All Commissioning support articles – Page 3
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CommentSustainability and transformation plans: an opportunity to see the wood for the trees
STPs are the first time the NHS has got serious about populations, rather than organisations
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HSJ Local300 CSU staff to transfer to CCG
About 300 support staff for Greater Manchester to move to Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group Option of transferring staff to another CSU rejected for fears it would undermine devolution project There have been at least 22 redundancies About 300 commissioning support staff for Greater Manchester are set to be ...
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HSJ KnowledgeUnwarranted variation? NHS Right Care Programme helps
Matthew Cripps and John Newton explain how the NHS Right Care model is designed to help drive service improvement and avoid unwarranted variation
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HSJ LocalWorcestershire CCGs ink three year commissioning support deal
Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit wins contract to provide services to Worcestershire’s CCGs Three year contract worth £5.6m Tender awarded through NHS England’s lead provider framework COMMERCIAL: Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit has been named as the preferred provider of support services to Worcestershire’s three clinical ...
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CommentShare data without falling foul of information governance
Data sharing is essential to improve patient care but appropriate governance arrangements need to be in place. By Marc Farr
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NewsExclusive: Deadline for CSU independence could be scrapped
NHS England proposes to scrap the deadline for CSUs to become autonomous CSUs could be given access to working capital, but only if it is affordable to NHS England CSUs could have more flexibility over the type of independent organisation they become NHS England says CCG procurements will shape ...
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NewsDr Foster consortium wins major commissioning support deal
eMBED consortium featuring Dr Foster wins Yorkshire and the Humber deal North of England CSU wins smaller contracts Contract value not yet known but CCGs required low cost bids Second support services contract to go to private sector A private consortium has won a major contract to supply ...
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HSJ LocalWinners of five Midlands commissioning support contracts named
Seven CCGs across Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country award five contracts to two commissioning support units £54m deal includes business intelligence, medicines management, IT and “end to end” support services Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU and Midlands and Lancashire CSU will provide services from April COMMERCIAL: ...
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CommentCSU's hummingbird logo is something to tweet about
Staff have so much in common with the aforementioned bird, not least courage
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NewsRevealed: Second commissioning support tender winner
The second tender for commissioning support services awarded via NHS England’s procurement framework has gone to Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit.
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NewsNHS England abandons CSU procurement timetable
NHS England has relaxed the deadlines for support services to be procured amid lack of enthusiasm from clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsUpdated: Private firm wins first full commissioning support tender
A private sector supplier has won the first tender for commissioning support services to be completed via NHS England’s procurement framework.
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Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Commissioning Support Services
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Communication
FinalistsCheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation Trust: mymind.org.uk – an effective use of social media to engage children and young people – winnerHealth Education England – The Come Back to Nursing CampaignNEL Commissioning Support Unit, Newham Clinical Commissioning Group, Tower Hamlets CCG, Waltham Forest CCG and Barts Health Trust: Building a ...
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Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Mental Health
FinalistsNHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust: Coming Home - Mental Health Repatriation Project – winnerBolton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service – Raising the Voice of CAMHS Services UsersIeso Digital HealthNorth Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust: Community Triage Team working in partnership ...
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Value in healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Patient Information Management
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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SupplementsValue in Healthcare Awards 2015
Learn about this year’s winning projects in HSJ’s celebration of organisations delivering real value
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NewsRevealed: Winners of the Value in Healthcare Awards 2015
Chosen from a record breaking number of entries
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NewsExclusive: Lack of interest delays support service procurement
A major procurement of commissioning support services in the north of England has been delayed after an initial lack of interest from suppliers.
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NewsCCGs give scathing assessment of CSU competition process
Commissioners in the South West have given a damning verdict of NHS England’s lead provider framework for commissioning support services. They say it is likely to land them with a worse service that costs more.