All CCGs articles – Page 18
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NewsNew BMA chief issues warning over CCG restructures
The current reorganisation of commissioning structures risks disrupting management support for GP practices, the BMA’s new lead GP has said.
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NewsCCGs face 'impossible' choices to deliver higher savings targets
Local commissioners must deliver efficiency savings of almost 4 per cent to meet their financial targets this year, despite failing to get close to last year’s target of 3.2 per cent.
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HSJ LocalCCG leaders step down amid NHS England investigation
Two senior clinical commissioning group leaders have stepped down, and the CCG is being investigated by NHS England, it has emerged.
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NewsNew CCG ratings revealed
Overall ratings have been published of clinical commissioning groups for 2016-17, with double the number rated “outstanding” as the previous year.
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NewsNHS England names 'ineffective' medicines for savings drive
NHS England is to consult over limiting the prescription of “low value” products costing £141m a year including homeopathy and herbal medicines.
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NewsRevealed: First ratings of all 44 STPs
STPs have been publicly rated for the first time, with five labelled outstanding and five placed in the lowest category of “needs most improvement”.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Battered CCG must prove it’s worth it
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England from Lawrence Dunhill
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CommentThe NHS financial regime: cleverly flexible or horribly messy?
The NHS payments and incentives system is constantly evolving. Richard Murray looks at a system that is attempting to manage deficits and, at the same time, introduce new models of care and ways to pay for them.
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CommentCan STPs deliver?
Rebecca Malby on how STPs are struggling to secure effective ways of solving the very complex problems the NHS faces
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The abolition and reinvention of planning
Cowper’s Cut is a new weekly column from HSJ’s comment editor Andy Cowper. It will be published every Monday and seeks to serve as an informative and entertaining stimulant for HSJ’s subscribers at the start of the working week.
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NewsDevo region generates extra £150m after 'very strong' financial performance
The Greater Manchester health economy delivered a “very strong” financial performance last year, generating £150m of investment funding for the region.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Taking a risk on procurement law
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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NewsNHS England and NHS Improvement reveal joint regional restructure
NHS England and NHS Improvement have appointed two joint regional directors, in order to “test a more integrated approach” between the two organisations.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: 'Difficult choices' run out of steam
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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HSJ LocalLargest ever CCG merger paused for at least a year
The biggest ever proposed clinical commissioning group merger has been paused for at least a year, the three Merseyside CCGs involved have said.
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HSJ LocalSingle leader to be appointed across four CCGs in ACS area
A single leader will be appointed to drive health service commissioning across the greater Nottingham health economy, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMajor new NHS devolution deal revealed
A health and social care devolution style deal is being put in place in Surrey, it has been announced – the second after Greater Manchester.
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NewsFirst commissioning support unit moves towards independence
A shadow board has been set up to pave the way for a commissioning support unit to turn into a community interest company owned by its customers, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingBeware stumbling into another 'Tory top-down reorganisation of the NHS'
In an ominous echo of 2010, the Conservative party’s 2017 election manifesto includes a discreet mention which could snowball into a disruptive reorganisation of the NHS.
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NewsThree CCGs in 'devolution' STP appoint shared chief officer
New chief officer appointed to the three CCGs in Surrey Heartlands STP It has yet to be confirmed who will lead the STP following the departure of Julia Ross A single chief officer has been appointed across the three clinical commissioning groups in the Surrey Heartlands sustainability and ...