All Commissioning articles – Page 214
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NewsBMA sets out principles for GP commissioning
GPs must not be allowed to profit personally from commissioning, according to the British Medical Association.
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NewsCare trust plus chief executive quits for hospital
The chief executive of North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus is leaving the organisation after 10 years.
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NewsNHS County Durham and Darlington launches non-emergency hotline
NHS County Durham and Darlington has launched a new urgent care phone service.
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NewsThink tank questions feasibility of planned NHS cuts
The feasibility of government plans to slash 45 per cent of NHS management costs in four years has been called into question by a think tank close to the Conservative Party.
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NewsPCTs rein in management consultant spending
There is significant variation in the use of management consultancy this financial year by primary care trusts, information collected by HSJ reveals.
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NewsCompetition scrutiny for North West
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has escalated an investigation into specialised commissioning for mental health services in the North West.
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CommentUnderstanding how patients behave could help cut NHS waste
How the new science of social influence can save the NHS money
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NewsPCT support agency will look beyond London
The organisation set up to support the capital’s primary care trust commissioners is looking to offer its services beyond London, its chair has told HSJ.
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NewsPCT and UnitedHealth end deal
NHS Northamptonshire has terminated its contract for commissioning support with UnitedHealth UK a year early.
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HSJ Knowledge
Quality through CQUIN
St Andrew’s Healthcare is a major provider of mental health inpatient services.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorld class service in radiotherapy
Tim Cooper looks at some of the latest developments in radiotherapy to achieve a world-class service
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Saving money with social marketing
Few in the public sector are more keenly aware of the burden of cost savings than the NHS.
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NewsGP referral management schemes fail to deliver
GP consortia should move away from using referral management schemes when they take control of NHS commissioning, as the schemes do not save money. A report by the King’s Fund also warned they can undermine quality of care.
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Comment'How is the state going to conscript GPs?'
In seeking to diminish the role of the state, the government has established a policy that attacks NHS bosses as the cause of most problems and abolishes state run primary care trusts and strategic health authorities. Instead, it proposes GP led consortia to do commissioning.
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NewsWorld class commissioning interactive map
Compare PCTs across the country with HSJ’s interactive world class commissioning map.
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NewsWorld class commissioning values are a legacy for the long haul
Latest world class commissioning scores show PCTs rising to new challenges in needs assessment and service design. With this responsibility transferring to GP consortia the lessons in the high quality ‘competencies’ must survive, says David Stout
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LeaderWorld class commissioning: this ridiculed plan might just be working
World class commissioning arrived too late and burdened with a name that virtually guaranteed ridicule. But, unfashionable though it may be to say, it is beginning to deliver results.
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NewsWorld class commissioning: PCTs raise the bar in final assurance test
Primary care trusts have set out their stall as support agencies for GP consortia by significantly improving their performance against the standards and competencies assessed in the second - and last ever - world class commissioning assurance test.
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Comment'La la Lansley has abolished the people who monitor us'
‘There is £80bn out there to be carved up between ourselves and the GPs. Well, surely that makes everyone a winner now?’