All Commissioning articles – Page 159
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NewsCommissioning board names local directors to take 'strategic oversight'
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed to 16 of its 25 local area team director posts, whose holders are charged with securing “a strategic overview of the system” and overseeing service reconfiguration.
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NewsVacant commissioning board posts endangering transition
Vital appointments to the new commissioning system have fallen further behind schedule, the NHS Commissioning Board has admitted, causing significant knock-on problems for the transition process.
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Comment'Poor patient experience is a clinical time bomb'
But can Virgin’s customer service know-how help?
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to improve variation in inappropriate admission performance
Paul Fitzsimmons explores the rate of inappropriate inpatient admissions associated with diabetes and discusses why CCGs must know how to harness information and to act on it.
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HSJ Local
GEM CSS leader appointed
WORKFORCE: John Parkes has been appointed managing director of the Greater East Midlands commissioning support service.
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HSJ Local
Ming Tang appointed as MD to South Yorkshire CSS
WORKFORCE: Ming Tang has been appointed as managing director of the South Yorkshire NHS commissioning support service.
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LeaderTough choices await CCGs hoping to reverse GP referral trend
Time is short for CCGs and practices to collaborate.
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NewsRising GP referrals contradict Lansley claims
Emergent clinical commissioning groups have been unable to prevent GP referrals hitting a new high, contradicting repeated claims by the health secretary that they were already reducing demand for secondary care, HSJ analysis has found.
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NewsCCG authorisation 'support' could see powers taken back
Clinical commissioning groups may be given “support” including having managers imposed on them or their functions removed, it has been confirmed.
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HSJ Local
Five companies in the running for Nottingham ITC
STRUCTURE: Five companies have progressed through to the next stage of the process to operate the Nottingham Independent Treatment Centre.
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HSJ Local
West Mercia CCGs choose new support providers
COMMERCIAL: West Mercia clinical commissioning groups have chosen an alternative supplier of commissioning support services after plans to establish a local provider in their area were abandoned.
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HSJ Local
Virgin set to run children's services in Devon
COMMERCIAL: Virgin Care has been named preferred bidder for a children’s services contract worth £44m a year, it has been announced.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to put patients at the centre of palliative care
Partnership working has been vital to delivering a co-ordinated 24-hour palliative care service, write Annie Macleod and Nicky Bannister.
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HSJ KnowledgeReady for the unexpected: how one trust is tackling unplanned admissions
Southend Estuary CCG provides one good example of how to deal with unplanned care issues when serving a challenging health population.
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LeaderStability trumps choice in the birth of commissioning support
Commissioning board is singing a different tune on CSSs.
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Competition panel to probe referral management
The NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel has begun a probe of the competition implications of providers operating systems to manage patient referrals.
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Commissioning support market faces heavy regulation
The NHS Commissioning Board has revealed the future market in commissioning support services is likely to be heavily regulated, potentially including restrictions on firms making a dividend.
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HSJ Local
Stephen Childs confirmed as North East CSS director
WORKFORCE: Stephen Childs has been appointed as the managing director of North East Commissioning Support by the NHS Commissioning Board.