NHS England plans to lead 'radical' service change
NHS England is planning to continue the health service’s current savings drive after 2015, and to recast it as a programme of “ambitious and radical” service change led by its area teams.
Exclusive: NHS England could 'ratchet up' financial pressure on private mental health providers, analysts warn
Private mental health providers could see pressure on their profit margins “ratcheted up” by the centralisation of secure and specialised mental healthcare commissioning in the hands of NHS England, according to a new report by market analysts Laing and Buisson.
Uncertainty grows over NHS Direct's future
NHS Direct may not continue to deliver the NHS 111 service beyond the end of this financial year, it has emerged.
Updated: Interactive commissioning system map
HSJ has updated its comprehensive interactive map of the reformed NHS commissioning system, showing critical details about the new organisations.
Exclusive: CCG performance and assurance regime unveiled
Clinical commissioning groups will be rated four times a year on their performance and annually on their organisational capability, under a draft assurance regime to be published today.
Commissioning reforms redundancy count exceeds 10,000
More than 10,000 NHS staff have been made redundant in the past three financial years as a result of the government’s commissioning reforms, according to official figures published today.
NHS 111 failures have 'let patients down', NHS England admits
Patients have been “let down” by the “unacceptable” failure of some NHS 111 services, NHS England directors have admitted.
EXCLUSIVE: NHS England wins stop gap approval to handle patient data
NHS England has been granted temporary permission to use sensitive patient information, after being forced to make an urgent application for a special legal exemption, HSJ has learned.
Commissioners barred from using patient data
The new NHS commissioners are unable to carry out analysis of sensitive patient information because they have not yet received urgently requested legal permission to do so, HSJ has learned.
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Exclusive: DH 'pressure contributed to 111 failure', Alliance report finds
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Hospitals leader: NHS reorganisation 'coming home to roost' in A&E failure
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Exclusive: Panic over Hunt plan to 'announce' A&E rescue fund
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Exclusive: Competition ‘jeopardy’ for icon of integration
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GP commissioning leader defends CCGs over NHS 111 failure
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Commissioners raise concerns over Caldicott recommendations
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Care claims backlog 'will take five years to clear'
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NHS England could 'manage' 111 market
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One in 10 NHS England posts unfilled as system went live
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Exclusive: NHS England IT system not ready for switchover
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Only half of CCGs 'fully authorised'
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Exclusive: Weakest CSUs given three months to improve
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DH director general warns over diversion of social care funds
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Regulator should 'make allowances' for aspirant community FTs, says DH review author
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NHS England pledges 'presentational consistency' with DH
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CCG to invite consortium bids for integrated service
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Medics slam radiotherapy 'red tape'
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Children's heart surgery review 'cost £8m'
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NHS England to focus future QIPP on 'transformational change'
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CCG representative group names GP leads
