All Commissioning articles – Page 260
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PCTs urged to put local patients before politicians
Primary care providers must not 'blow' their chance to strengthen local decision making, says the Department of Health's director general for commissioning and system management.
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Bids open for campus reprovision
The second stage of bidding for capital under the the campus reprovision programme 2008-09 has now opened, according to a letter from the Department of Health to primary care trust commissioners.
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Sexual health services warning
The move to local rather than centrally commissioned sexual health services could result in a dangerous postcode lottery, the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV has warned in its annual report.The group argues there is a 'public health imperative' to ensure full coverage for sexual health and contraceptive ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Race equality monitoring and diabetes
The Healthcare Commission has found few trusts obey data law on ethnicity. Caroline White looks at the implications for diabetes
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HSJ Knowledge
A guide to world class commissioning
The Department of Health's 'world class' masterplan aims to create a commissioning system other nations will envy. Daloni Carlisle examines the progress of an initiative that has re-energised PCTs and created huge expectations
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Clinical leadership narrowly focused - NHS Alliance report
Focusing the clinical leadership agenda on GPs is not enough, a report by the NHS Alliance says.Clinical Leadership for NHS Commissioning looks at how clinicians from a wide range of professions can help redesign and deliver healthcare services and contribute to the commissioning process.
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Mental health: PCTs to target potential offenders
Commissioners will work closely with neighbourhood police to keep the mentally ill out of jail, the government's director of prison health has announced.
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Millions have undiagnosed lung disease
Almost 3 million people in the UK have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - more than three times those diagnosed, the British Lung Foundation has estimated.
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Patients could commission own healthcare, says Nicholson
Patients could soon be handed responsibility for commissioning their own care through individual budgets, the NHS chief executive has revealed.
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Your Humble Servant: world class commissioning
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Sophie Christie on the holy grail of NHS policy
NHS policy seems populated by some remarkably persistent ideas that pop up every decade or so
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Practice-based commissioning: PCTs blamed for sticking to old practices
Practice-based commissioning is being undermined by primary care trusts allocating funds to practices on a historical, rather than needs, basis, the Audit Commission has concluded.
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HSJ Knowledge
Practice-Based Commissioning briefing
Practice-based commissioning was introduced as a policy by the Labour government in 2004. It aims to allow GPs to commission directly on behalf of their patients and to give them more control over their budget.
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Hilary Thomas on clarifying the NHS insurer-provider divide
Separating the NHS’s purchaser and provider functions more clearly would help everyone who works in the service focus unambiguously on their purpose
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HSJ Knowledge
Helen Bevan on world class commissioning
To make world class commissioning a reality, we must challenge our existing mindsets
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ISTC second wave faces cuts
The government is expected to announce significant cuts to the planned second phase of its independent sector treatment centre programme.
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PCTs will not take on escort and bedwatch roles from Prison Service until April
Primary care trusts will commission prison healthcare security services a year later than planned because of behind-the-scenes wrangling over costs.
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North West signs contract with private mental health provider
North West commissioners have contracted an independent provider to fill a gap in secure mental health services for men in Cheshireand Merseyside.
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HSJ Knowledge
Joint working: health and local government
All eyes are on Chris Bull as he becomes the first person in the country to head up both a council and PCT. Jennifer Taylor reports on a revolution in joined-up working in Herefordshire
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Maternity services and breastfeeding: a lot of bottle
Unicef estimates four in 10 English maternity hospitals make no effort to encourage more mums to breastfeed. Daloni Carlisle asks what can be done to get them on board