Commissioning – Page 108
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NewsExclusive: Analysis reveals mental health trust funding cuts
NHS mental health providers have slashed beds and staff levels as they cope with real term funding cuts and the soaring cost of sending patients hundreds of miles away for treatment.
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CommentA trust's success or failure is about more than its leadership
The wider care system has a big influence
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NewsMental health patients sent hundreds of miles for a bed
The cost of treating mental health inpatients in hospitals outside their local areas has spiralled, research by HSJ reveals.
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Revealed: The mental health trusts with the biggest income cuts
Several NHS mental health providers saw double figure real terms reductions in their income between 2011-12 and 2013-14, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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CommentFocus on collaboration not liberation to innovate the NHS
Innovation is often stifled by inward looking politics
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NewsNHS England struggles to recruit specialised director in face of 'uncertainty'
NHS England has enlisted headhunters to find a national director for its troubled specialised services remit after failing to make an appointment.
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CommentArm the NHS to better serve injured veterans
Armed forces personnel often find the service fails to meet their needs
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HSJ Local18 week waits, June 2014: explore the new maps
See all NHS waits around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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NewsCCGs raise concerns over 'system resilience groups'
Clinical commissioning groups have become concerned about the burden of being involved with ‘system resilience groups’, which are expected to oversee efforts to clear waiting lists and ease winter pressures.
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HSJ LocalMonitor ‘reluctantly’ allows delay to Peterborough tender
COMMERCIAL: Monitor has granted Peterborough and Stamford Foundation Trust a ‘short delay’ to its planned tender for a partner to help it secure financial sustainability.
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HSJ LocalBedford MSK referrals dip after contract switch
Bedford Hospital Trust has seen musculoskeletal referrals drop by around 30 per cent in the first quarter since the service was restructured under a prime vendor contract, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPrivate firms and local authorities in running to provide commissioning support
Private firms and two local authorities are in the running for a place on a “lead provider” framework that will determine which organisations supply backoffice services to CCGs
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HSJ KnowledgeWake up to the commissioning needs of sleep disorders
Moving some services into primary care risks ‘dumbing down’
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CommentPatients, not politics: don't let talk distract from providing local care
Sustainability is key
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: NHS race equality standard unveiled
NHS organisations are to be forced to increase the representation of ethnic minorities in senior positions or face contractual and regulatory consequences
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HSJ LocalFirst CCG merger approved
STRUCTURE: A proposal by three clinical commissioning groups in the north east to merge has been approved by NHS England.
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NewsCCGs divided over fines waiver as trusts strive to clear waiting lists
Clinical commissioning groups appear to be split over whether to penalise providers for breaching planned treatment targets as they seek to clear backlogs over the summer with government cash
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to cut hundreds of posts in restructure
NHS England is to cut hundreds of roles and is likely to carry out a major restructure of its area teams over the next nine months
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HSJ Local£1.2bn Staffordshire procurement defended
Most cancer and end of life care services in Staffordshire are unlikely to change providers following a £1.2bn contract procurement, one of the directors behind the commissioning process has said.