
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Councils 'lagging' on social care personal budgets plan
28-Oct-2010
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Big Society: little guys vs big guns
28 October 2010
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'Health outcome bond' pilot to attempt hospital admissions cut
28 October 2010
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No evidence GP consortia will be better than PCTs
28 October 2010
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Outsourcing quotas to drive mixed health services provider market
27-Oct-2010
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White paper fears will not lead to GP exodus, says BMA
27-Oct-2010
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Yorkshire PCT announces 'unpalatable' measures to tackle overspend
26-Oct-2010
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PCT halts funding for over 30 procedures to 'remain sustainable'
26-Oct-2010
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Consortia management allowance will be in operating framework, says Nicholson
21-Oct-2010
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Slow down will 'strangle' reforms, warns NAPC
21-Oct-2010
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Britnell sets up commissioning academy with NAPC
20-Oct-2010
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Renegotiating NHS contracts: how to avoid the pitfalls
20-Oct-2010
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Risk management will be flash point for PCTs and GP consortia
20-Oct-2010
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Commissioning will cost 'less than 5 per cent'
19-Oct-2010
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NHS London volunteers external oversight in 'Lansley tests' over reconfiguration plans
19-Oct-2010
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RCGP to launch commissioning support centre
19-Oct-2010
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GP takes over at North East Lincs
19-Oct-2010
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Integrated healthcare: removing the policy barriers
19-Oct-2010
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BMA should 'rethink' private sector opposition
19-Oct-2010
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Chief exec of second Essex PCT cluster named
14-Oct-2010
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Follow the leaders – or waste billions of pounds every year
14 October 2010
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College to lobby for inclusion of secondary care in consortia
13-Oct-2010
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Alliance warns that consortia must be 'coordinated, not directed'
13-Oct-2010
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Lansley plays down 'scale and pace' concerns over GP commissioning
12-Oct-2010
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The role of clinical commissioning in public health
12-Oct-2010
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Future RCGP leader issues warning on 'market expansion'
11-Oct-2010
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Making the most of clinical leaders
10-Oct-2010
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Patient access to medical records
9-Oct-2010
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Lansley warned on 'disenfranchised' salaried GPs
8-Oct-2010
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GPs sceptical reforms will benefit patients
8-Oct-2010
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Community nurses have 'serious concerns' about GP commissioning
7-Oct-2010
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King's Fund warns about 'scale and pace' of reforms
7-Oct-2010
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Big income drop likely for children’s hospitals
7 October 2010
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GP consortium pioneer says PCTs are vital safety net
7 October 2010
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PCT functions 'need clarification'
7 October 2010
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The right way to form GP consortia
7 October 2010
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Your idea could redefine the health service
7 October 2010
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NHS managers hit back at reforms
6-Oct-2010
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Consortia may boost GP data
6-Oct-2010
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Out of hours performance variation to be made public
6-Oct-2010
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Thorny NHS reform issues unresolved
6-Oct-2010
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Milton rejects claim that NHS reforms are 'weak link' in government policy
5-Oct-2010
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A telemedicine solution to stroke care
5-Oct-2010
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Value for money commissioning in mental health
5-Oct-2010
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Value for money in pathology commissioning
5-Oct-2010
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Union launches anti-white paper campaign
4-Oct-2010
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GP commissioners must not ignore specialist advice, surgeons warn
4-Oct-2010
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'Self-serving' trusts damaging patient care
4-Oct-2010
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NHS staff criticise white paper over lack detail and pace of change
4-Oct-2010
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South Essex PCTs confirm creation of cluster
1-Oct-2010
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Government urged to plan for ageing population
1-Oct-2010
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Transforming community services: where are we now?
1-Oct-2010
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List of PCT functions drawn up to aid formation of GP consortia
30-Sep-2010
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First GP consortia launched in Cambridgeshire
30-Sep-2010
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Essex PCTs to unveil single chief executive
30 September 2010
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NHS managers explore 'plan B' for PCTs
30 September 2010
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PCT spending by disease to be analysed
30 September 2010
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Lansley seeks to reassure GPs on commissioning
29-Sep-2010
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Commissioning for outcomes
29-Sep-2010
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Integrated health: breaking through savings barriers
29-Sep-2010
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NHS reform deadlines 'unrealistic'
28-Sep-2010
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GP commissioning: assembling the kit for consortia
27-Sep-2010
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Lansley attempts to kick start GPs on commissioning
24-Sep-2010
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Primary care special report: a change of practice
23 September 2010
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New chief exec takes over at Hertfordshire PCT
22-Sep-2010
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HealthWatch must have no monopoly
22-Sep-2010
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Eight PCTs to share single management
22-Sep-2010
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World class commissioning and the handover to GP consortia
21-Sep-2010
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Hit the spot with NHS health checks
20-Sep-2010
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Californian GP commissioning
20-Sep-2010
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A missed opportunity to improve care for long-term conditions
17-Sep-2010
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Scottish life expectancy improving
17-Sep-2010
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HIV cases predicted to rise
17-Sep-2010
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Royal London drops 'homeopathy' from its title
17-Sep-2010
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Concerns at ‘one legged’ public health restructure
16 September 2010
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CQUIN used for minimum achievements
16 September 2010
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DH critical of loophole in pension rules
16 September 2010
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Michael White: Is the summer silly season over?
16 September 2010
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Taking home care personally
15-Sep-2010
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Report calls for overhaul of social welfare
15-Sep-2010
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London in talks over PCT mergers
15-Sep-2010
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Nicholson steps up reform with radical savings move
15-Sep-2010
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Continence care criticised
14-Sep-2010
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Commissioning for outcomes
13-Sep-2010
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Coaching for leaders
11-Sep-2010
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White paper leads to shake up in top posts at SHAs
10-Sep-2010
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Porn in IVF units criticised
10-Sep-2010
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Chris J Hawkey: A new opening for transparency
9 September 2010
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It’s not just commissioning – who will fill the PCT vacuum?
9 September 2010
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Noel Plumridge on axes and accountability
9 September 2010
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PCTs make a good shot at prioritisation
9 September 2010
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Warning over scale of task of replacing PCTs
9 September 2010
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DH to have veto over DPH appointments
8-Sep-2010
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Mental health preferred providers: stick to your guns on pricing
8-Sep-2010
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'Charities need to provide much more for the NHS'
2 September 2010
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The health community remains doubtful of Cameron’s big idea
2 September 2010
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Poor data reporting skews palliative care spending picture
1-Sep-2010
-
Social enterprise bid rethink by North East PCTs
1-Sep-2010
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Burnham calls on Lib Dems to vote down reform
31-Aug-2010
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BMA warned position on GP consortia may be illegal
26 August 2010
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FT proposals: 'difficult questions' remain
26 August 2010
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GP largesse alarms Lansley’s colleagues
26 August 2010
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GPs pose £2bn threat to commissioning budget
26 August 2010
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Lansley attacks 'damage morale and independence'
26 August 2010
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Monitor set local authority concerns aside
26 August 2010
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NHS reorganisation: don't leave the patients behind
26 August 2010
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Stop lethal blood clots: get good ideas into circulation
26 August 2010
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The accountability of overspending GPs
26 August 2010
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Urgent care 111 hotline must be co-ordinated regionally
26 August 2010
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North East PCTs to vote on forming social enterprise
25-Aug-2010
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Transforming community services 'a mistake', says top PCT chief exec
25-Aug-2010
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Venous thromboembolism
23-Aug-2010
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BMA sets out principles for GP commissioning
20-Aug-2010
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Care trust plus chief executive quits for hospital
19-Aug-2010
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NHS County Durham and Darlington launches non-emergency hotline
19-Aug-2010
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Competition scrutiny for North West
19 August 2010
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PCT support agency will look beyond London
19 August 2010
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PCTs rein in management consultant spending
19 August 2010
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Think tank questions feasibility of planned NHS cuts
19 August 2010
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Understanding how patients behave could help cut NHS waste
19 August 2010
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PCT and UnitedHealth end deal
18-Aug-2010
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Quality through CQUIN
16-Aug-2010
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World class service in radiotherapy
13-Aug-2010
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GP referral management schemes fail to deliver
12 August 2010
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'How is the state going to conscript GPs?'
12 August 2010
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'La la Lansley has abolished the people who monitor us'
12 August 2010
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Saving money with social marketing
12 August 2010
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World class commissioning interactive map
12 August 2010
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World class commissioning league table
12 August 2010
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World class commissioning values are a legacy for the long haul
12 August 2010
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World class commissioning: PCTs raise the bar in final assurance test
12 August 2010
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World class commissioning: this ridiculed plan might just be working
12 August 2010
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PCT trains GP commissioners
11-Aug-2010
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'Postcode lottery in end of life care provision'
11-Aug-2010
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PCT chief exec calls time on NHS career due to illness
9-Aug-2010
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Struggling PCT appoints second interim CEO this year
9-Aug-2010
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How to manage GP referrals
9-Aug-2010
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Cally Bann: the white paper
5 August 2010
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GPs overlook public health for QOF cash
5 August 2010
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Is this the end of the road for PCTs?
5 August 2010
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PCTs begin planning to reinvent their business
5 August 2010
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PCTs improve commissioning performance
5 August 2010
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Personal health budget pilots raise concerns
4-Aug-2010
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Closing GP surgeries over weekends 'unacceptable', says Sir Bruce Keogh
4-Aug-2010
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Coalition in 'reckless gamble' with NHS, says Burnham
2-Aug-2010
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Commissioners must 'balance evidence and views' on reconfiguration
29-Jul-2010
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Reconfiguration moratorium lifted in three months
29-Jul-2010
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Broader healthcare role for councils unveiled
29 July 2010
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The new healthcare revolution
29 July 2010
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There is no time to waste as GPs grasp the scale of the challenge
29 July 2010
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Uncertainty still dogs PCTs during transfer of power
29 July 2010
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Book Review: Be a bright light in your network
28-Jul-2010
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Get to grips with intellectual property
28-Jul-2010
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How to avoid breaking procurement law
28-Jul-2010
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MPs to revisit commissioning with inquiry
27-Jul-2010
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NHS to continue funding homoeopathy
27-Jul-2010
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Liberating the NHS: commissioning for patients
22-Jul-2010
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Model for managing consortia financial risk remains unclear
22-Jul-2010
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Healthwatch to advise patients on choice
22-Jul-2010
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Consortia to 'challenge' GP practices on quality and productivity
22-Jul-2010
-
GP consortia should not start from 'clean sheet' on public involvement
22-Jul-2010
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DH asks if size limits should be set for GP consortia
22-Jul-2010
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BMA GP leader lends support to managers
22 July 2010
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Concerns over standard of specialist care
22 July 2010
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Don’t sideline sexual health, warn clinicians
22 July 2010
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GP consortia management budgets could be as low as £9 per person
22 July 2010
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GPs ‘won’t guarantee out of hours quality’
22 July 2010
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Known unknowns form the white paper’s core
22 July 2010
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Local authority and PCT partnerships
22-Jul-2010
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Mark Britnell: PCTs can carve out a new role
22 July 2010
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Media Watch: eye-watering, mouth-watering NHS cash
22 July 2010
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New outcomes measures may be de facto targets
22 July 2010
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Nicholson warns of tightening central grip over PCTs and providers
22 July 2010
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PCTs should ‘reinvent’ themselves, says Britnell
22 July 2010
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PCTs told to hand over resources to GP commissioners
22-Jul-2010
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GP consortia will be a ‘minority’ interest
21-Jul-2010
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Lansley refuses to rule out GP pay rise
21-Jul-2010
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Centralising stroke services improves care, says NHS London
20-Jul-2010
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BMA leader urges GPs to hire NHS managers rather than private companies
19-Jul-2010
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Laurence Buckman's email to BMA GP members
19-Jul-2010
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Cost effective commissioning for rheumatoid arthritis
19-Jul-2010
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HSJ webcast - white paper major challenge for PCT management
19-Jul-2010
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Tackling problem drinking
19-Jul-2010
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Decision on cancer target 'will be down to NHS commissioning board'
15-Jul-2010
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Audit Commission extends payment by results checks
15 July 2010
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Cally Bann: GPs are the masters of our destiny
15 July 2010
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GP commissioners warned to heed EU law
15 July 2010
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NHS Confederation calls for strong local leadership
15 July 2010
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Paediatric surgeons ‘need networks’
15 July 2010
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Consultants criticise white paper's lack of acute focus
14-Jul-2010
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Board will have power to assign GPs to consortia
14-Jul-2010
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SHA and PCT jobs crisis ahead
14-Jul-2010
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GPs refuse to be Lansley's 'whipping boys'
14-Jul-2010
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Michael White: no aspect of the NHS will be untouched
14-Jul-2010
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Nicholson warns DH may 'take powers' over £1.7bn of PCT allocations this year
13-Jul-2010
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Exclusive survey: HSJ readers unenthused by white paper
13-Jul-2010
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NHS to take 'immediate steps' to split oversight of commissioning and provision
13-Jul-2010
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Social marketing: how to inspire people to change their behaviour
13-Jul-2010
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The cost of poor quality healthcare and how to put it right
13-Jul-2010
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White paper gives NHS board right to stipulate PBC membership
12-Jul-2010
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Government warned reform plans will 'turn NHS upside down'
12-Jul-2010
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Public health directors move to local authorities
12-Jul-2010
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HSJ snap survey: how will the white paper affect you?
12-Jul-2010
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Lansley: 'no job left for PCTs'
12-Jul-2010
-
NHS blueprint due today
12-Jul-2010
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Weak evidence supporting GP commissioning plan - Civitas
12-Jul-2010
-
DH forced to rethink NHS vision
8 July 2010
-
Lansley outlines plans for ‘health outcome’ measures
8 July 2010
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Paul Corrigan on how the third sector will save the NHS
8 July 2010
-
Economic modelling
7-Jul-2010
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Clinical engagement is about more than GPs
1 July 2010
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David Nicolson slows pace of Lansley change
1 July 2010
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Hospitals face shortfalls as emergency demand spirals
1 July 2010
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New GP role may create deficit
1 July 2010
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Stephen Eames on GPs in the hotseat
1 July 2010
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Lansley: money is now 'core responsibility' of doctors
30-Jun-2010
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NICE publishes first quality standards
30-Jun-2010
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GPs should be given commissioning budgets now
29-Jun-2010
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Co-operation not competition best for NHS, say experts
28-Jun-2010
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Lansley acknowledges PBC accountability concerns
25-Jun-2010
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Lansley promises clear accountability rules
24-Jun-2010
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Managers must not underestimate effect of EU law
24-Jun-2010
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DH raises cost-cuts target by a third
24 June 2010
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Why the NHS should devote 5 per cent of its budget to public health
24 June 2010
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Trusts should be ‘thinking big’ in their savings plans
23-Jun-2010
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Andrew Lansley challenges a decade of NHS spending
23-Jun-2010
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County wide leadership role for Essex chief exec
22-Jun-2010
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'Don't doubt the government’s commitment to radical NHS reform'
17 June 2010
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Dorrell chairs health committee
17 June 2010
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NHS facing brain drain as leaders look for exit
17 June 2010
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NHS managers honoured in birthday awards
17 June 2010
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Operating framework to pave way for abolition of targets
17 June 2010
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Over half of PCTs lose executive directors
17 June 2010
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We embrace NHS reform – but not the idea of a clinical takeover
17-Jun-2010
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Who will help GPs if managers are laid off?
17-Jun-2010
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Individual funding requests: from counting beans to patients
15-Jun-2010
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PCTs, councils and firms 'will commission for GPs'
10-Jun-2010
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Chair steps down at PCT with £12.8m overspend
10 June 2010
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Dangers of putting GPs in charge outweigh the rewards
10 June 2010
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Hard budgets for GPs – profit or productivity?
10 June 2010
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PCTs falling out of love with management consultants
10 June 2010
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PCTs to lose responsibility for GPs
10 June 2010
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Predictions on the new government's next moves
10 June 2010
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Connected Care model seeks to ease local service integration
8-Jun-2010
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Neurological care
7-Jun-2010
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Residential care commissioning leaves room for improvement
7-Jun-2010
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Capturing the costs of community services
1-Jun-2010
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Long term condition services inefficient due to poor design
27 May 2010
-
Michael White on coalition compromises
27 May 2010
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NHS service change plans will face stricter controls
27 May 2010
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Government outlines 30 pledges on future of NHS
26-May-2010
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Thousands of jobs at risk as strategic health authorities face axe
26-May-2010
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Suicide details hard for mental health commissioners to obtain
26-May-2010
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GP commissioning and NHS board spelled out in Queen's Speech
25-May-2010
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HSJ exclusive: SHAs to be abolished by 2012
24-May-2010
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Patient level costing
21-May-2010
-
Coalition document sets out raft of NHS reforms
20-May-2010
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Joint commissioning in London
20-May-2010
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GUM data ruled off limits to commissioners
20 May 2010
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Lansley confirms London reconfiguration halted
19-May-2010
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Decommissioning homeopathy
19-May-2010
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Lansley calls a halt to Darzi in London
19-May-2010
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Former nurse Anne Milton given health minister job
14-May-2010
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Gary Belfield to leave DH
10-May-2010
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Joint commissioning
4-May-2010
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Judith Smith: commissioning needs to be reborn, not killed off
29 April 2010
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Nearly half of GP practices bust commissioning budget
29 April 2010
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Self care provider to introduce 'payment by results' pilot
29 April 2010
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Next government must quash preferred provider policy
28-Apr-2010
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Cardiac surgery reconfiguration plans get charity backing
27-Apr-2010
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Call to merge children's cardiac units
26-Apr-2010
-
Sustainability: how green are your care pathways?
26-Apr-2010
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Alan Maynard: axe must swing on NHS jobs and pay
22 April 2010
-
Clusters show potential to halve number of PCTs
22 April 2010
-
NHS procurement probe was halted by last minute DH phone call
22 April 2010
-
PCTs depend on commissioning support
22 April 2010
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Commissioning has 'singularly failed' on long term conditions
21-Apr-2010
-
Hospitals warned to dispose of waste properly
20-Apr-2010
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NHS sustainability: moving care into the community
19-Apr-2010
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Noel Plumridge on the NHS budget
15 April 2010
-
PCTs pave the way for GP cash budgets in 2011-12
15 April 2010
-
Tories warned on GP commissioning
15 April 2010
-
GP funding formula favours doctors in richest areas
8 April 2010
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NHS innovation: can the health service drive new ideas?
8 April 2010
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Norman Warner: face up to NHS efficiencies
8 April 2010
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Peer leadership across health and local government
5-Apr-2010
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After two decades of wandering, commissioning has a destination
1-Apr-2010
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NHS finance directors feel a distinct nip in the air
1-Apr-2010
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PCTs gain powers to force services out to community
1-Apr-2010
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Six PCTs allowed to keep status quo on structure
31-Mar-2010
-
Andy Jones on defining NHS quality
31 March 2010
-
PCTs 'too passive on commissioning'
30-Mar-2010
-
David Nicholson on NHS incentives and ideology
25 March 2010
-
How Labour saved the NHS from the brink
25 March 2010
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PCTs 'slow to make decisions on business cases'
25 March 2010
-
Specialised commissioning advisory body to be created
25 March 2010
-
Norfolk records major drop in bed blocking
18-Mar-2010
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Social care integration drive
18 March 2010
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World class commissioning scores to top charts
18 March 2010
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Bill Moyes teams with Paul Corrigan in policy talks
17-Mar-2010
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DH action needed to fill gaps in NHS data
16-Mar-2010
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‘Preferred provider’ policy unravels
11 March 2010
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£21bn spent on health inequalities has had little impact
11 March 2010
-
Kidney profiles published
11 March 2010
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NICE completes the commissioning cycle
8-Mar-2010
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DH accused of 'backroom deal' over preferred provider case
4-Mar-2010
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Jenny Owen on a new solution to health and social care funding
4 March 2010
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Marmot might be fair, but will it be feasible?
4 March 2010
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Noel Plumridge on the rules of payment by results
4 March 2010
-
Hertfordshire PCTs merge into one
3-Mar-2010
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NHS market reforms are not linked with better care
3-Mar-2010
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NICE guidance: support for commissioners
2-Mar-2010
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Community care plans could lead to a new generation of NHS organisations
25 February 2010
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NHS London makes lead commissioners directors
25 February 2010
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PCTs call for lighter commissioning assessment
25 February 2010
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Transforming community services for people with long term conditions
23-Feb-2010
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How to use NICE guidance to improve commissioning
22-Feb-2010
-
Cally Bann: funding gap
18 February 2010
-
Managers left mystified by Improvement Foundation closure
18 February 2010
-
Blackburn care trust plus given go ahead
17-Feb-2010
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Transforming community services: handover heralds a flexible future
16-Feb-2010
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Andrew Lansley points to joint powers in public health
11 February 2010
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Community proposals may prompt 'musical chairs' timewasting
11 February 2010
-
PCTs dispute management cost figures
11 February 2010
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PCTs face out of hours contract renegotiation
11 February 2010
-
PCTs told to review management of out of hours care
4-Feb-2010
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DH dismisses own advisory panel's claims on procurement and competition as 'anecdote'
4-Feb-2010
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Home care ‘could save NHS more than £1bn a year’
4 February 2010
-
Many commissioners breach NHS competition rules
4 February 2010
-
SHAs plan staff cuts of up to 10pc
4 February 2010
-
Intelligent Information for World Class Commissioning - conference sessions
3-Feb-2010
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Intelligent Information for World Class Commissioning
3-Feb-2010
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Local partnerships fail on children's health priorities
3-Feb-2010
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How to rationalise NHS estates
1-Feb-2010
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Commissioning and Delivering Integrated Care - conference sessions
29-Jan-2010
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Commissioning and Delivering Integrated Care
29-Jan-2010
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Bill Moyes calls for DH unit to tackle ‘lethargic’ non-FTs
28 January 2010
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Bill Moyes takes pride in rocking the foundations
28 January 2010
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Pilots scheduled for 111 urgent care calls
28 January 2010
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QIPP leads reveal hit list
28 January 2010
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SHAs return to topslicing budgets
28 January 2010
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Peterborough PCT chief steps down as deficits pile high
22-Jan-2010
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Tough new standards for STI clinics
22-Jan-2010
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Elder care pilot slashes hospital admissions
21 January 2010
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MPs told to ‘free’ PCTs of acute commissioning
21 January 2010
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Rise in acute admissions will be ‘unsustainable’ for PCTs
21 January 2010
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Cancer care plans could cut costs
20-Jan-2010
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Tories promise out of hours review
18-Jan-2010
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World class commissioning: the human factor
18-Jan-2010
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Expert Patient Programme: self-managing with a mouse
15-Jan-2010
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Tories would apply tariff to end of life care
14 January 2010
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Health improvement collaboration: top tips
11-Jan-2010
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Gas supply restriction looms for 100 NHS trusts
11-Jan-2010
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Andrew Jones on healthcare Darwinism
7 January 2010
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Andy Burnham gets personal with tailored care drive
7 January 2010
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NHS at centre of Tories’ election campaign
7 January 2010
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Commissioning challenges
Your Ideas and Suggestions 2010
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Competitive commissioning
Your Ideas and Suggestions 2010
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How to make clinical commissioning work
29-Dec-2009
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Demand for veterans PTSD service on the rise
23-Dec-2009
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Two primary care trusts awarded teaching status
21-Dec-2009
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NHS Alliance predicts positive results from changes to tariff
17-Dec-2009
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Tariff change may up transaction costs
17-Dec-2009
-
Unions and NHS employers team up to negotiate for a better future
16-Dec-2009
-
Foundation trusts urged to take over more NHS activity
16-Dec-2009
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David Nicholson tells NHS: improve first, then prove it
16-Dec-2009
-
Tariff puts brake on acute admissions
16-Dec-2009
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Job cuts could see up to 5,700 staff go from PCT and SHA management
16-Dec-2009
-
Principles and practice of provider economics
15-Dec-2009
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Walk-in surgeries a 'waste of money'
14-Dec-2009
-
NHS operating framework to offer mixed blessings for hospitals
11-Dec-2009
-
Angela Greatley: mental health services are moving on
10 December 2009
-
NHS operating framework hits hard
9-Dec-2009
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Labour plan puts adult social care in NHS hands as ministers seek savings
9-Dec-2009
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Website puts PCTs under fresh public spotlight
9-Dec-2009
-
London NHS commissioners reply to cost criticisms
9-Dec-2009
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Recession forces Birmingham PCTs to consider merger
9-Dec-2009
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HSJ exclusive: NHS to take responsibility for social care
8-Dec-2009
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Commissioners must be more 'ambitious' in CQUIN schemes
8-Dec-2009
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NICE issues guide on commissioning high quality services
4-Dec-2009
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No Bury and Salford PCT merger, states chief
3 December 2009
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Noel Plumridge on cutting the NHS cost base
3 December 2009
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Secure service referrals surge as prisons overfill
3 December 2009
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Target inequalities, beat cancer
3 December 2009
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Treasury prepares cutback plans
3 December 2009
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PCT commissioners should exploit ‘soft data’
2-Dec-2009
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NICE highlights guidance to save NHS money
1-Dec-2009
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GP spending role debated
26 November 2009
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Simon Stevens on incentives for doctors vs incentives for patients
26 November 2009
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Beyond practice based commissioning
25-Nov-2009
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Next year's tariff delayed until mid-February
25-Nov-2009
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Charities warn Andy Burnham of preferred provider fears
25-Nov-2009
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South Essex provider shortlist cut to three
25-Nov-2009
-
Map of Medicine - plot the best pathway to care
23-Nov-2009
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Clinical improvements could save NHS £9bn a year
19 November 2009
-
Essex PCT shortlists FTs to take over community services
19 November 2009
-
Liz Kendall on urgent care efficiency
19 November 2009
-
London PCT support agency under review
19 November 2009
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Michael White: lessons from US healthcare
19 November 2009
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One in five PCTs overspent as SHAs predict cash freeze
19 November 2009
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Paul Corrigan: commissioning competencies
19 November 2009
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Smokeless tobacco
17-Nov-2009
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‘Shortcut’ mental health commissioning would cause disaster
12 November 2009
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Demand management fails as trusts soak up PCT cash
12 November 2009
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Managers’ anger at O'Brien's name and shame threat
12 November 2009
-
DH banking on patients not claiming entitlements
11-Nov-2009
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Andrew Lansley warns against ‘chilling’ preferred provider policy
11-Nov-2009
-
David Cameron pulls together threads on health policy
5 November 2009
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Independent contractor performance
4-Nov-2009
-
GP-led services
29-Oct-2009
-
Andy Burnham stands ground after taking fire on competition rules
29 October 2009
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Andy Burnham’s flawed NHS regime will stifle commissioning ambitions
29 October 2009
-
Hinchingbrooke opens to bidding for franchise
29 October 2009
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Paul Corrigan: why Andy Burnham is wrong to rip up the NHS competition rulebook
29 October 2009
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Smoking cessation funding safe following furious letter
29 October 2009
-
PCTs defend closer working with NICE
28-Oct-2009
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Tories pledge marginal pricing under PbR tariff
28-Oct-2009
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A guide to decommissioning NHS services
27-Oct-2009
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Andy Burnham extends preferred provider vow
22 October 2009
-
Andy McKeon on NHS efficiency and pre-election sparring
22 October 2009
-
DH eyes patient cap for new tariff rules
22 October 2009
-
Mental health trusts respond to New Horizons
22 October 2009
-
Tories need clear vision and a stronger message on health
22 October 2009
-
Tory plan could give GPs interest bonanza
22 October 2009
-
GP commissioning is turning in its grave
15 October 2009
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Paul Corrigan: world class commissioning
15 October 2009
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PCTs show improvement in annual health check but a slide in excellence
15 October 2009
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GP commissioning shows little sign of life - David Colin-Thomé
14-Oct-2009
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How to increase BME access to psychological therapies
13-Oct-2009
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Phil Hope hails personal health budgets
9-Oct-2009
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Polysystems
8-Oct-2009
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‘Clunky’ GP contracts raise questions on quality
8 October 2009
-
Ambulance trust wins £10m boost
8 October 2009
-
Andrew Lansley and NHS managers must face hard truths about cuts
8 October 2009
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Andrew Lansley on a Conservative recipe for NHS reform
8 October 2009
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Sophia Christie on getting the best from GPs
8 October 2009
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Two thirds of PCTs still to agree provider model
8 October 2009
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Can the Conservatives mix cutting and caring?
1 October 2009
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Choice of male or female GP still unequal
1 October 2009
-
Cornwall PCT looks for leader as another chief goes
1 October 2009
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David Stout on the NHS public profile
1 October 2009
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GP contract: 'clunky’ deal holds back quality
1 October 2009
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Most PCTs meet only ‘minimum requirements’ on resources use
1 October 2009
-
PCTs neglect value in general practice
1 October 2009
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SHAs face an uncertain destiny as political friends desert them
1 October 2009
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Stephen Eames on defending district general hospitals
1 October 2009
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Mental health roadmap
30-Sep-2009
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Staff engagement
30-Sep-2009
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Alan Milburn attacks Andy Burnham for making NHS the preferred provider
29-Sep-2009
-
Andy Burnham promises to protect primary care budgets
29-Sep-2009
-
Mike O'Brien tells SHAs to 'justify their existence'
28-Sep-2009
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Andy Burnham speech delivers body blow to NHS competition and choice
24 September 2009
-
Andy Burnham’s preferred bidder pledge questioned
24 September 2009
-
Call to link up mental health and substance misuse services for dual diagnosis
24 September 2009
-
Gary Belfield on world class commissioning
24 September 2009
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Patient satisfaction guaranteed: the future of payment by results?
24 September 2009
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World class commissioning: efficiency made a core competency
23-Sep-2009
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Patient reported outcome measures may be public next year
23-Sep-2009
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Increase work placement support, urges mental health charity
22-Sep-2009
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A shot in the arm for GPs as they eye swine flu profits
17 September 2009
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Commissioners must use more 'nous'
17 September 2009
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London NHS should 'prescribe' debt prevention services
17 September 2009
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NHS must focus on primary care
17 September 2009
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PCTs need to 'improve their performance' on youth mental health
17 September 2009
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Simon Stevens on Labour’s mistakes
17 September 2009
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Book Review: Emergence - The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
16-Sep-2009
-
Care homes: getting to grips with GP retainers
15-Sep-2009
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Welsh Assembly appoints tsar to reduce suicide rate
10-Sep-2009
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King's Fund: higher NHS productivity could need investment up front
10 September 2009
-
McKinsey report: politicians accused of not facing reality
10 September 2009
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NHS spending: McKinsey exposes hard choices to save £20bn
10 September 2009
-
Rival plan found only half of McKinsey savings
10 September 2009
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Think tanks vie to produce new ideas on controlling NHS costs
10 September 2009
-
NHS Great Yarmouth unveils doctor as new chief executive
8-Sep-2009
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Catherine O'Connell appointed NHS West Essex chief executive
8-Sep-2009
-
CQC action on sustainability ‘disappointing’
3 September 2009
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DH is told 137,000 NHS posts must go in next five years
3-Sep-2009
-
McKinsey cost-saving proposals focus on waste in acute sector
3-Sep-2009
-
Sophia Christie: in the NHS, information is power
3 September 2009
-
NHS leaders vow to cut emissions by 10pc
2-Sep-2009
-
Integrated care: pride of the community
28-Aug-2009
-
CQC to get tougher on NHS spending
27 August 2009
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'Organic' reduction in PCTs under Tories
27 August 2009
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Patient records: jokes about doctors’ bad handwriting are no longer funny
27 August 2009
-
How to commission for equality and diversity in the NHS
25-Aug-2009
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Out of hours care must be reviewed, says Royal College of GPs chair
24-Aug-2009
-
Prescribing efficiency
24-Aug-2009
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Clinical coding improves but third of trusts still overcharging
20 August 2009
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NHS chiefs told saving planet will save them money
20 August 2009
-
NHS management stars need a leg-up to rise to the top
20 August 2009
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£10m deficit trust board will focus on patient safety
19-Aug-2009
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NHS performance: GPs in the spotlight
17-Aug-2009
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Foundation trusts plan to bolster earnings through slow pay growth
13 August 2009
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Jo Webber on NHS care scandals
13 August 2009
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Ambulance services: urgent attention for non-emergency care
6-Aug-2009
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DH data shows no link between NHS spending and patient outcomes
6-Aug-2009
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DH scraps deadline for PCT provider arm strategies
6-Aug-2009
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Matching best PCT performers could cut NHS costs by 20pc
6-Aug-2009
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Quality and outcomes framework: GP incentives harm care quality
6-Aug-2009
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‘Unprecedented’ review by PCT finds progress after Mid Staffs scandal
5-Aug-2009
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Call to extend clinical outcome data on choose and book
5-Aug-2009
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PCT commissioners' fertility conference video archive
4-Aug-2009
-
Ways to buy in to the lung cancer strategy
3-Aug-2009
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Cally Bann on sporting achievement
30 July 2009
-
Lords raise questions on swine flu preparedness
30 July 2009
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NICE rebuffs PCTs’ call to help identify more areas for savings
30 July 2009
-
PCT rebranding still has a long way to go
30 July 2009
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Pharmacists argue for national contract to pay for flu pandemic work
30 July 2009
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DH will probe how row over NHS targets led to bullying claims
29-Jul-2009
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How to take a whole family approach to mental health
28-Jul-2009
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Resigning trust chair calls for David Nicholson to investigate 'SHA pressure'
27-Jul-2009
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Joan Saddler on patient centred services
23 July 2009
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Paul Corrigan on commissioning strategy plans
23 July 2009
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Survey: How do you think the NHS is coping with swine flu?
17-Jul-2009
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Powerful chemistry: PCTs under fire for not aiding pharmacy growth
17-Jul-2009
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GPs could hand commissioning to private firms under Tories
16 July 2009
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NHS non-executives 'don't have enough time'
16 July 2009
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Your Humble Servant on private lessons
16 July 2009
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Swine flu could put performance targets on hold
15-Jul-2009
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‘National care service’ could pit councils against NHS
15-Jul-2009
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The social care green paper: What's in it for the NHS?
14-Jul-2009
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Andy McKeon: saving £15bn-£20bn will be no summer holiday
9 July 2009
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Finance directors plan to renegotiate supplier contracts
9 July 2009
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PCTs lash out over audit use of world class scores
9 July 2009
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Reality chips away at NHS's gold-plated pension scheme
9 July 2009
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Spending pressures spark call for NICE restraints
9 July 2009
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Know the figures behind the facts on health inequalities
7-Jul-2009
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Health committee 'saddened' by patient safety failures
3-Jul-2009
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KPMG confirms Mark Britnell's appointment
2-Jul-2009
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Building Britain's Future hints at threat to SHAs
2 July 2009
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Flu czar Ian Dalton sets September deadline for preparation
2 July 2009
-
Practice based commissioning relationships finally paying off
2 July 2009
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New national director and Britnell replacement unveiled in DH reshuffle
30-Jun-2009
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NHS competition panel allows foundation trust to take over community services
30-Jun-2009
-
Government takes another bite at NHS dental reform
25 June 2009
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Information for Improvement: world class commissioning competency 5
25 June 2009
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Lord Darzi on the first year of high quality care for all
25 June 2009
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Mediawatch: Salient advice for health managers
25 June 2009
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NHS hospitals to be forced to accept major trauma cases
25 June 2009
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Sophia Christie on NICE and lifesaving myths
25 June 2009
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Team up to control costs of chlamydia campaigns
25 June 2009
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Confusion fears over choose and book upgrade
24-Jun-2009
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How to use NHS leadership training to drive performance
23-Jun-2009
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Changing NHS end of life care for the better
19-Jun-2009
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Mark Britnell move 'will not hit world class commissioning'
18 June 2009
-
NHS managers worried by budget cuts call for early pay talks
18 June 2009
-
Stephen Eames on large scale health solutions
18 June 2009
-
Changes at the top at Devon and Hampshire PCTs
17-Jun-2009
-
Integrated care pilot to be investigated
16-Jun-2009
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Avoid tendering pitfalls, warns NHS competition panel director
12-Jun-2009
-
Mark Britnell quits NHS for private sector
11-Jun-2009
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Take on more risk to increase share of health market, private companies told
11-Jun-2009
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Andy Burnham makes prevention a mission for the NHS
11-Jun-2009
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Devolve NHS power, urges Norman Lamb
11-Jun-2009
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Media Watch: Hello (again) Andy Burnham
11-Jun-2009
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Councils fight for deeper ties in response to PCT merger threat
11 June 2009
-
Derek Campbell: There can be no progress without prevention
11 June 2009
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Former DH adviser warns NHS funding shortfall could run to billions
11 June 2009
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Management consultant costs to be laid bare
11 June 2009
-
Monitor urged to take a stand on race equality
11 June 2009
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NHS survival may depend on a ‘series of big changes’
11 June 2009
-
Noel Plumridge on caveats for consolidating mental health spending
11 June 2009
-
PCTs call for tariff and GP contract reforms
11 June 2009
-
PCTs find there are no shortcuts to freedom
11 June 2009
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PCTs told they could save £3bn over five years
11 June 2009
-
Southampton City PCT attempts to mitigate £3.6m losses
11 June 2009
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Steve Barnett says it’s 'make or break' for the NHS
10-Jun-2009
-
A guide to clinical champions and commissioning
10-Jun-2009
-
NHS waiting times up sharply
9-Jun-2009
-
Bank to basics
4 June 2009
-
David Nicholson warns SHAs not to be defensive over visits
4 June 2009
-
Michael White on the big split over ISTCs
4 June 2009
-
NHS productivity unit role revealed
4 June 2009
-
PCTs leave public on the policy sidelines
4 June 2009
-
Yorkshire and Humber commissioners accused of grilling gender change patients
4 June 2009
-
Unite campaigns against community service reforms
2-Jun-2009
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Working in partnership to tackle health inequalities
1-Jun-2009
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World class commissioning could save PCTs £3bn
1-Jun-2009
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Information Centre to focus on boosting data quality
1-Jun-2009
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New NHS tariff upsets PCT financial plans
28 May 2009
-
Competition panel looks at NHS provider shift
27-May-2009
-
Commissioner-provider divide
26-May-2009
-
David Peat on embracing NHS change
26-May-2009
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Developing an integrated falls prevention service
26-May-2009
-
Continuing care
26-May-2009
-
SHA negotiates £124m national NHS Direct contract
22-May-2009
-
East of England calls in heart czar to quell public outcry
22-May-2009
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‘Weak’ chiefs keep London NHS hospitals in stasis
21 May 2009
-
David Furness: Keep local people in on the act
21 May 2009
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Sophia Christie on NHS crisis and opportunity
21 May 2009
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Sink or swim: how small hospitals survive competition
20-May-2009
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72 hours... and counting - meeting the summary discharge target
19-May-2009
-
Conservatives promise to axe dentists' contract
19-May-2009
-
New deputy chief executive role for Islington PCT
19-May-2009
-
NHS quality improvement: delivering and demonstrating quality
19-May-2009
-
London’s primary care trusts gain world class commissioning back-up
14 May 2009
-
NHS out of pocket as contract ends for cataract treatment centre
14 May 2009
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Primary care trusts warned over misuse of end of life care cash
14 May 2009
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Unneeded surgery may be costing the NHS millions
14 May 2009
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MPs warn NICE over cancer drug 'inequities'
12-May-2009
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PCTs spent £8.2m on suspended GPs in three years
12-May-2009
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Act now to prevent blood clots becoming the 'next MRSA', warns NHS Confederation
11-May-2009
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Commerce units will boost NHS market activity
7 May 2009
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Matthew Winn on community health providers
7 May 2009
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NHS Confederation warns primary care trusts to tender with caution
7 May 2009
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Ten years on: what devolution has meant for the NHS
7 May 2009
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Chief executives of worst rated PCTs to leave posts
6-May-2009
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PCTs may face tests on financial competence
5-May-2009
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DH says NHS can save money and improve patient safety
1-May-2009
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Mid Staffs scandal: confed says NHS must 'put its own house in order'
1-May-2009
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Mid Staffs reports: new duties on NHS to prove patient involvement
30-Apr-2009
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Crunch time: coming to terms with NHS funding cuts
30 April 2009
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Dental surgeries could extend opening hours
30 April 2009
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DIY doctors: patients can boost NHS's value
30 April 2009
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Interview: David Nicholson talks leadership
30 April 2009
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Pilot will boost patient role in GP service plans
30 April 2009
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Simon Stevens on what the Budget means for health spending
30 April 2009
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When communities pull together there is a big health benefit
30 April 2009
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London announces first seven polyclinics
29-Apr-2009
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Whooping cough making a 'dramatic comeback', warn Liberal Democrats
27-Apr-2009
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DH seeks fresh leadership talent for adult social care
24-Apr-2009
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NHS maternity spending falls in first year of DH strategy for improving services
23 April 2009
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The provider-commissioner split: getting it right
23 April 2009
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Local government to make £600m extra efficiency savings
22-Apr-2009
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UK government warns over EU health plans
22-Apr-2009
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Anger over GP quality decision
22-Apr-2009
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DH to boost third sector links
21-Apr-2009
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Acute overspending raises questions over PCT plans
16 April 2009
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Foundation trusts warn competition could fragment NHS
16 April 2009
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GP quality bonuses do not reflect patient satisfaction
16 April 2009
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GP quality: the final frontier for inspectors
16 April 2009
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Word up
16 April 2009
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David Peat on PCT provider arms
9-Apr-2009
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Can integrated care usher in a new age of risk taking?
9 April 2009
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Economic downturn forces many PCTs to rewrite funding forecasts
9 April 2009
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Health observatories dampen plans for commissioning umbrella body
9 April 2009
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NHS commissioners hold the secret to thriving beyond the recession
9 April 2009
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PCT boards risk governance failure over provider organisations
9 April 2009
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Richard Lewis and Matthew Bell on healthcare market stimulation
9 April 2009
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Study reveals three-fold cost variation in GP out of hours services
8-Apr-2009
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Severe personality disorders service consultation launched
7-Apr-2009
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David Nicholson talks to HSJ about foundation trusts on their fifth anniversary
2 April 2009
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Practice based commissioning podcast
30-Mar-2009
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Practice based commissioning on the up
27-Mar-2009
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PCTs say incentives policy fails local commissioners
26 March 2009
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Learning disabilities services suffer from 'glaring inadequacies'
20-Mar-2009
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Learning disabilities services miss local needs
19 March 2009
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Local LIFT projects pick up speed as successful bidders named
19 March 2009
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CMO calls for network of pain clinics
16-Mar-2009
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Daphne Austin on NHS exceptional funding decisions
16-Mar-2009
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Practice based commissioning: give GPs control or risk world class status
13-Mar-2009
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Sophia Christie on the next stage review and quality
12-Mar-2009
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Deadline falls on drawn out tariff wrangling
12-Mar-2009
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Independent providers: commission in bulk for a better deal
9-Mar-2009
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Talk to me: PCTs hone their haggling skills
5-Mar-2009
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World class commissioning league table: PCTs exceed expectations in year one
5-Mar-2009
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Triple red rated PCT outlines its transformation plans
4-Mar-2009
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Mark Britnell confirms DH is still mulling over PCT freedoms
3-Mar-2009
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Practice based commissioning drive begins in Brent
2-Mar-2009
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Personal health budgets: the patient is always right
2-Mar-2009
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Cancer patients missing out on best treatment because of cost
26-Feb-2009
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Elite 'inner cabinet' to lead acute commissioning in London
26-Feb-2009
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Noel Plumridge on the grim reality of NHS finance
26-Feb-2009
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Dementia strategy: high hopes but who will pay?
19-Feb-2009
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NHS top-up rules set for rewrite as fear of litigation mounts
19-Feb-2009
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PCTs 'don't listen to charities'
18-Feb-2009
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Major patient choice study begins
17-Feb-2009
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Decompression sickness fraudsters go to jail
12-Feb-2009
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NHS trusts and commissioners at odds over tariff benefits
12-Feb-2009
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Double weak PCT gets new chairman
10-Feb-2009
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Dementia strategy will pose workforce challenges
5-Feb-2009
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Huge bill looms for patient choice information
5-Feb-2009
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MPs hear Richards review skirted major top-up areas
5-Feb-2009
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NHS offers private providers shelter in rough economic seas
5-Feb-2009
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Sophia Christie on healthcare's false economy
5-Feb-2009
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Improving NHS dementia care
2-Feb-2009
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Edwina Hart steals march on NICE with kidney drug decision
29-Jan-2009
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PCT strategy plans expose the distance to world class
29-Jan-2009
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PCTs failing to involve public in drug decisions
29-Jan-2009
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Stop at red: study shows PCTs have a long road ahead of them
29-Jan-2009
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Lisa Rodrigues on NHS kindness
26-Jan-2009
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NHS discharge planning: lost for words
26-Jan-2009
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Yi Mien Koh on the world class commissioning story
26-Jan-2009
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Low carbon NHS commissioning is the green ideal
22-Jan-2009
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Managers call for GP commissioning reforms
22-Jan-2009
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PCTs fail to back up maternity care drive
22-Jan-2009
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NHS drug shortage looms as pound falls
22-Jan-2009
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Personal health budgets may spark tension between services
22-Jan-2009
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Choose and book glitches lose trusts income
15-Jan-2009
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Corrigan quits NHS London amid shake-up
15-Jan-2009
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NICE backs changes to end of life drugs policy
15-Jan-2009
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MPs warn weak managers will hobble Darzi reforms
13-Jan-2009
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Health tourism: don't forget your toothbrush…
12-Jan-2009
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New guidance on pharmaceutical needs assessments
8-Jan-2009
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Nicholas Hunt on specialised healthcare commissioning
8-Jan-2009
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Mental health contract gets cool reception from service
18-Dec-2008
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PCTs facing probe over dentistry gaps
18-Dec-2008
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How will you lead the NHS spending revolution?
18-Dec-2008
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Put children at centre of services
18-Dec-2008
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Sexual health commissioning: making sense of contraceptive use
18-Dec-2008
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NHS integrated care pilots to be test bed for 'risky' ideas
17-Dec-2008
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Alcohol dependency: glad tidings for safer drinking
15-Dec-2008
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Sophia Christie on becoming a world class commissioner
11-Dec-2008
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PCTs get green light for CQUIN
11-Dec-2008
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NHS 'wasting time and money' on outsourcing services
5-Dec-2008
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Support for practice based commissioning 'static'
5-Dec-2008
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Cut short hospital stays to lower admissions
4-Dec-2008
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David Flory: payment by results tariff will be right, not rushed
4-Dec-2008
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PCTs warned not to throw provider arms 'into abyss'
4-Dec-2008
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Pharmaceutical industry tactics could be blocking generic drugs
4-Dec-2008
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Pharmacy's perfect prescription for community health
4-Dec-2008
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NHS braced for worst of Alistair Darling's £5bn spending cuts
27-Nov-2008
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Person based allocations could help tackle health inequalities
27-Nov-2008
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What is causing GP referrals to rise?
27-Nov-2008
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Failings in end of life care waste £100m every year
26-Nov-2008
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Is cancer campaigning skewing health priorities?
24-Nov-2008
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GP commissioning costs lots and delivers little
20-Nov-2008
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More than 100 step up with integrated care scheme bids
20-Nov-2008
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MPs get tough on alcoholism
20-Nov-2008
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Obesity leaves eating disorders in the shade
20-Nov-2008
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SHAs urged not to abuse their power
20-Nov-2008
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Simon Stevens on Barack Obama's first steps
20-Nov-2008
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PCTs may face bill for top-up refunds
19-Nov-2008
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Maggie Rae on NHS core competencies
17-Nov-2008
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How are NHS top-ups going to affect your services?
13-Nov-2008
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Inspectors called in at Birmingham Children's Hospital
13-Nov-2008
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Prison mental healthcare: pushing up standards
13-Nov-2008
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Spectre of past mistakes looms over GP access push
13-Nov-2008
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World class commissioning: setting your priorities to deliver improved health outcomes
10-Nov-2008
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Managers warn NHS top-up review risks inequalities
6-Nov-2008
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NHS trusts may face charges for 'never events'
6-Nov-2008
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NICE may change drug rules for end of life
6-Nov-2008
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PCTs outsource provider arms to foundation trust
6-Nov-2008
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Sophia Christie on the NHS and the credit crunch
6-Nov-2008
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GP commissioning: the road less travelled
1-Nov-2008
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Mark Britnell on world class commissioning so far
1-Nov-2008
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NHS governance: all aboard
1-Nov-2008
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NHS next stage review: the whole package
1-Nov-2008
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Health inequalities could be forgotten as cash gets tight
30-Oct-2008
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Health inequalities: wealthiest overfunded as the poor lose out
30-Oct-2008
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Low NHS waiting times masking wide variation in performance
30-Oct-2008
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Monitor chair calls on PCTs to set out plans for services
30-Oct-2008
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PCTs say realpolitik is behind unequal healthcare
30-Oct-2008
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Maternity services growth fails to keep up with births
28-Oct-2008
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NHS rationing: the time of their lives
27-Oct-2008
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Commissioning and decommissioning
23-Oct-2008
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Hold-up: Treasury eyes NHS surplus
23-Oct-2008
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Nigel Edwards on NHS exceptional case panels
23-Oct-2008
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David Levy on world class commissioning's training implications
21-Oct-2008
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Integrated care pilot sites sought
17-Oct-2008
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City shockwaves threaten NHS budget
16-Oct-2008
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GP practice fights PCT over branch surgery
16-Oct-2008
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Treasury eyes hidden PCT surpluses
16-Oct-2008
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Calm before the storm as PCTs prepare to flex their muscles
9-Oct-2008
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Foundation trusts get £300m in a year-end spending rush
9-Oct-2008
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Killer health conditions go unseen by GPs
9-Oct-2008
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PCTs failing to decommission services
9-Oct-2008
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Clinical leadership in out of hours services
7-Oct-2008
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Hundreds tune in to HSJ's live online commissioning debate
2-Oct-2008
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Auditing diabetes prevalence in Salford
2-Oct-2008
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Equipping the service to maximise information
2-Oct-2008
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Informed commissioning
2-Oct-2008
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Primary numbers
2-Oct-2008
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The Honest Broker
2-Oct-2008
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Tories: Labour using NHS money for votes
2-Oct-2008
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World class commissioning online debate
2-Oct-2008
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HSJ online debate on world class commissioning - tomorrow
1-Oct-2008
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Getting to the bottom of NHS diabetes care
29-Sep-2008
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Equitable access to primary care
26-Sep-2008
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DH intervention forces cancer rethink
25-Sep-2008
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Out of hours care standards to be applied to urgent care
25-Sep-2008
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Prizes for world class commissioning winners
25-Sep-2008
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HIV services: caring for older patients
22-Sep-2008
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Charities warn on information prescriptions scheme
18-Sep-2008
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ISTCs: where are all the patients?
18-Sep-2008
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Learning disability housing plans at risk
18-Sep-2008
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Lord Carter to head up NHS competition panel
18-Sep-2008
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Mike Hobbs on mental health discrimination
16-Sep-2008
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The advance of primary care information
16-Sep-2008
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Maggie Rae on world class efforts
15-Sep-2008
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Community mental health services 'improving'
11-Sep-2008
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High Court decision on cancer drug
11-Sep-2008
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DH publishes plans for failing NHS trusts
11-Sep-2008
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Chair of NHS co-operation and competition panel named
11-Sep-2008
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Bringing mental health under the NHS wing
11-Sep-2008
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NHS inequalities row is shrouded in secrecy
11-Sep-2008
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PCT anger over spending study findings
11-Sep-2008
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Liberal Democrats voice support for top ups
10-Sep-2008
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London Health Commission appoints chairman
10-Sep-2008
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DH figures show slight rise in diagnostic waits
10-Sep-2008
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King's Fund reports variations in disease spend
8-Sep-2008
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Benchmarking out of hours healthcare
8-Sep-2008
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Julia Tybura on visualising world class commissioning
8-Sep-2008
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Mental health foundation trusts: F marks the spot
8-Sep-2008
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Drug addiction services hit by unrealistic targets
4-Sep-2008
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PCTs press for south London hospitals shake-up
4-Sep-2008
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Top-up payment review highlights NHS bodies' worries
4-Sep-2008
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Top-ups: experts divided over health's thorniest issue
4-Sep-2008
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Lansley boosts councils' role in public health
1-Sep-2008
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Paul Jennings on the commissioner-provider split
1-Sep-2008
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Measure the mix of interventions
28-Aug-2008
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Probe calls for tariff for fertility services
28-Aug-2008
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Super patients should use their powers wisely
28-Aug-2008
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Surrey is first to agree its integrated care proposals
28-Aug-2008
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David Lee on integrating care
25-Aug-2008
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East of England bolsters IVF provision
22-Aug-2008
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PCTs fight for local decision making on controversial drugs
21-Aug-2008
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NICE chairman hits back at critics
18-Aug-2008
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Guilty by emission as carbon cuts loom large
14-Aug-2008
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IT may change funding plans
14-Aug-2008
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PCTs suspect trusts may be allowing top ups
14-Aug-2008
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Sophia Christie on the Naomi Campbell effect
14-Aug-2008
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Patients with rarer cancers face 'postcode lottery'
11-Aug-2008
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Housing support 'is cost effective'
5-Aug-2008
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Delivering Darzi's vision for primary prevention
1-Aug-2008
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Cornwall's one-site cancer plans run aground
31-Jul-2008
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Joint appointment smooths way for Kingston merger
31-Jul-2008
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People with learning disabilities let down by trusts
31-Jul-2008
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Report finds targets boost progress for sexual health
31-Jul-2008
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People with learning disabilities let down by NHS, inquiry finds
30-Jul-2008
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Welsh trust told to review its performance
30-Jul-2008
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Online guide offers support to commissioners
29-Jul-2008
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Supporting world class commissioning
29-Jul-2008
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18-week pathway figures published
24-Jul-2008
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A shot in the arm for community health services
24-Jul-2008
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Bradshaw to bring in firms to boost GP commissioning
24-Jul-2008
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Inpatient mental health slammed as commissioners neglect services
24-Jul-2008
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Mental health being neglected in the elderly
24-Jul-2008
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Mental health managers told: stop posing as Cinderella
24-Jul-2008
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NICE calls for quicker access to specialist stroke treatment
24-Jul-2008
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Sophia Christie on public health leadership
24-Jul-2008
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Welsh trusts successful in call for their own abolition
24-Jul-2008
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Councils warn over planned PCT merger
17-Jul-2008
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Data shortfalls hinder world class commissioning efforts
17-Jul-2008
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Summer of suspense for PCTs awaiting funding allocations
17-Jul-2008
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The size of the mountain PCTs must climb is becoming clear
17-Jul-2008
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Data collection: Big Brother isn't watching you
14-Jul-2008
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Framework for promoting healthy lifestyles
10-Jul-2008
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Darzi calls for skills to tackle challenge of lifestyle diseases
10-Jul-2008
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Darzi quality incentive puts £1bn at stake
3-Jul-2008
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Will Darzi bring about a renaissance in maternity services?
3-Jul-2008
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Managers called on to heed maternity standards
2-Jul-2008
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Consultation on vascular check programme
2-Jul-2008
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NHS60: If the care fits
30-Jun-2008
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NHS60: What's the verdict?
30-Jun-2008
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Prison mental health services - jailhouse blues
27-Jun-2008
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New tool to assess patient involvement
26-Jun-2008
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DH aims to slash commissioning support delay
26-Jun-2008
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Nicholson denies 'swipe' at foundation regulator Monitor
26-Jun-2008
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Johnson calls for 'champions of quality'
25-Jun-2008
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Polyclinics, polycautious
23-Jun-2008
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Mark Britnell announces changes to commissioning framework
20-Jun-2008
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Provider arms should scrutinise unprofitable services
19-Jun-2008
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Embrace commissioning, Britnell urges Confed delegates
19-Jun-2008
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NHS Comparators wins national award
17-Jun-2008
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NHS Confederation calls for debate on top ups
16-Jun-2008
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Confed warns of globalisation risks
12-Jun-2008
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Labour's NHS vision let down by reforms
12-Jun-2008
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Nick Clegg pledges GP rewards in poorer areas
12-Jun-2008
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PCTs under fire on new GP scheme
12-Jun-2008
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Engaging the public in commissioning
9-Jun-2008
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Future of commissioning: progress report
9-Jun-2008
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Health inequalities in primary care
9-Jun-2008
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Making practice based commissioning perfect
9-Jun-2008
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Service planning: shock of the new
9-Jun-2008
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Supporting world class commissioning
9-Jun-2008
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World class commissioning: joint working
9-Jun-2008
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World class commissioning: quality assurance
9-Jun-2008
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New guidance to develop PCT boards
5-Jun-2008
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Darzi review: Give old people a seat at the modernisation table
5-Jun-2008
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Trusts face green targets in bid to cut carbon footprint
5-Jun-2008
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DH outlines world class commissioning test
4-Jun-2008
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Making joint strategic needs assessments work
2-Jun-2008
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Commercial directorate's future in the air
29-May-2008
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End of postcode lottery could put PCTs in a spin
29-May-2008
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Is world class commissioning the answer?
29-May-2008
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Johnson pledges better care for minority ethnic groups
29-May-2008
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Quality has to bind the Darzi recipe for reform
29-May-2008
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Share rising mental health costs, says King's Fund
29-May-2008
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Sophia Christie on world class organisations
29-May-2008
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Practice-based commissioning: if the cap fits
26-May-2008
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Primary care development: new hat for GPs
26-May-2008
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Military medical care: the war at home
22-May-2008
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Suppliers could challenge PCTs under European rules
22-May-2008
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Latest regional Darzi report aims to boost life expectancy
15-May-2008
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Immigrants 'need psycho-social bridge'
15-May-2008
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Yorkshire publishes vision for delivering Darzi reforms
15-May-2008
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Data shows drop in diagnostic waiting times
14-May-2008
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Channing Wheeler's plans for market end rumours of commercial break
8-May-2008
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Community services tariff opens way to private provision
8-May-2008
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Darzi review: PCTs told reforms must save lives
8-May-2008
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Perfect union: why partnerships must seek local public opinion
8-May-2008
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Simon Stevens on value for money in the NHS
8-May-2008
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Alcohol misuse costs Scotland £2.25bn
7-May-2008
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Social enterprise investment fund enters round two
7-May-2008
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A case for integrated mental healthcare
6-May-2008
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Guidance on residential services for substance misuse
1-May-2008
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NHS constitution should include financial charter - Reform
1-May-2008
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Darzi reforms must not be dictated by DH - Nuffield Trust
1-May-2008
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GPs paid £20m for sickness and maternity cover
1-May-2008
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Integrated care - lessons from America
1-May-2008
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NHS constitution should focus on value for money
1-May-2008
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Nurses vote to end private cleaning contracts
30-Apr-2008
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HSJ invites readers to submit world class questions
29-Apr-2008
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HSJ invites readers to submit world class questions
28-Apr-2008
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Sexual health - protection plea
28-Apr-2008
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Audiology waiting times slashed at last minute
24-Apr-2008
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Breaking away: Wales maps out its own future
24-Apr-2008
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Commissioner-provider split is inefficient, study claims
24-Apr-2008
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Conservatives to let GPs pick their own hours
24-Apr-2008
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Joint working: passing the partnership test
21-Apr-2008
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Supporting evidence-based commissioning in primary care
18-Apr-2008
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Bradshaw warns PCTs: make the right choice
17-Apr-2008
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Former ambulance trust chief defends controversial style
17-Apr-2008
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Is your trust tackling inequalities?
17-Apr-2008
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PCTs ignoring demands to inspect private providers
17-Apr-2008
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PCTs warned not to fail on choice
17-Apr-2008
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Severe mental illness unit to close
17-Apr-2008
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Survey shows rise in practice-based commissioning
15-Apr-2008
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Disease: a warning from history
14-Apr-2008
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Practice-based commissioning results published
11-Apr-2008
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Psychological therapies toolkit launched
11-Apr-2008
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Alliance - let firms help PBC
10-Apr-2008
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Care quality data on mental health is too hard to pin down
10-Apr-2008
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DH heralds bigger role for pharmacies
10-Apr-2008
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New release date for commissioning review
10-Apr-2008
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Wales to axe most local health boards
10-Apr-2008
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Research funding: raising the game
8-Apr-2008
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How primary care grew up
7-Apr-2008
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Call for helpline funding to close inequalities
3-Apr-2008
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CBI claims contract debacle will hit future bids
3-Apr-2008
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GPs in the dock: case for the defence
3-Apr-2008
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Call to target NHS money at young people
27-Mar-2008
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NHS dentistry spending rises by 50 per cent
27-Mar-2008
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DH publishes 18-week data for January 2008
27-Mar-2008
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Corporate manslaughter: you could be in the dock
27-Mar-2008
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GPs in poorer areas 'prescribe fewer drugs'
27-Mar-2008
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Panel saves services at Horton Hospital
27-Mar-2008
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PCTs dub assurance test tough but useful
27-Mar-2008
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Specialised commissioning: who will stand up for rare conditions?
27-Mar-2008
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Using the Commissioning Simulator to guide confident and innovative commissioning
25-Mar-2008
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Round table - clinical priorities: a dose of realism
24-Mar-2008
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DH admits target on health inequalities is hard to meet
20-Mar-2008
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London's neediest areas are worst off
20-Mar-2008
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NHS service providers can advertise under new code
20-Mar-2008
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PCTs may call for foundation style freedoms
20-Mar-2008
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Sophia Christie on fighting change
20-Mar-2008
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David Woodhead and Valerie James on tackling decommissioning
17-Mar-2008
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FESC is thrown open without Treasury probe
13-Mar-2008
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GPs fail to help with appointments audit
13-Mar-2008
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GPs urge PCTs to remain flexible
13-Mar-2008
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Patients demand 'creativity' in dental commissioning
13-Mar-2008
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PCTs pressured to lose provider arm
13-Mar-2008
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Home-grown change will reshape the NHS
6-Mar-2008
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Patient affairs lead is 'not a new czar'
6-Mar-2008
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West Kent patient safety
6-Mar-2008
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How to close the readmission revolving door
3-Mar-2008
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Richard Gleave on healthcare wholesalers
3-Mar-2008
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Confed responds to NAO report
29-Feb-2008
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Eleventh-hour changes to GP contract left PCTs with bill
28-Feb-2008
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Tee calls for cash incentives
28-Feb-2008
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Basic data 'should be free'
21-Feb-2008
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Commissioning begins at home
21-Feb-2008
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Hospitals gain ground in acute services battle
21-Feb-2008
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Maggie Rae on Premier League performance
21-Feb-2008
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Ministers vs GPs: how did it come to this?
21-Feb-2008
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Where NICE leads, can commissioners follow?
21-Feb-2008
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Of equal weight…
20-Feb-2008
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Whither NHS reform?
20-Feb-2008
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Failure to assess
15-Feb-2008
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BMA will fight
15-Feb-2008
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Is it reasonable to audit GPs' hours?
15-Feb-2008
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minimum gp core hours
15-Feb-2008
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NHS private clinics 'underused'
14-Feb-2008
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All or nothing: patients are told no to private top-ups
14-Feb-2008
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Auditor finds PbR has 'questionable' impact on efficiency
14-Feb-2008
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Breakdown of cross-border agreements is costing English trusts millions
14-Feb-2008
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Care 'top-up' ban may face day in court
14-Feb-2008
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Dr Foster admits flaws in east London report
14-Feb-2008
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Mayor flags up his blueprint for the future of London's health
14-Feb-2008
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Risk prediction network created
12-Feb-2008
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Risk prediction network created
12-Feb-2008
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Managing technology in the health service
11-Feb-2008
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Hilary Thomas on
8-Feb-2008
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Hilary Thomas on challenging NHS rhetoric
8-Feb-2008
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BUPA wins first deal to support commissioners
7-Feb-2008
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'Pay for performance' could be next, says NHS medical director
7-Feb-2008
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Who foots the bill: establishing responsibility for patient care
7-Feb-2008
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Richard Craven on extending out-of-hours services
6-Feb-2008
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Richard Craven on extending out-of-hours services
6-Feb-2008
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Value for many - improving learning difficulties services
4-Feb-2008
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Community hospitals grab local care lifeline
31-Jan-2008
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Prevention is better than cure, but by how much?
31-Jan-2008
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Under-doctored areas told to share extra resources
31-Jan-2008
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Patients denied admission as PCTs argue over who will pay
30-Jan-2008
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Personal healthcare budgets - a real possibility?
30-Jan-2008
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Innovative Commissioning Award
29-Jan-2008
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At the heart of change - reducing coronary heart disease
28-Jan-2008
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Emergency care - steady progress, urgent need
28-Jan-2008
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Public involvement - use strategy to buck the trends
28-Jan-2008
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Strength in numbers - mental health partnerships
28-Jan-2008
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Payment by results consultation published
25-Jan-2008
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Practices and PCTs at odds over budget survey claims
24-Jan-2008
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Why achieving equality in healthcare is proving tricky
24-Jan-2008
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David Peat on getting world class commissioning right
21-Jan-2008
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BMA under fire over GP pay row 'scare tactics'
17-Jan-2008
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Henderson Hospital may be saved
17-Jan-2008
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Improvement culture: four tools for driving change
17-Jan-2008
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NICE could rate all drugs for extra £1m a year
17-Jan-2008
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Simon Stevens on Brown's first health speech
17-Jan-2008
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Sophia Christie on managing cultures in the health service
11-Jan-2008
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HSJ's interview with Brown in full
9-Jan-2008
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NICE must reform say MPs
8-Jan-2008
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Prison welfare to healthcare
8-Jan-2008
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Brown calls for 'deeper and wider' NHS reform
7-Jan-2008
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EU plans for health tourism
20-Dec-2007
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New health check will rate PCT commissioning skills
20-Dec-2007
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PCTs must get creative with commissioning, report urges
19-Dec-2007
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Nicholson's operating framework gets mixed review
14-Dec-2007
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GPs told to get specialist commissioning help
13-Dec-2007
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Race law warning from DoH
13-Dec-2007
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Health policy lags behind NHS priorities, says report
11-Dec-2007
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NHS money to go on social care
10-Dec-2007
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Secure care: improving life in locked wards
10-Dec-2007
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Home care push for cancer patients
6-Dec-2007
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Report exposes failings of private mental healthcare
6-Dec-2007
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psych nib
4-Dec-2007
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£17m earmarked for HIV support
3-Dec-2007
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Healthcare Commission slams learning disabilities care
3-Dec-2007
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Commissioning for public health - changing priorities
3-Dec-2007
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PCTs urged to put local patients before politicians
29-Nov-2007
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Practice-based commissioning: poor data may scupper efforts
29-Nov-2007
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SHAs slash top-up payments for complex care
29-Nov-2007
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Bids open for campus reprovision
29-Nov-2007
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Sexual health services warning
28-Nov-2007
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A guide to world class commissioning
26-Nov-2007
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Race equality monitoring and diabetes
26-Nov-2007
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Clinical leadership narrowly focused - NHS Alliance report
23-Nov-2007
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Mental health: PCTs to target potential offenders
22-Nov-2007
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Millions have undiagnosed lung disease
22-Nov-2007
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Patients could commission own healthcare, says Nicholson
22-Nov-2007
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Practice-based commissioning: PCTs blamed for sticking to old practices
22-Nov-2007
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Sophie Christie on the holy grail of NHS policy
22-Nov-2007
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Your Humble Servant: world class commissioning
22-Nov-2007
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Practice-Based Commissioning briefing
20-Nov-2007
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Helen Bevan on world class commissioning
19-Nov-2007
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Hilary Thomas on clarifying the NHS insurer-provider divide
19-Nov-2007
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ISTC second wave faces cuts
15-Nov-2007
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PCTs will not take on escort and bedwatch roles from Prison Service until April
15-Nov-2007
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North West signs contract with private mental health provider
14-Nov-2007
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Joint working: health and local government
13-Nov-2007
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Maternity services and breastfeeding: a lot of bottle
12-Nov-2007
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World class commissioning: NHS sets out to lead the world
8-Nov-2007
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Dental contract data released
7-Nov-2007
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Commissioning: Dobson query over firms' fraud record
1-Nov-2007
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HSJ commissioning supplement: an in-depth look at FESC
1-Nov-2007
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Mental health: unhappy old age
29-Oct-2007
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GPs back practice-based commissioning
29-Oct-2007
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Out-of-hours care 'inflexible'
29-Oct-2007
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Separating services: a guide for PCTs
26-Oct-2007
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Anna Donald on healthcare in Australia
25-Oct-2007
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Local commissioning: DoH sets out skills PCTs will need
25-Oct-2007
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Primary care's big challenge is acting on great expectations
25-Oct-2007
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Clinical networks - delivering world-class commissioning
23-Oct-2007
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Two new tools to help diabetes networks
23-Oct-2007
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Sophia Christie on collective commissioning
22-Oct-2007
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PCTs in race to improve commissioning
18-Oct-2007
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Payment by Results briefing
15-Oct-2007
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Commissioning: skills for the future
15-Oct-2007
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Foreign affairs: migration and the NHS
15-Oct-2007
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Diagnostics firm Atos found inadequate
11-Oct-2007
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Family doctors should prescribe English lessons, Royal College of GPs chair proposes
11-Oct-2007
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PCT denies new director has conflict of interest
11-Oct-2007
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Patient Centred Care
9-Oct-2007
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Latest referral times data released
5-Oct-2007
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Ambulance trusts worry commissioners will neglect specialist service
4-Oct-2007
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Appeal against Alzheimer's drug decision
4-Oct-2007
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Councillors to join PCT boards
4-Oct-2007
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DoH names 14 firms that will support PCTs
4-Oct-2007
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ISTC contract shortcomings are exposed
4-Oct-2007
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Money for nothing in the ISTC labour crisis
4-Oct-2007
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Darzi report stresses equality and access
4-Oct-2007
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New powers to protect vulnerable people in Wales
3-Oct-2007
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Palliative care: 'a good death is part of life'
1-Oct-2007
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Provider services: get up to speed on quality
1-Oct-2007
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Framework reveals high standards in primary care, says BMA
28-Sep-2007
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BUPA to help with commissioning at Hillingdon primary care trust
27-Sep-2007
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Commissioning reforms were 'right thing at the wrong time', admits Britnell
27-Sep-2007
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Public consultation to decide on the NHS's next step
27-Sep-2007
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Communication disabilities neglected
24-Sep-2007
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Dave Lee on Darzi's tour
24-Sep-2007
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Health hotel: exploring inequalities
24-Sep-2007
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With choice comes responsibility
24-Sep-2007
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HART teams
24-Sep-2007
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Recalling the offer of choice
20-Sep-2007
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Born under a bad sign
20-Sep-2007
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Private sector 'jaded' over contracts
20-Sep-2007
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2,000 in move to own homes
20-Sep-2007
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Guidance sets out who should pay for patient care
19-Sep-2007
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Andrew Jones on world-class commissioning
17-Sep-2007
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How pharmacists can help with PBC
17-Sep-2007
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Specialist services essential in diabetes care
17-Sep-2007
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BUPA expected to provide 'external support' for PCT
13-Sep-2007
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One year on, the message from Nicholson is that he's listening
13-Sep-2007
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Public expecting too much as spending cuts approach
13-Sep-2007
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Wanless warns of spending 'hell'
13-Sep-2007
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Practice based commissioning
11-Sep-2007
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Exclusive: SHAs understaffed and under pressure, say managers' union
6-Sep-2007
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Mental Health Barometer August 2007
6-Sep-2007
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Time to step up to patient-centred care
6-Sep-2007
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David Peat on sharing good practice
4-Sep-2007
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Commissioning: a problem shared
3-Sep-2007
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Scottish GPs welcome out-of-hours report
31-Aug-2007
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£80m 'wasted' on killing inquiries
31-Aug-2007
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Commissioning's stakeholders design their world-class future
31-Aug-2007
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Scotland urged to look beyond GPs for out-of-hours services
31-Aug-2007
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Terminal care provision has 'major flaws'
31-Aug-2007
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Strategies for managing the market
29-Aug-2007
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Managing the commissioner-provider divide
29-Aug-2007
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£159m dental shortfall
24-Aug-2007
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UK has worst stroke outcomes, study finds
24-Aug-2007
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Optimising health outcomes through networking
23-Aug-2007
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Myth-buster: they choose or you lose
23-Aug-2007
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Become the third man's best friend
21-Aug-2007
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Mixed performance in community mental healthcare
15-Aug-2007
