All Commissioning articles – Page 115
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NewsBurnham tackles reorganisation fear over Labour plans
Concern that Labour’s plans for integrated care would necessitate another NHS reorganisation will be tackled by shadow health secretary during the key note session at next week’s Commissioning Show.
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NewsCCGs respond poorly to CQC pre-inspection requests
The majority of clinical commissioning groups are failing to relay concerns about their providers to the Care Quality Commission before inspections are carried out, denying the watchdog intelligence about the quality of hospital services.
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HSJ KnowledgeReality check: how the better care fund will work on the ground
Fundamental issues must be addressed
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NewsRobert Francis knighted in Queen's birthday honours
Robert Francis has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s birthday honours list.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, April 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waits around England, with links to the detail by organisation and specialty
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NewsCCGs seek to follow Somerset in breaking away from QOF
Clinical commissioning groups have queued up to follow Somerset’s lead and break away from the national quality and outcomes framework, despite a strong signal from NHS England that further extension of the freedoms were unlikely in 2014-15.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe tricky landscape of NHS properties, a year on from major reforms
Improvement is needed
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NewsBMA: NHS England QOF move spells 'Balkanisation of national healthcare'
Allowing GPs in a single clinical commissioning group to break away from the nationally agreed quality and outcomes framework could lead to the “Balkanisation of national healthcare”, the British Medical Association has warned.
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NewsMSK procurement model could 'destabilise' local health economies
Clinical commissioning groups that commission elective and trauma musculoskeletal services separately risk destabilising their local health economies, the British Orthopaedic Association has warned.
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NewsCCGs target steep cuts in avoidable admissions and deaths
Clinical commissioning groups have set themselves ambitious targets to cut avoidable admissions and improve patient experience over the next five years, plans submitted to NHS England reveal.
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HSJ Local
East Kent CCGs consider merger
STRUCTURE: Two clinical commissioning groups in Kent are considering a merger in a bid to “strengthen clinical involvement” and help manage “future financial risks”.
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HSJ PartnersCome together to put cancer care on the right path
NHS England can clarify the patient pathway
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SupplementsWe need to come together for cancer care to stop the confusing commissioning
Too many are responsible
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NewsExclusive: CSU boss suspended amid governance investigation
A commissioning support unit managing director has been suspended from work for more than two months, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ PartnersSeminar: tackle the second most common issue in older people's health
Join the debate at the Commissioning Show 2014
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NewsExclusive: Somerset GPs get the go ahead to depart from QOF
GPs in Somerset have been given permission to ditch reporting against the majority of quality and outcomes framework indicators in favour of a locally developed approach, in a move seen as a “significant departure” for NHS England.
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HSJ KnowledgeTake to the high street for community based eye care
Local treatments takes pressure off budgets
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NewsHunt moves to shield hospitals from integration fund failure
Jeremy Hunt warned that there must be a ‘proper risk sharing profile’ in all better care fund plans to protect hospital finances
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NewsNHS England mulls young people's mental health tender
NHS England is considering putting inpatient child and adolescent mental health services out to tender in a bid to tackle “out of area” placements for vulnerable young people.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe NHS gets the A&E demand it deserves
High demand stems from the service’s own offer to patients