All Commissioning articles – Page 180
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NewsDH considers a country-wide push on reconfiguration
The Department of Health is considering a national drive to make the case for large scale service reconfiguration to deflect criticism from commissioners opting for local service redesign.
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NewsExclusive: few GP commissioners in DH top leaders list
Only 4 per cent of people on the Department of Health’s list of the 918 NHS most talented leaders deemed capable of senior roles are GPs, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
'No conflict' in contract awarded to private company associated with commissioners
COMMERCIAL: A clinical commissioning group in the Wirral has awarded a place on a register of “any qualified providers” to a private company associated with most of the GP practices on the group’s board.
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Leader'Only mugs work in commissioning’: tackling the management brain drain
Of all the postgraduate courses in the country, places on the NHS management training scheme are among the most fiercely contested.
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NewsFarrar and GP commissioners criticise competition diktat
Plans to introduce “any qualified provider” competition for at least three services from next year will stifle local decision making, according to GP commissioners and NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar.
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SupplementsWill commissioning reform aid integration? A special HSJ supplement
A special supplement from HSJ, in association with KPMG, this week looks at whether reforming how healthcare services are commissioned can break down the existing barriers to offering and delivering integrated services.
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News
Commissioning support costs for CCGs emerging with variations
Indications have emerged of planned expenditure on commissioning support. London primary care trusts are predicting costs of £16 per head of population – £5 more than their counterparts in Coventry and Warwickshire, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Private company accuses foundation trust of 'predatory pricing'
COMMERCIAL: A private company has brought a case to the Co-operation and Competition Panel accusing York Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust of “predatory pricing”.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood FT refuses to share data with commissioners
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Foundation Trust has refused to share data on its quarter one performance with its local primary care trust cluster.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham and Solihull agrees CQUINs
FINANCE: Birmingham and Solihull cluster has belatedly agreed the commissioning for quality and innovation (CQUIN) targets it will use to measure the performance of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust.
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Comment
What the realities of competition mean for organisations' sustainability
While the theory of competition in healthcare drives up quality, the pragmatics mean commissioners should keep a close eye on whether their services remain sustainable in the long term, warns NHS Tameside and Glossop chief executive Tim Riley.
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HSJ KnowledgeIs more surgery the answer to the nation's obesity crisis?
Obesity is perhaps the biggest crisis facing the nation’s health. Effective treatments such as bariatric surgery must be used more widely, say David Haslam and Carel Le Roux.
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HSJ Local
John Lawlor confirmed as Airedale, Bradford and Leeds PCT cluster chief
Airedale, Bradford and Leeds PCT
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HSJ Local
West Midlands trauma care review due to complete in February
STRUCTURE: West Midlands Specialised Commissioning is expecting to complete a review of trauma care in the region by February 2012.
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NewsExclusive: CCG leaders: Gerada is 'misleading' over GP commissioning
Fourteen clinical commissioning groups have accused the Royal College of GPs’ chair of causing “confusion” and “anxiety” by claiming GPs face a conflict between commissioning services and their duty to patients.
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NewsExclusive: GPs 'anxious' about conflicts of interest in commissioning, says doctors regulator
GP commissioners should tell a patient if budgets or referral policies mean he or she cannot access healthcare, and also raise the issue with their commissioning group, the doctors regulator has said.
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NewsProviding integrated care won't be easier for CCGs, study suggests
Clinical commissioning groups will find it no easier than primary care trusts to provide integrated care unless they are able to overcome perverse incentives, a report has found.
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News
GP conflicts of interest could 'badly undermine' confidence in NHS
Conflicts of interest under clinical commissioning could “badly undermine the confidence of regulators, providers, and patients” in the NHS, the NHS Confederation and Royal College of General Practice Centre for Commissioning have warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the NHS needs more transparency in benchmarking to truly drive better services
The NHS brand provides an assurance of quality, but the benchmarking process is murky and doesn’t allow for comparison with independent care providers - calling into doubt whether benchmarking currently can really be a useful tool for measuring performance, says Patrick Carter.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the amended Health Bill still creates a worrying outlook for the NHS
As the Health and Social Care Bill moves to the Lords, Lucy Reynolds, Martin McKee and Alex Scott-Samuel consider the impact of the Government Response to the NHS Future Forum Report and subsequent amendments agreed by the public bill committee.