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CommentThe NHS has its own currency crisis
The currencies that drive activity and behaviour in the NHS are rooted in the past
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HSJ KnowledgeCCGs and procurement in their first 100 days
The new groups have to hit the ground running
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HSJ Local
Norwich CCG given six conditions for authorisation
STRUCTURE: Norwich clinical commissioning group (CCG) has been granted conditional authorisation with six conditions, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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HSJ Local
Basildon & Brentwood CCG seeks CFO and accountable officers
WORKFORCE: Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group has advertised for an accountable officer and chief finance officer.
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LeaderCan the NHS still deliver major service change?
A new review raises questions over reconfiguration
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NewsNHS England plans to lead 'radical' service change
NHS England is planning to continue the health service’s current savings drive after 2015, and to recast it as a programme of “ambitious and radical” service change led by its area teams.
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NewsNHS 111 failures have 'let patients down', NHS England admits
Patients have been “let down” by the “unacceptable” failure of some NHS 111 services, NHS England directors have admitted.
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HSJ Local
Swindon CCG signs commissioning support deal
COMMERCIAL: Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group has signed a contract with Central Southern Commissioning Support Service worth £2.4m.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe benefits of working with the voluntary sector
How the voluntary sector can aid NHS providers
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Regulator should 'make allowances' for aspirant community FTs, says DH review author
Foundation trust regulator Monitor should “make allowances” for aspirant community foundation trusts and consider adjusting its assessment framework accordingly, according to the author of a confidential review the sector’s future commissioned by the Department of Health.
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HSJ KnowledgePodcast: How NHS resource should be allocated post-reform
Resource allocated will increasingly frame the debate about funding
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CommentThe dialectic of foundation trust finances
Why the next FT accounts will be true works of beauty
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Exclusive: NHS England could 'ratchet up' financial pressure on private mental health providers, analysts warn
Private mental health providers could see pressure on their profit margins “ratcheted up” by the centralisation of secure and specialised mental healthcare commissioning in the hands of NHS England, according to a new report by market analysts Laing and Buisson.
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HSJ KnowledgeCCGs must act now to meet NHS carbon targets
The new groups have a key role in to play in NHS sustainability
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HSJ KnowledgeHow conflicts of interest in CCGs will be regulated
Reconciling GPs’ commercial interests with the responsibilities of CCGs
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NewsNHS England to focus future QIPP on 'transformational change'
NHS England has confirmed that the quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings programme will continue into the next comprehensive spending review period, pledged to set out how major service reconfigurations should be carried out.