All Commissioning articles – Page 135
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NewsCCGs 'unable to fulfill statutory functions'
Clinical commissioning groups have told NHS England that they are unable to fulfill their statutory functions due to data privacy laws.
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HSJ Local
Conflicts of interest stymie CCG decision making
COMMERCIAL: The governing body of Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning group was unable to take a decision on its contract for GP out-of-hours services because too many of its GP members had to leave the meeting due to conflicts of interest.
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NewsMinisters give NHS new priorities in 'refreshed' mandate
Ministers have proposed a series of new priorities and targets for the NHS, and said they will press for the reform of GP and other out of hospital services.
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CommentThe NHS at 65: not ready to retire
‘The NHS is one of the noblest social institutions any country has ever created’
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CommentThe government double counts its chickens
There are two ways to see the coalition’s social care plan
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NewsDH considers legislation to ease information difficulties
The Department of Health is considering changing the law to give trusts power to use patient identifiable data for uses not directly relating to patient care, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ KnowledgePodcast: What’s the future for NHS 111 and NHS Direct?
The implications for NHS 111 contracts
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CommentSally Gainsbury: more financial creativity from the DH
Celebrating healthcare’s most imaginative financial minds
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NewsCapital’s trusts 'need urgent change'
A new report by the King’s Fund suggests current rules on NHS mergers and competition should be revised or suspended in London to address a major need for service change in the capital.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to be an effective clinical leader
An overview of the qualities required to lead in the new NHS
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NewsHowe: Marginal rate for emergency care 'hasn't worked very well'
Health minister Lord Howe this week admitted the controversial 30 per cent marginal rate for emergency care “hasn’t worked very well” to help commissioners and providers ease pressure on emergency departments.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving outcomes for people with diabetes
Looking at new ways of commissioning diabetes pathways
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CommentAct now to tackle the pressure of long term cancer care
The impact of an ageing population on the NHS
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HSJ LocalTwo commissioning support units consider merger
Two commissioning support units in London are planning an alliance that could lead to a full merger, it was announced today.
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Comment
Readers’ Letters – 21 June 2013
Specialised commissioning has been largely absent from NHS reform debate
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NewsNHS changes 'hindering hospices'
Hospices across England are being hindered and many face additional costs under new NHS structures, according to a hospice charity.
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NewsExclusive: Senior NHS Direct leaders warned 111 was unsafe but were overruled
Senior directors at NHS Direct warned it was not safe to go live with one of its biggest NHS 111 contracts but were overruled, HSJ has learned.
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NewsManaging director resigns as NHS Direct losing more than £1m a month
NHS Direct is losing £1.5m a month and is likely to exit the NHS 111 market by the end of the year. The director charged with leading its 111 work has resigned following disciplinary action being initiated, HSJ understands.
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NewsMid Staffs administrators to ask for more time
The special administrators running Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have asked Monitor for extra time to decide the fate of its acute services, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRicketts 'sceptical' about CCGs relying on in-house support
NHS England’s director of commissioning support strategy has indicated he is “deeply sceptical” that clinical commissioning groups can function at their best without buying in support services.