All Commissioning articles – Page 102
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CommentFalls prevention: how to slash the NHS's £2bn bill
A quarter of ambulance callouts are for falls
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NewsCCGs to support health and wellbeing boards under Burnham vision
CCGs could be morphed into the operational arms of HWBs, which will take on the role of ‘signing off’ health plans, Andy Burnham has suggested
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LeaderBurnham fills in the blanks on 'reform without reorganisation'
Labour shadow outlines plans in an exclusive interview
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NewsExclusive: Ministers keen to extend joint commissioning
Ministers want to extend NHS joint commissioning with councils to public health and children’s services, after being convinced by the better care fund planning process that the model will reap service improvements and financial benefits
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CommentAnalysis: Still reasons to be sceptical about the better care fund
There are limits to its ability to save money
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NewsMapped: Candidates for health economy 'special measures'
Whole health economies could face intervention for poor performance under a new approach proposed by the NHS national bodies, under the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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CommentStevens skips through the minefield like a bomb disposal expert
The NHS England chief deploys his plan and leaves intact
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NewsPriory Group sets sights on community contracts
A major private provider of mental healthcare beds in the UK is planning a significant expansion into the sector’s community services market
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HSJ KnowledgeThe 10 steps to make technology work in local healthcare
Technology itself isn’t an elixir for health and social care
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SupplementsRoundtable: Put nutrition at the centre of public health
Tackling malnutrition with an integrated approach
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NewsLabour 'still plans Health Act repeal'
Labour still intends to repeal the Health Act 2012 despite the shift in focus away from competition in the NHS Five Year Forward View, a shadow health minister has told HSJ.
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CommentThe forward view is welcome but needs funding and stability
Its success rests in the hands of politicians
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NewsExpanded roles envisaged for non-medical staff
The roles and responsibilities of non-medical NHS staff would be dramatically expanded under the five year forward view
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NewsHealth economies to face ‘special measures’ style regime
Whole health economies could face intervention for poor performance under a new approach proposed by the NHS national bodies. It could potentially include a ‘special measures’ approach to areas with serious problems.
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News'New care models' to cover half of England
More than half of England should be covered by new models of providing care, such as hospitals running GP practices, under a major shift proposed by national NHS leaders
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NewsNHS leaders cautious on extension of better care fund
The better care fund should not be extended until the impact of its first full year of operation has been properly evaluated, NHS leaders have said
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SupplementsRoundtable: Where should Care.data go from here?
Winning public trust is essential to making the project a success
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LeaderBirmingham row may decide primacy of trusts or CCGs
Out of area referrals dispute has wider consequences
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NewsNHS five year forward view - full coverage on hsj.co.uk
The NHS five year forward view – instigated by the NHS England chief executive to set out the prospects for the service in the run-up to the general election - will be published on Thursday.
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NewsMerged CSU manager remains in post
The NHS England official who ran Cheshire and Merseyside Commissioning Support Unit is still employed as a managing director, despite his organisation having merged with a neighbouring support unit.