All CCGs articles – Page 13
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CommentTed Baker: We need an honest view about the quality of services
That many NHS trusts are improving quality despite significant challenges is reason for optimism - but doesn’t invalidate the argument for more resources, writes Ted Baker.
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NewsCCGs left with £15m bill following dispute with acute trust
Commissioners have been left with a £15m bill after losing a dispute with their local acute trust over procedures which they said had been costed wrongly.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Changes for A&E admission payments are coming
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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NewsGovernment plan to expand 'right to personal health budgets'
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a consultation to significantly extend the scope of personal health budgets in England.
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CommentThe importance of a proportionate regulatory system
The regulatory framework needs to respond to the changing NHS system architecture with the advent of STPs and ICSs, writes Ella Jackson
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NewsNational learning disabilities programme 'leading to unplanned costs'
The biggest “fast track” area moving people with learning disabilities out of hospitals has warned it faces an additional £8m annual bill, while others also anticipate increased costs.
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NewsCCGs on course for £687m deficit
Clinical commissioning groups are on course to overspend their total budget by £687m at the end of 2017-18, while the overall commissioning system will balance its books, NHS England has said.
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NewsExclusive: Cancer diagnosis cash not ‘reaching frontline’ in some areas
Increased central funding for cancer tests is “being diverted to plug gaps” in finances in some areas, according to concerns in new research shared with HSJ.
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NewsCCGs pulled out of special measures ahead of mergers
Three clinical commissioning groups have been taken out of special measures ahead of mergers this weekend.
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HSJ LocalCircle threatens legal action over £150m treatment centre procurement
Circle Health has pulled out of a bid to continue running services at the Nottingham Treatment Centre, and threatened clinical commissioning groups with legal action over their £150m three year procurement.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The good, the bad, and the messy
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsExclusive: The 23 CCGs predicting a cut in mental health spending
The proportion of clinical commissioning groups whose mental health spending will fall in cash terms is predicted to double this year to one in 10, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUpdated: CCG mergers and shared leadership map
This map shows which CCGs have merged, are in talks to join together or share a leader – which can be an indicator of plans to merge in future.
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NewsNHS England extends screening for mental health problems
NHS staff will be expected to screen every patient with a long term physical condition for mental health problems, under new guidance from national leaders.
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CommentImplement continence care guidance to improve patient experience
Improving healthcare practitioners’ understanding of continence issues could maximise the quality of continence care across the NHS
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NewsNHS England looks to do more to tackle health inequalities
NHS England is considering what more it and the NHS should be doing about health inequalities, partly in response to “disturbing” figures showing life expectancy falling in some areas.
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HSJ LocalNHS England tells CCG to show more 'gravitas and grip'
A struggling clinical commissioning group was told it needed to show “stronger evidence of gravitas and grip” and move away from a “reactive and negatively critical approach” by an NHS England review.
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NewsDrugs switch saves NHS £170m in 10 months
The NHS is estimated to have saved £170m in the first 10 months of this financial year by switching to cheaper versions of just three drugs.
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NewsTax regulator scrutinises CCG payments to GPs
HM Revenue and Customs has been scrutinising potential attempts from clinical commissioning groups to minimise GPs’ tax payments, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalNew CCG alliance brings in consultants to review governance
Four clinical commissioning groups that formed an alliance at the start of the year have hired PwC to carry out a review of their governance.