All Commissioning articles – Page 162
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NewsExclusive: struggling GP practices may be classed 'cause for concern'
GP practices will be classed under three categories based on performance under the NHS Commissioning Board’s plans for contracting primary care.
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NewsFour new commissioning board directors announced
Four new non-executive directors of the NHS Commissioning Board were confirmed today by the Department of Health.
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HSJ Local
Hospital fined over never events
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester will be financially penalised after two never events were reported by the trust in April.
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HSJ KnowledgeIdentifying the opportunities for CCGs to make savings and efficiencies
Clinical commissioning groups must unite their GP practices if bureaucracy is to be cut and targets met. Valerie Martin-Long has four ideas to make this happen.
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Comment'Reform could lead a transition to a non-hierarchical NHS'
Charles Alessi on implementing the reforms.
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CommentThe benefits of centralised emergency services are less than clear
Small hospitals face growing threats, says Nigel Edwards.
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NewsLansley expects 'nearly all' CCGs to be authorised by deadline
Andrew Lansley has declared that he expects to see close to 100 per cent of clinical commissioning groups fully authorised by next April.
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NewsGPs 'absurd' to walk away from CCGs over pensions
Andrew Lansley has claimed it would be “absurd” for GPs to walk away from clinical commissioning groups because they were angry over the government’s refusal to improve its pension offer.
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CommentReaders' letters - 14 June 2012
CCGs are the Da Vincis of commissioning; and why public health should open up to the media
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NewsExclusive: commissioning board to direct CSS recruitment
The NHS Commissioning Board is to coordinate the recruitment process for commissioning support services and appoint chief finance officers for each organisation, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Local
NW ambulance service blames 'protracted' contract negotiations for performance dip
PERFORMANCE: Protracted negotiations with commissioners were the overriding cause of the North West Ambulance Service’s failure to hit its key response times target for the initial months of 2011-12, its draft annual report states.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs could merge with neighbour
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust could merge with University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust, HSJ understands.
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HSJ Local
Uncertain future for Somerset learning disability services
COMMERCIAL: Learning disability services in Somerset could be put out to tender or spun off into a social enterprise, board papers reveal.
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Councils using social care cash to plug funding gaps
A new report claims that almost half of councils are plugging gaps in access to existing social care services by using additional social care funding from the NHS, rather than spending it on providing additional services or improving quality.
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NewsKent, Surrey and Sussex NHS 111 provider named
A partnership between out-of-hours provider Harmoni and South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has been named preferred provider to deliver NHS 111 in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
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HSJ Local
CCG in Kent to launch patient network
STRUCTURE: The emerging clinical commissioning group in Thanet is launching a “health network” to help inform its decision making.
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NewsUnequal GP access could hamper NHS reforms, MPs warned
The continued “severe iniquity” in the geographical distribution of GPs threatens to place clinical commissioning groups in poor areas at a “large disadvantage”, MPs have been told.
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NewsPWC wins £3.4m contract to help authorise CCGs
Accountancy firm PwC has won a £3.4m contract to help with the assessment and authorisation of prospective clinical commissioning groups.
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HSJ Local
Concern about Avon and Wiltshire spreads
A second commissioner is considering retendering its services provided by a struggling mental health trust, in a move that could further destabilise the organisation.
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HSJ Local
New ECG service in Norfolk
STRUCTURE: Patients in West Norfolk are to benefit from a new 24 hour electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring service.