All Commissioning articles – Page 239
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NewsEast of England calls in heart czar to quell public outcry
Commissioners in the East of England have called in heart disease czar Roger Boyle following a public outcry over changes to services for people suffering severe heart attacks.
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CommentDavid Furness: Keep local people in on the act
The Budget has set the scene for a grim period in NHS finances, so accountability to the public must play an even greater role, not least in relation to local commissioning
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News‘Weak’ chiefs keep London NHS hospitals in stasis
Hospital chief executives in denial and weak primary care trusts have been blamed for major problems in north London’s hospital sector.
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CommentSophia Christie on NHS crisis and opportunity
An emerging policy consensus looks to innovation to save the NHS. The context is an emerging “perfect storm” of financial crisis, global warming, obesity, longer lives with greater dependency and fewer working age people to pay taxes.
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HSJ KnowledgeSink or swim: how small hospitals survive competition
Small district general hospitals are often the heart of their communities but their survival is only assured by outmanoeuvring the big trusts. By Alison Moore
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HSJ Knowledge72 hours... and counting - meeting the summary discharge target
Are you meeting the NHS contract requirement to get discharge letters to GPs within 72 hours? Will you be ready for the 24 hour requirement starting in April 2010? Find out how to do it at this free online seminar. Register now and watch the debate on demand on your ...
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NewsConservatives promise to axe dentists' contract
The Conservatives have outlined plans to scrap the existing NHS dental contract and introduce a registration scheme for patients.
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NewsNew deputy chief executive role for Islington PCT
Islington primary care trust has created a post of deputy chief executive, which will be filled by the PCT’s current chief operating officer Helen Pettersen.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS quality improvement: delivering and demonstrating quality
Following our highly successful Quality Information Assurance online seminar, in partnership with Oracle, in February, we are delighted to bring you the next step in supporting you on your quality journey: Quality Improvement - delivering and demonstrating quality in the NHS.
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NewsLondon’s primary care trusts gain world class commissioning back-up
The head of a London-wide organisation has set out how it will help the region lift its world class commissioning scores.
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NewsPrimary care trusts warned over misuse of end of life care cash
Ministers have called on the Department of Health to make primary care trusts prove they are not spending extra funding for end of life care on other services.
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NewsNHS out of pocket as contract ends for cataract treatment centre
The first independent treatment centre to complete a five year contract will have delivered about 20 per cent less work than it was paid for, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUnneeded surgery may be costing the NHS millions
Tens of millions of pounds are being spent on NHS procedures that offer little apparent benefit, the first comprehensive survey of patient reported outcomes is expected to reveal.
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NewsMPs warn NICE over cancer drug 'inequities'
MPs have attacked as “inequitable and inefficient” the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to allow less cost efficient drugs to be given to people at the end of their lives.
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NewsPCTs spent £8.2m on suspended GPs in three years
Primary care trusts have spent at least £8.2m over the last three years paying 134 GPs who were suspended pending investigations into complaints about their conduct.
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Act now to prevent blood clots becoming the 'next MRSA', warns NHS Confederation
Trust boards must act to stop deadly blood clots becoming “the next MRSA” in the eyes of patients and the media, the NHS Confederation is warning.
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Commerce units will boost NHS market activity
A £20m network of around 20 commercial support units will be set up to boost primary care trusts’ efforts to stimulate the market.
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NewsNHS Confederation warns primary care trusts to tender with caution
Commissioners will need to be robust about which services they put out to tender, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Matthew Winn on community health providers
The Darzi review brings community providers the policies they have long called for but the new austerity means they must prove their worth with cost-effective innovations
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HSJ KnowledgeTen years on: what devolution has meant for the NHS
In 1999 Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland assumed new powers. After 10 years of devolution Graham Clews examines what it has meant for the UK’s health services