Commissioning – Page 118
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NewsAnother NHS England director leaves
Another senior figure has announced he is leaving NHS England.
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NewsCommissioning services through any qualified provider: an HSJ survey
Should any qualified provider be extended to new areas?
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HSJ PartnersCommunity is crucial to support patients in remote areas
Improve access to care in rural areas
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CCG leaders: Reforms have not improved control of cost and activity
The ability of the NHS to control costs and curb hospital activity has not improved with the government’s reorganisation of the NHS, according to many leaders of the clinical commissioning groups created by the reforms.
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NewsCCGs open services to competition out of fear of rules
More than a quarter of clinical commissioning leaders open services up to competition out of fear of rules
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NewsCCG leaders voice serious concern over public health
Clinical commissioning leaders have expressed serious concerns about the current state public health services.
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HSJ PartnersComment: CCGs must hold their nerve
One year on from their statutory formation, the CCG barometer shows that clinical commissioning groups remain full of ambition.
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News'Admin burden’ blamed for hospital's block on some Welsh patients
PERFORMANCE: An English acute trust near the Welsh border has blamed two Welsh health boards for creating an “administrative burden” which has led it to stop carrying out non-specialist procedures on patients from their area.
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NewsGPs in NHS 111 call centres would be a 'big mistake'
Mandating GPs in NHS 111 call centres as part of the revised specification for the service would be a “big mistake”, potential providers have told HSJ.
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HSJ Knowledge#Transformation2019: Transformation game changers
Predicting the big developments for hospitals and leadership in the next five years
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NewsStevens offers hope for small hospitals in first speech for NHS England
NHS England’s new chief executive today used his first speech in the role to promise rapid progress on integrating care, to offer hope to small hospitals, and to dub past pay reforms a “missed opportunity”.
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NewsEight CCGs plan to bring commissioning support in-house
Eight London clinical commissioning groups are set to stop using their commissioning support unit and bring its functions in-house, HSJ understands.
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LeaderStevens seeks consensus but his plans will challenge all
NHS England chief’s arrival bears comparison with Labour’s 1997 landslide
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NewsTwo CSUs advertise for long term commercial partner
Two commissioning support units have become the first to publicly call for bids from third parties wishing to become their long term strategic partner.
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HSJ Knowledge#Transformation2019: Looking for blindspots
We must help commissioners to understand what hopsitals need
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NewsMinisters: Involve providers in 'better care fund' talks
Norman Lamb and communities minister Brandon Lewis have jointly written to health and wellbeing board chairs calling for more involvement of providers in plans for the better care fund.
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NewsExclusive: Mental health providers in dark over choice rules as deadline nears
The government has failed to issue guidance on the operation of a new legal right of choice for mental health patients, ahead of it coming into force next week.
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NewsNicholson rates NHS England five out of 10
Outgoing NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has rated his organisation just five out of 10.
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HSJ Knowledge#Transformation2019: The importance of collaboration
Sue James examines the role of partnerships transformation process