All Commissioning articles – Page 48
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Healthy headline but NHS is still in the woods
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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CommentJoining up the procurement of goods with the commissioning of services
A lack of synergy between the procurement of goods with the commissioning of services creates inefficiencies in the system but an integrated approach could resolve these issues, writes Alan Turrell
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HSJ Local
Largest CCG faces £178m deficit by end of the year
A clinical commissioning group that is under legal directions is set to add £57m to its spiralling cumulative deficit in 2017-18.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Battered CCG must prove it’s worth it
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England from Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ Local'Battered and bruised' CCG chair resigns
The chair of under fire Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group has resigned, saying he has felt “battered and bruised” over the last few weeks.
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Comment18 week waits, May 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for May 2017
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HSJ LocalCommissioners tell STP they 'remain sovereign'
Commissioners in north east London have told STP leaders they must remain sovereign organisations in wake of a new partnership agreement in the patch.
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HSJ LocalSpecialist hospital could relocate to teaching trust site
A specialist hospital threatened with losing services by a national shake-up of heart surgery services could move to a site owned by another London trust.
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NewsFirst accountable care system managing director revealed
An NHS England director has been appointed to the first managing director post of an “accountable care system”.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: STPs, busy being born or busy dying?
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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NewsStevens: NHS could create new national 'council' to share decision making
The NHS England chief executive wants to create a standing group of national and local health leaders so “the national bodies and frontline NHS leaders… can better connect and align”.
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HSJ LocalGPs 'too tired' to work out of hours shifts
GPs in the Isle of Wight are “too tired” to staff its out of hours primary care service, commissioners have warned.
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HSJ LocalCCGs avoid tender process with £57m contract award
Two incumbent community providers have been named as the lead contractors for a new £57m out of hospital services model proposed for Coventry and Warwickshire.
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HSJ LocalCCG and council to merge commissioning budgets
A clinical commissioning group and local council have agreed to merge health commissioning budgets so the cash strapped organisations can spend their funds “most effectively”.
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NewsMackey: NHS needs to 'turn on PbR' to bring down waiting list
Jim Mackey believes the NHS will need to use the payment by results tariff to tackle rising waiting times for elective care.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHSI and NHSE see things differently
HSJ’s email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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HSJ LocalInadequate trust set to lose 'unsustainable' stroke services
A trust’s stroke services deemed “unsustainable” by commissioners are set to be taken over by a neighbouring provider.
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HSJ LocalCCG bosses told their pay is 'significantly higher' than peers
NHS England is to update its guidance on pay for clinical commissioning groups after a review found “significantly higher” remuneration levels at Liverpool CCG.
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CommentCan STPs deliver?
Rebecca Malby on how STPs are struggling to secure effective ways of solving the very complex problems the NHS faces
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NewsExclusive: Accountable care systems will make 'pathway' for STPs to follow
The first NHS “accountable care systems” must develop a “pathway” for STPs in other areas to follow, according to their agreement with NHS England, seen by HSJ.