All Commissioning highlights articles – Page 9
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HSJ KnowledgeTaking a new approach to alcohol treatment
Rethinking funding and care pathways for specialist treatment
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Clinical commissioners can help shape primary care
CCGs can enhance general practice’s future if it lets them
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HSJ KnowledgePatients and quality are the focus for CCGs
Francis provides an opportunity for the NHS to reassess its priorities
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HSJ KnowledgeBalancing the conflicting interests of CCGs
Why CCG conflicts should be managed, not eradicated
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HSJ KnowledgeThe advantages of community eyecare pathways
Eye health services that save money and add value for patients
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HSJ KnowledgeIt's crunch time for CCG pay
A basic formula is at hand when setting pay for clinicians on CCGs
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to spot future patients
A risk stratification tool is helping GPs to identify where early intervention would benefit patients
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HSJ KnowledgeCompetition is all around us – so why fight it?
Competition and integration can co-exist to provide a seamless health service
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HSJ KnowledgeNew accountability in CCG commissioning
We must reflect on who’s in charge in the post-reform NHS
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HSJ KnowledgeCan clinical leaders transform the NHS?
The fresh generation of leaders must tackle a range of issues
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HSJ KnowledgeCancer commissioning: a survivor's guide
Treatment taught one commissioner lessons he hopes the NHS will learn
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HSJ KnowledgeImmaculate contraception: better sexual health services
A blueprint for providing free, high quality contraceptive services
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NewsPatient leaders concerned over CCG lay member strength
Some clinical commissioning groups have appointed lay people with insufficient experience and skills, patient leaders have said.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe knowns and the unknowns about how CCGs will work
There are still questions about how CCGs will operate from April
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NewsSir David embraces partnership but 'hasn't given up on grip'
The NHS commissioning board will not operate a “hierarchy of deference” but its chief executive has not “given up on having a grip”.
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NewsProblem CCGs face 'greater scrutiny'
Clinical commissioning groups with financial problems or a major reconfiguration in their area will be subject to additional checks by the NHS Commissioning Board, guidance says.
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NewsCommissioners 'bombarded' with care cost claims
Primary care trusts are each facing millions of pounds of unexpected costs after being “bombarded” with retrospective NHS Continuing Care claims, HSJ has learned.
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CCG bans GP member from governing body
Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group has banned a member GP from standing to become a governing body representative.
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HSJ KnowledgeClosing the gap between the theory and real change
For a sustainable NHS, we can no longer ignore the gaps