All Commissioning articles – Page 153
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NewsDalton: move on from 'national versus local' debate
The NHS should “move on from the debate about national versus local priorities”, the NHS Commissioning Board deputy chief executive has said, previewing the planning framework for next year.
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HSJ KnowledgePrimary care should not be on CCGs' backburner
A new relationship between commissioners will maximise reform
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NewsOperating model published for specialised services
The NHS Commissioning Board has published its operating model and commissioning intentions for specialised services.
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HSJ Local
Preferred provider named for new urgent care centre
West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group has named Central Nottinghamshire Clinical Services as preferred provider to run an urgent care centre, scheduled to open at Loughborough Hospital in April 2013.
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NewsHakin: bear with managers 'trying to do two jobs'
The national lead for commissioning development has urged clinical commissioning group leaders to bear with managers while they try “to do two jobs” during the rest of the transition to the new system.
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CCGs told to set aside more than £2bn of budgets
Clinical commissioning groups are being told to set aside more than £2bn of their budgets in their first year of operation.
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NewsCommissioning board struggles to improve diversity
The NHS Commissioning Board has been told to consider diversity as important as experience when determining who gets management jobs. This comes amid new evidence of its failure to recruit staff from diverse backgrounds.
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CommentCCG managers must make sense of evidence
Getting to grips with evidence is a skill that will take time to develop
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News'Prime contractors' could run pathways for decade
Commissioners could be freed to award work to a “prime contractor” over five to 10 years from 2014-15, the Department of Health has indicated.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow CCGs can build leadership capacity
Why the historic top-down leadership model does not suit the reformed NHS
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HSJ KnowledgeSustainable GP leadership for commissioning
A more thoughtful and serious approach to medical leadership is needed in the new era
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CommentThe NHS mandate: liberation or ligature?
The freedom promised sounds good but how much is really on offer?
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HSJ Local
Integrated CCG sidesteps government's councillor ban
North East Lincolnshire CCG has developed a novel governance structure including representation from councillors, so it can take on an adult social care budget.
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NewsMinister seeks to defend lack of GPs in CCG lead role
Health minister Lord Howe has attempted to defend the health reforms against HSJ’s finding that fewer than a quarter of clinical commissioning groups will have a GP as their accountable officer.
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NewsCCGs reconsider staffing after running-cost funds reviewed
The NHS Commissioning Board has recalculated clinical commissioning groups’ allowances for running costs, prompting claims some may have to consider sacking staff they have just employed.
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NewsMandate aims to spark a 'revolution in transparency'
The NHS will be required to measure and publish outcomes data for all major services by 2015, to enable commissioners and patients to make more informed choices about care providers.
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HSJ KnowledgePayment by results can enhance mental health services
The tariff system can help drive psychiatry forward
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HSJ Local
'Agreed resignations' to cost Birmingham and Black Country clusters £11m
WORKFORCE: The Black Country and Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust clusters have announced they will spend £11m on voluntary redundancies.
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NewsFormal assembly for commissioners will avoid 'usual suspects'
A formal national group for commissioning leaders launched today will help prevent NHS policy being developed only by the “usual suspects”, officials have said.
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NewsMandate requires board to guarantee CCG autonomy
Clinical commissioning groups have received a strengthened commitment from ministers to ensure their autonomy, and new powers to rate the performance of the NHS Commissioning Board.The board will be held to account on whether it achieves “the best health outcomes for patients by strengthening the local autonomy of CCGs”. The ...