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HSJ KnowledgePractice makes perfect: the benefits of mental health training
CCGs need to better organise nurse training
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NewsDH defends reconfiguration process after foreign secretary's 'intervention'
The Department of Health has defended the national review system for NHS reconfiguration proposals after a local councillor claimed the foreign secretary had lobbied officials involved in the controversial plan.
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NewsIntegrated hotlines could exclude smaller providers
Plans by clinical commissioning groups to jointly procure NHS 111 and out of hours hotlines have sparked concerns that smaller providers could be squeezed out of the market.
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NewsBirmingham CCGs issue tender for joined up mental health service
Commissioners in Birmingham are appealing for consortium bids to run a new joined up mental health service for children, adolescents and young adults, potentially worth some £100m.
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HSJ KnowledgeTurn big data into clinical intelligence
‘We are on the brink of a data revolution in the NHS’
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NewsNHS England warns of tough financial challenge ahead
NHS England has warned of an “even more challenging” financial year than 2013-14 in an overview of the sector’s finances that revealed only one in four clinical commissioning groups have balanced plans.
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NewsNHS to keep health visitor funding until after general election
More than £650m a year of public health funding will be withheld from local authorities until after next year’s general election, it has emerged.
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NewsNorth west London CCGs to bring services in-house
A group of clinical commissioning groups have agreed to bring their commissioning support services in-house, in a move they claim could save them £5m by 2015-16.
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NewsNHS England told: revive HR transition scheme
NHS England has been urged to centrally manage NHS redundancies again amid widespread expectations of cost-saving layoffs over the next two years.
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HSJ KnowledgeImprove frail elderly care with evidence, not intuition
How Camden CCG reduced admissions
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NewsMiliband promises £100m primary care boost
A Labour government would boost primary care services with £100m from savings elsewhere in the NHS, the party leader has said in a key speech this evening.
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HSJ PartnersHow community hearing services can help tackle age related stigma
Colin Campbell on age related hearing loss
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NewsCCGs receive details of Stevens' co-commissioning plan
Clinical commissioning groups taking on responsibility for primary care will have to work within current “running costs as far as possible”, NHS England has said.
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CommentWe can't afford to rush community care contracts
Commissioners need to be pragmatic with out of hospital care
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NewsReaction: Move to CCG role in primary care splits opinion
Reaction: Simon Stevens’ move to give clinical commissioning groups more power over primary care has divided opinion among health leaders.
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NewsBurnham: CCGs should not commission primary care
Labour has criticised NHS England’s plan to give clinical commissioning groups a role in commissioning primary care.
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NewsLocal commissioners given say in special administration
Local commissioners that are not directly involved with failing hospitals are to be given the chance to respond to proposals put forward by trust special administrators, after the government last night adopted an amendment to the Care Bill.
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CommentMutuals could save the NHS
Only friendly societies can keep the NHS free at the point of use
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS Health Checks under scrutiny
The importance of reviewing the public health programme