All Commissioning articles – Page 110
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NewsEconomist suggests health and care require tax increase
The economist leading an independent review of health and social care spending has indicated increased taxation or national insurance are needed to fund them.
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NewsStevens unveils 'radical' personal budgets plan for health and social care
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens will today announce a major programme extending the use of combined health and social care personal budgets.
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NewsAction urged on health of homeless
Action is being urged to help give homeless people the treatment they need for a range of physical and mental health problems.
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NewsNHS England faces 'most difficult budget year'
The health service faces its ‘most difficult’ year in balancing its financial plans, senior NHS England officials warned at a board meeting last week.
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HSJ LocalExeter GPs form Ltd company
STRUCTURE: GPs in Exeter have formed a limited company to bid for primary care contracts amid fears they could otherwise lose work to larger organisations.
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HSJ Local'Dictatorial' Wirral CCG leadership upset GPs
WORKFORCE: Leadership problems at the Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group are linked to a loss of confidence among general practitioners in the area, a member of the Mid-Mersey Local Medical Committee has claimed.
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NewsCouncils urged to toughen health scrutiny
Local authorities have been urged to step up their scrutiny of NHS providers, as a survey revealed funding for such checks has dwindled.
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HSJ KnowledgeOnly a whole culture change can make self-care a reality
There is no magic wand to care redesign
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NewsBetter care fund bailout for acute trusts is agreed
Better care fund cash will be used to compensate acute hospitals when local integration initiatives fail to reduce emergency admissions
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CommentInteraction is required to make integration a reality
It needs co-operation between HWB members
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CommentIntegration Summit: Are you the glue that binds joint working or the treacle that gets in the way?
There are clear obstacles to joint working
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CommentIntegration Summit: Closed doors and outward attitudes tell a story
Hear from the facilitator
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CommentIntegration Summit: Accountability must start with genuine co-production
Commissioners need to build trust among their partners
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NewsNHS England to offer local commissioning 'step-change'
Simon Stevens is set to invite clinical commissioning groups and local authorities to experiment with a further “step change” in joint commissioning arrangements.
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NewsNHS England struggling to balance £97bn budget
NHS England this week confirmed it had still not managed to set plans to balance its £97bn budget for 2014-15, in what experts saw as a sign that the NHS overall could face financial crisis sooner than expected.
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NewsNHS England and UCLH in contracting dispute
NHS England is in dispute with University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust over £75m of the trust’s specialised services contract for this financial year.
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NewsHunt: CCGs must become 'accountable care organisations'
Clinical commissioning groups must become more accountable as they expand their role in delivering healthcare, the health secretary has said
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CommentDon't let the glut of pilot projects distract from patient safety
New models of care are too fragmented
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HSJ KnowledgeHeatherwood-Frimley Park shows the way through merger process
Pass the test of the law