Health Service Journal
NHS Commissioning Board
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Patient leaders concerned over CCG lay member strength
21-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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Hunt: NHS 'should go' paperless by 2018
16-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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Nicholson 'really sorry' for HR problems
14-Jan-2013
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Nicholson: leading hospitals to be reshaped by commissioning board
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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Nicholson argues he should survive to implement Mid Staffs recommendations
10-Jan-2013
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Commissioning board makes its move
9-Jan-2013
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Redundancy threat for 3,500 NHS managers
8-Jan-2013
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Providers 'nervous' about commissioning board role in contract disputes
7-Jan-2013
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North and West Reading CCG authorised with 14 conditions
7-Jan-2013
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Newbury and District CCG authorised with five conditions
4-Jan-2013
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Cameron demands extension of friends and family test
4-Jan-2013
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Problem CCGs face 'greater scrutiny'
3-Jan-2013
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Chief executives not confident on out-of-hours safety
2-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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McKay: More jobs in system than staff at risk
21-Dec-2012
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Readers' letters - 20 December 2012
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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Commissioning board's funding formula move was not 'political', says Dalton
18-Dec-2012
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East and North Herts CCG gets green light
18-Dec-2012
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North Yorks primary care director joins NHS Commissioning Board
18-Dec-2012
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Great Yarmouth CCG authorised
18-Dec-2012
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Rotherham CCG authorised and featured in commissioning board video
18-Dec-2012
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Warrington CCG authorised without conditions
18-Dec-2012
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West Cheshire CCG authorised without conditions
18-Dec-2012
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Commissioning board sets out 'zero-tolerance' approach to provider performance
18-Dec-2012
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Commissioning board pledges paperless referrals by 2015
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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Commissioning board orders urgent review of NHS allocations
18-Dec-2012
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Financial squeeze on NHS providers to continue in 2013-14
18-Dec-2012
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Performance of individual surgeons to be published by next summer
18-Dec-2012
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Real time patient feedback for whole NHS by 2015
18-Dec-2012
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Routine NHS services should be available seven days a week
18-Dec-2012
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Cumbria CCG authorised in first wave
17-Dec-2012
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Blackpool CCG authorised in first wave
17-Dec-2012
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National group to examine barriers to seven-day NHS
17-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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Caldicott expected to raise legal doubts over CSU data services
13-Dec-2012
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Somerset CCG authorised with no conditions
12-Dec-2012
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Hunt: I'm open to NHS or private sector solutions
12-Dec-2012
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Chief nurse leaves North Yorks for Notts and Derby LAT
11-Dec-2012
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Boards could be made to declare staff level is safe
11-Dec-2012
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Michael White: some notes on some scandals
11-Dec-2012
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Psychological therapy success leads to rising waits
7-Dec-2012
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Exclusive: 'Rapid reduction' in hospital care planned following Winterbourne View
5-Dec-2012
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Providers to be forced to own up to mistakes
4-Dec-2012
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DH awards audit contracts to HQIP
29-Nov-2012
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Board urges local leaders to push ahead on reconfiguration
28-Nov-2012
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CSUs frustrated by lack of clarity on funding
28-Nov-2012
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Commissioning reforms will hit morale 'for at least two years'
23-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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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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QIPP lead: drugs bill will increase
19-Nov-2012
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The NHS mandate: liberation or ligature?
19-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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Mandate requires board to guarantee CCG autonomy
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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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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Government reveals ‘historic’ first mandate
13-Nov-2012
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Exclusive: CCG leaders favour integration over competition
8-Nov-2012
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Exclusive: Jim Easton's commissioning board role to be split up
6-Nov-2012
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Nicholson: More funding will be linked to quality
5-Nov-2012
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Monitor vows to improve 'not fit for purpose' pricing system
2-Nov-2012
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Harpal Kumar: outcomes at risk
1 November 2012
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Board could force CCGs to work with its teams on reconfiguration
31-Oct-2012
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Hunt announces crackdown on unsafe surgery
30-Oct-2012
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HSJ Briefing: general practice services and policy
30-Oct-2012
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Commissioning board extends control as 'specialised' budget balloons
29-Oct-2012
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Who are the most influential people in the NHS and health policy?
26-Oct-2012
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DH tracker shows cluster confidence
25-Oct-2012
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At last, a consumer-led NHS?
24-Oct-2012
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Cumbria and North East LAT hires nurse and medical director
23-Oct-2012
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Large commissioning board LAT gets interim director
23-Oct-2012
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Chair of £19m deficit PCT lashes out over its budget 'mismatch'
23-Oct-2012
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Four directors appointed for Merseyside LAT
22-Oct-2012
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Director announced for Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral LAT
22-Oct-2012
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Five directors appointed to South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw LAT
22-Oct-2012
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Six appointments for Greater Manchester LAT
19-Oct-2012
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Four directors appointed to Durham, Darlington & Tees LAT
18-Oct-2012
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Three directors appointed to North Yorkshire and Humber LAT
18-Oct-2012
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Outside groups could vie with NICE over guidance
18-Oct-2012
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Easton’s move stokes debate on private sector’s value to NHS
16-Oct-2012
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'No substance' to clinical network claims
16-Oct-2012
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UPDATED: Jim Easton resigning to join Care UK
11-Oct-2012
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Protocol required to prevent information use 'surprises'
11-Oct-2012
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Accountability probe could lead to regulation for managers
9-Oct-2012
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Government to commit the NHS to a "paperless" future
9-Oct-2012
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Hunt backs 'simple and short' NHS mandate
9-Oct-2012
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Cumbria CCG to buy support from North East CSU
4-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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Commissioning board to thank staff for work in 'difficult' times
1-Oct-2012
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EXCLUSIVE: NHS info chief predicts US-style revolution
27 September 2012
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Board mandate may be shortened
26-Sep-2012
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Lamb: NHS cannot fund social care reform
25-Sep-2012
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GMC investigates complaint against Dame Barbara Hakin
25-Sep-2012
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NHS Commissioning Board admits recruitment diversity problem
21-Sep-2012
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Business services quango set to employ 8,000 commissioning staff
21-Sep-2012
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Patient data may give NHS an unfair edge
20 September 2012
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Commissioning board to 'lift and shift' staff
19-Sep-2012
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Too many 'risk pools' could force organisations into failure, Nicholson warns
18-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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Specialised service review highlights risks to integration
11-Sep-2012
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Constitution review set to promote compassion and evidence-based commissioning
11-Sep-2012
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Four CSU networks to supply communications support
10-Sep-2012
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Transition redundancies hit women hardest
10-Sep-2012
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Tenders for sexual health contracts could leave HIV services 'unviable'
7-Sep-2012
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Easton: support for ‘medium-term’ change
6 September 2012
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New secretary of state faces a bulging in-tray
5-Sep-2012
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Board to recruit another 19 senior directors
23-Aug-2012
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Collaboration not competition CSUs' 'priority'
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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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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Board to buy support services
8-Aug-2012
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Oldham: Tackle problem GPs to improve primary care in poor areas
7-Aug-2012
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Commissioning board encourages CCG contract and risk sharing
6-Aug-2012
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Commissioning board local director to take up acute chief exec post
6-Aug-2012
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Neil Churchill: living within our means locally
2 August 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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Support confirmed for four types of clinical network
26-Jul-2012
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Easton: we must tackle cost-cutting masked as efficiency
26 July 2012
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Room for manoeuvre on public health funding formula
26 July 2012
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The unplanned racist impact of reform
25-Jul-2012
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DH to consult on extent of regulator's powers
25-Jul-2012
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CCG budgets face complications, says DH
24-Jul-2012
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Andy Buck confirmed as South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw director
20-Jul-2012
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Chris Long confirmed as North Yorkshire and Humber director
20-Jul-2012
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Cameron Ward named as Durham, Darlington and Tees director
20-Jul-2012
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BME staff at risk in transition, commissioning board warned
20-Jul-2012
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Commissioning board: our mandate is too detailed
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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Lansley insists Dilnot proposals have avoided 'long grass'
18-Jul-2012
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CCG authorisation 'support' could see powers taken back
18-Jul-2012
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Commissioning board plans new improvement body to drive efficiency
17-Jul-2012
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Stability trumps choice in the birth of commissioning support
11-Jul-2012
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New quality of life indicators reveal long term condition inequalities
11-Jul-2012
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Commissioning support market faces heavy regulation
11-Jul-2012
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'Developmental' CCG authorisation process gets underway
10-Jul-2012
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A mandate for bad waiting list management
9-Jul-2012
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Exclusive: Commissioning board appoints long term conditions lead
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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Plan launched to integrate health and social care data
5-Jul-2012
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Successful CSSs to be given a 'licence to operate'
4-Jul-2012
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NHSCB 'mandate' sets out CCG autonomy and 18 weeks demands
4-Jul-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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Would-be candidates excluded from top commissioning board clinical posts
27-Jun-2012
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Academic health science network plans given 20 July deadline
25-Jun-2012
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Grant: We chose not to have clinicians on commissioning board
25-Jun-2012
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Hakin plans 'proportionate' handling of GPs
22-Jun-2012
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Joe Rafferty to leave NHS Commissioning Board
21-Jun-2012
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New surveillance groups not 'command and control'
21-Jun-2012
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The NHS Commissioning Board local leadership challenge
21-Jun-2012
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Commissioning board sets out local structure and clinical senates plan
21-Jun-2012
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Grant promises mandate will liberate NHS
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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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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'Surveillance groups' to monitor provider quality
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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'Budget for health' to set out future ambitions
14-Jun-2012
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In-house consultancy saves NHS £7.1m in fees
14 June 2012
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GP records website 'My Health' revealed
13-Jun-2012
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Exclusive: commissioning board to direct CSS recruitment
13-Jun-2012
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PWC wins £3.4m contract to help authorise CCGs
1-Jun-2012
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Exclusive: commissioning board offices 'to match old SHAs'
31-May-2012
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Several CCGs to be larger than outgoing PCTs
31-May-2012
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Engagement matters - here's why
28-May-2012
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'Landmark' agreement on 212 CCGs covering England
24-May-2012
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'It is within leaders' power to make things better'
24-May-2012
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Commissioning outcomes framework will enable meaningful quality improvement
24-May-2012
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Exclusive: Commissioning board engagement and information director revealed
23-May-2012
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Information strategy an early example of major policy process - DH
23-May-2012
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Commissioning board seeks £130k GP to 'influence CCGs'
23-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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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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Commissioning board moves to halt NHS director exodus
10-May-2012
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PCTs failing to implement continence guidance
10-May-2012
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How many care scandals are we missing as reform rolls on?
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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Commissioning board announces regional directors
8-May-2012
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Exclusive: NHS Commissioning Board to redesign local structure
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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Michael White: power is there to be taken by the bold
3-May-2012
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DH reveals swift year-of-care tariff plans
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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Jim Easton: Board to move quickly on year of care tariffs
26-Apr-2012
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Lansley: CCG allocations should be based on age, not poverty
26-Apr-2012
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CCG data service support to come from local suppliers
26-Apr-2012
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Expect years of fundamental changes and austerity, says Grant
25-Apr-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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Commissioning board 'could control half of some trusts' income'
24-Apr-2012
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Mike Farrar warns to expect politicised mandate
20-Apr-2012
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Commissioning board mandate could lead to government clashes
19-Apr-2012
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Leading charities ask health secretary to adopt five NHS priorities
19-Apr-2012
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How localism really can be achieved in healthcare provision
19 April 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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Exclusive: Dame Ruth Carnall to leave NHS
16-Apr-2012
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Patient campaigner bids for top commissioning board role
11-Apr-2012
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NHS Commissioning Board highlights major HR risk
5-Apr-2012
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How to inspire a generation of entrepreneurial leaders in healthcare
29-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: NHS Commissioning Board to appoint all CSS leaders
28-Mar-2012
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NHS reform risk register reveals list of serious concerns
27-Mar-2012
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New England chief nursing officer named
19-Mar-2012
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NHSCB patient role ‘too information focused’
16-Mar-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: many experienced commissioners predicted to leave
14-Mar-2012
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Monitor to publish annual reconfiguration 'blacklist'
8-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: commissioning board says CSSs 'on the cusp of failing'
6-Mar-2012
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'Patient choice should not force commissioners away from competition'
1-Mar-2012
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Commissioning board could take ownership of LIFT assets
1-Mar-2012
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Finance director appointed to commissioning board
27-Feb-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: peculiar commissioning spend estimates could threaten surpluses
23-Feb-2012
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Commissioning board a 'folly', says Diabetes UK chief
21-Feb-2012
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The Health Bill plan B is dead, but plan C lives on
16-Feb-2012
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Standardised GP contract by 2015 is 'naive'
16-Feb-2012
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Noel Plumridge: an uncertain future for payment by results
16-Feb-2012
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Commissioning support services to get private sector guidance
15-Feb-2012
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Government forced to defend McKinsey bill involvement
14-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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Royal College of GPs joins calls for Health Bill to be scrapped
3-Feb-2012
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Ciarán Devane interview: 'There is a role for top-down control'
2-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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Key risks posed by NHS commissioning reforms revealed
26-Jan-2012
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Risks facing the commissioning board: in its own words
26 January 2012
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Commissioning board 'likely' to enforce standard patient records
25-Jan-2012
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Commissioning by any other name: will 'clinical' become 'world class'?
24-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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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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Mid Staffs inquiry impacting Commissioning Board risk model
18-Jan-2012
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Competitive tendering will be ‘as important’ as any qualified provider
18-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: Health Bill concessions on 'autonomy' and SoS accountability
17-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: only half of CCGs will be ready - GP commissioning champion
11-Jan-2012
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Future Forum: all commissioners should consider NHS and social care shared budgets
10-Jan-2012
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Your Humble Servant: the rallying cry for 2012
5 January 2012
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Macmillan chief appointed non exec for commissioning board
22-Dec-2011
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DH reveals plans for Public Health England structure
20-Dec-2011
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Exclusive: Commissioning board will have GP deputy medical director
20-Dec-2011
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Embrace NHS competition, Milburn tells Labour
12-Dec-2011
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Commissioning board chair praises NHS’s 'spectacular' record during last decade
9-Dec-2011
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Commissioning board names medical and finance chiefs
9-Dec-2011
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Andy McKeon: does commissioning change anything?
8-Dec-2011
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Sir David Nicholson back at the top of HSJ100
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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032 - Malcolm Grant
7-Dec-2011
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David Nicholson seeks NHS 'nature and culture' change to innovate
5-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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DH to set out CCG behaviour guidance
1-Dec-2011
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Warning over status of nurses involved in NHS commissioning
30-Nov-2011
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HSJ interview: Nicholson and Flory prepare the ground for CCGs
29-Nov-2011
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CCG management allowance set at £25 per head
24-Nov-2011
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Nicholson: 'End criticism of managers'
24-Nov-2011
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Debt deferral measures to support would-be foundation trusts
24-Nov-2011
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PCT public health spending revealed
23-Nov-2011
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Setting out the principles for integrated care
23-Nov-2011
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Exclusive: NHS begins planning CCG authorisation 'pipeline'
22-Nov-2011
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The pressing case for linking physical and mental health
22-Nov-2011
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Exclusive: commissioning board to include 50 local medical directors
11-Nov-2011
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Media Watch: NHS commissioning board makes a quiet start
3 November 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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Michael White: ice cool Professor Grant may have what it takes to succeed
27-Oct-2011
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Media Watch: there's no news like old news
27 October 2011
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Single NHS finance and performance post abolished
26-Oct-2011
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Health Bill: Lords to debate hospital failure, integration and commissioning bonus
25-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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Lords propose greater transparency in new Health Bill changes
20-Oct-2011
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DH commissioning support vision revealed
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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NHS Commissioning Board chair announced
14-Oct-2011
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DH to 'bring in line' commissioners who ration treatments
12-Oct-2011
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Earl Howe urges Lords to pass bill quickly
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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Why public health practice must be integrated into commissioning
6 October 2011
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IT decisions 'down to trusts' despite contracts
5-Oct-2011
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Government sets out limits of Health Bill compromise
3-Oct-2011
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Health Bill risks 'weakening ministerial accountability' - Lords committee
30-Sep-2011
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Providing integrated care won't be easier for CCGs, study suggests
22-Sep-2011
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How pairing clinicians with managers could speed up clinical excellence
20-Sep-2011
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Dalton's plate is piled high ahead of return to NHS North of England
15 September 2011
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Commissioning board chair could work just four days a month
12-Sep-2011
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Why it is crucial for commissioning support to be established successfully
8 September 2011
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'It's time for managers to stand up and be counted'
2-Sep-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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Lansley is taking us back to medical domination - Lord Crisp
24-Aug-2011
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Distrust and pragmatism inform softly-softly authorisation plan
18-Aug-2011
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'The focus now for those who manage healthcare should be value'
18 August 2011
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Setting local free: will true decentralisation work in the future NHS?
17-Aug-2011
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SHA cluster chairs announced and chief executives emerging
29-Jul-2011
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DH to create two temporary arm's length bodies
27-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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Commissioning Board will dish out public health funds
21 July 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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Sir David sets out single commissioning vision
13-Jul-2011
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NHS managers to face tighter checks on behaviour
11-Jul-2011
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DH publishes full Commissioning Board plans
8-Jul-2011
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Commissioning primary care plans still in development
7-Jul-2011
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Public health policy 'update' paper expected next week
7-Jul-2011
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Responsible officers to sit with commissioning board
7-Jul-2011
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Power to the patients: promised improvements to patient choice need backing up
7 July 2011
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Confed chief cautions over the dangers of centralisation
6-Jul-2011
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Andrew Lansley: the strength of feeling shows why we had to listen
6-Jul-2011
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Speculation begins over Commissioning Board top jobs
6-Jul-2011
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Reforms could put patient safety focus in danger
5-Jul-2011
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Sir Bruce appoints lead for clinical networks scrutiny
5-Jul-2011
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'NHS England' name plan stirs controversy
5-Jul-2011
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Commissioning board draft structure revealed
30-Jun-2011
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North divide to be united under NCB plans
30 June 2011
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Health secretary gains powers over NHS Commissioning Board in amended bill
29-Jun-2011
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Health Bill: changes risk ‘paper duties’ and central pressure
24-Jun-2011
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DH to 'rely' on local pricing to extend community services competition
22-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: NHS faces 'big problem' if reform timetable slips - Nicholson
22-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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Parliament to approve regulations on dissolving failing consortia
20-Jun-2011
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Patient and public involvement to be strengthened
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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What happens if the Health and Social Care Bill is scrapped?
15-Jun-2011
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Fears raised over two-tier commissioning system
15-Jun-2011
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Brakes on competition draw private sector complaints
14-Jun-2011
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NHS Confederation warns over centralised commissioning power
14-Jun-2011
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NHS Partners Network criticises independent sector support in government response
14-Jun-2011
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Local authorities to have 'formal role' in authorising Clinical Commissioning Groups
14-Jun-2011
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How to manage conflicts of interest in GP commissioning
14-Jun-2011
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Future Forum: government should stop 'slagging off' managers
13-Jun-2011
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Councils poised to scale back consortia freedoms
13-Jun-2011
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Future Forum recommends dilution of Monitor role and public accountability for consortia
13-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: re-written Health Bill will put competition panel on statutory footing
13-Jun-2011
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Commissioning board to constrain consortia powers if 'not ready'
8-Jun-2011
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Monitor duty to support integration of care
7-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: GP commissioning consortia boards must contain a doctor and nurse
7-Jun-2011
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Central reform principles are 'not controversial'
7-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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Exclusive: SHAs may get further reprieve
31-May-2011
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Exclusive: government to publish second command paper
27-May-2011
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Clegg: 'NHS managers will continue where GPs are not ready'
26-May-2011
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Government must remove barriers to integrated care, warns King's Fund
23-May-2011
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Exclusive: Commissioning Board will be told to save cancer lives
20-May-2011
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NHS incident reporting system to receive £3.7m injection
19-May-2011
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Consortia authorisation 'window' risks quality
19-May-2011
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The listening exercise needs to reach grass roots voices
12 May 2011
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Cluster landscape shows 52 commissioners
27-Apr-2011
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Fears over offender services as duties transfer to PCTs
21-Apr-2011
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GPs unclear on forming non-neighbouring consortia
20-Apr-2011
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Sir David will 'press on' with reform details
14-Apr-2011
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'Any qualified provider' guidance to slow market expansion
14 April 2011
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DH pharmacy consultation put on hold
14 April 2011
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Reform goals hampered by political pause
14 April 2011
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Health Bill amendments 'soften' competition rules
7 April 2011
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Commissioning Board control of GP contracts would be 'disaster'
5-Apr-2011
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Halt NHS changes while debating bill, says Lord Owen
5-Apr-2011
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Changing information into valuable data for the new, local NHS
31 March 2011
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Hakin rejects 'disappointing' reform criticisms
31 March 2011
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Health and wellbeing needs to remain a local responsibility
28-Mar-2011
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Confess 'longstanding problems' in consortia handovers, PCTs told
24 March 2011
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Howe promises to 'expose' underperforming GPs
24 March 2011
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MPs told of budget topslicing 'risk'
17 March 2011
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Functions guidance for consortia published by DH
10-Mar-2011
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Consortia staff numbers will be limited
10 March 2011
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Milburn rejects offer to join Commissioning Board chair competition
8-Mar-2011
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MPs could teach GPs a lesson in prudence
3 March 2011
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Nicholson must 'prove he trusts' GP commissioners
3 March 2011
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Tariff weighting could 'reduce' trust mergers - King's Fund
3 March 2011
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PCTs fail to assess value of cancer spend
2-Mar-2011
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Reforms 'may not give GPs freedom'
28-Feb-2011
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Torbay Care Trust commissioning staff to transfer to NHS Devon
25-Feb-2011
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Hospitals 'must adapt to survive'
25-Feb-2011
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Compensation danger over LIFT contract transfers
24 February 2011
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Consortia to be authorised in stages, Sir David tells HSJ
22-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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Health Bill framework leaves NHS property up for grabs
17 February 2011
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DH to drop workforce section in slim down
10 February 2011
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PCT cluster discussions revealed
3-Feb-2011
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Rigorous approach needed to improve QOF payments, report says
3 February 2011
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Transition 'carefully designed and managed', says government
1-Feb-2011
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Monitor interviews candidates for chair
28-Jan-2011
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DH will 'co-produce' authorisation process, GPs told
28-Jan-2011
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Commissioning: sizing up the issues of financial security
28-Jan-2011
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Nicholson appointed to NCB to 'provide leadership and continuity'
27 January 2011
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Peterborough PCT establishes GP Commissioning Board
25-Jan-2011
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The provider's essential guide to the Health Bill
25-Jan-2011
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The NHS Commissioning Board: biggest of the big spenders
24-Jan-2011
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What happens if the health reforms work?
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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Extent of health secretary's powers over NHS Commissioning Board 'surprising'
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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Redundancy payouts to average £48,000
20 January 2011
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National board will hire consortia leads and guide pay
19-Jan-2011
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Health Bill maintains light touch on consortia
19-Jan-2011
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'Evolutionary' Health and Social Care Bill launched
19-Jan-2011
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Make-up and duties of health and wellbeing boards revealed
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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'Accountability in the NHS is a mess'
19-Jan-2011
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Nicholson: NHS commissioning board will step in if consortia falter
19-Jan-2011
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‘Brave’ Sir David stresses freedoms and delivery
19-Jan-2011
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Commissioning board should run large scale 'experiments' - UnitedHealth head
18-Jan-2011
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MPs: NHS white paper lacked 'credible plan'
18-Jan-2011
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'Conspiracy of silence hides true extent of poor GP performance'
13 January 2011
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One in five GP practices are underperforming
13 January 2011
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Uncertain future for cancer networks
12-Jan-2011
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Consortia commissioning benefits 'poorly defined'
12-Jan-2011
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Waiting targets survive as £750m cancer strategy announced
12-Jan-2011
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David Colin-Thomé retires
7-Jan-2011
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GPs will walk a tightrope between making or buying
6 January 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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Government sets out who will commission public health services
21-Dec-2010
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Nicholson's appointment to NCB sparked by concern over reforms
21-Dec-2010
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Nicholson is master of all he surveys after surprise decision
20-Dec-2010
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First NHS outcomes framework published
20-Dec-2010
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Levy on trusts to replace central NHS training funds
20-Dec-2010
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Danger consortia will overlook networked services
16-Dec-2010
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More criminals will get psychiatric help
17 December 2010
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PCTs identify roles to hand on speedily
17 December 2010
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RCN 'extremely disappointed' at lack of nurse inclusion in reforms
16-Dec-2010
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Key details added to radical reform plan
15-Dec-2010
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HSJ exclusive: Lansley appoints first commissioning board chief
15-Dec-2010
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White paper response: 'We were right to embark on this journey'
15-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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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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Pathfinder consortia revealed
7-Dec-2010
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PCT chief execs leave for national roles
3-Dec-2010
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Improving quality and productivity in the NHS
26-Nov-2010
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Lansley moves to replace Monitor chair
24-Nov-2010
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Fundamentals of the NHS - conference sessions
21-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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Our lives are in the cancer detectives’ hands
19-Nov-2010
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010 - Mark Britnell
17-Nov-2010
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021 - Professor Steve Field
17-Nov-2010
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070 - Andy McKeon
17-Nov-2010
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093 - Sir Keith Pearson
17-Nov-2010
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077 - Bill Moyes
17-Nov-2010
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005 - Stephen Dorrell
17-Nov-2010
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Stephen Dorrell: the ‘main game’ is delivering efficiency
17-Nov-2010
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Andrew Lansley defends NHS reforms
16-Nov-2010
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Former RSM president condemns NHS reforms as 'anathema'
12-Nov-2010
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GP consortia: new roles and new rules
11 November 2010
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Lansley accelerates his plans as Labour’s opposition falters
11 November 2010
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Michael White: health panel discussions
11 November 2010
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Spending review roundtable: going back to the 1980s?
11 November 2010
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Nicholson letter suggests caution on scrapping PCTs
10-Nov-2010
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DH speeds up abolition of PCTs and SHAs
10-Nov-2010
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Government backtracks to hand maternity to GPs
8-Nov-2010
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NHS Commissioning Board to check foreign doctors' language skills
29-Oct-2010
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GPs 'outraged' at central commissioning of maternity services
29-Oct-2010
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Lansley warns councils against ‘empire building’ in healthcare
28 October 2010
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'Who will own the NHS?'
21 October 2010
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An action plan for busting NHS deficits
20-Oct-2010
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Commissioning will cost 'less than 5 per cent'
19-Oct-2010
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MPs express consortia governance fears
19-Oct-2010
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NHS management history: milestones
14-Oct-2010
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PCT functions 'need clarification'
7 October 2010
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Milton rejects claim that NHS reforms are 'weak link' in government policy
5-Oct-2010
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Lansley acknowledges lack of readiness for GP commissioning
30 September 2010
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Lansley seeks to reassure GPs on commissioning
29-Sep-2010
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'A centre-left party in a centre-right coalition needs to tread carefully'
23 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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Commissioning challenges
Your Ideas and Suggestions 2010
