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NewsExclusive: CSUs unlikely to face direct private sector competition
Independent sector firms are set to be encouraged to work with NHS commissioning support units rather than sell directly to clinical commissioning groups, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNicholson warns high-payout redundancies against quick return to NHS
Sir David Nicholson has warned about the potential for primary care trust and strategic health authority directors to receive large redundancy payouts then seek quick re-employment in the NHS.
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NewsFifteen CCGs given legal directions by commissioning board
Fifteen clinical commissioning groups will be subject to close oversight and control by the NHS Commissioning Board as they take over budgets next month
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HSJ Local
Trust named as preferred supplier to Circle NTC
Circle has identified Nottingham University Hospitals Trust as the preferred supplier of staff and services to the Nottingham Treatment Centre.
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HSJ Partners
Clinical commissioning groups must rise to their first 100-day challenge
What CCGs must do to ensure the NHS reaches its 75th anniversary in fine fettle
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HSJ KnowledgeSelf-management programmes for diabetes patients
The benefits of structured education programmes
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NewsExclusive: Board seeks vital legal permission over sensitive data
The NHS Commissioning Board is to apply for a legal exemption to enable vital information to flow lawfully around the reformed NHS commissioning system from 1 April.
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HSJ Knowledge
Clinical commissioners can help shape primary care
CCGs can enhance general practice’s future if it lets them
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CommentCompetition, conspiracy and cock-ups
The row over the section 75 regulations has been chaotic
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NewsCSUs see chance for new business in wake of Francis
Commissioning support units are strengthening their quality assurance services in response to the Francis report on Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCommissioning board names Barbara Hakin as interim deputy chief
The NHS Commissioning Board has announced that Dame Barbara Hakin will step up to be its interim chief operating officer and deputy chief executive.
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HSJ KnowledgePatients and quality are the focus for CCGs
Francis provides an opportunity for the NHS to reassess its priorities
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HSJ Local
GP claims his CCG is pressing savings 'beyond point of safety'
STRUCTURE: Doctors at a Nottinghamshire GP practice have warned they are being “pushed beyond the point of safety” to save money for their clinical commissioning group.
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NewsKelsey plans action on health technology education
The NHS Commissioning Board will work with a charity to offer 100,000 people access to training in online health literacy over the next year, it has announced.
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NewsExclusive: Government confirms CCG quality premium rules
Legal regulations are expected to confirm shortly that the clinical commissioning group quality premium bonus can be paid to individual GP practices but must “improve services for patients”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBoard approaches Mark Britnell over deputy chief role
Former NHS director general Mark Britnell has been approached about the possibility of becoming the NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive, it has emerged.
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NewsWollaston: Nicholson should go after transition
An influential Conservative member of the Commons health committee has told HSJ that Sir David Nicholson should oversee the end of the NHS reorganisation, and then resign as NHS Commissioning Board chief executive.
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NewsEx-health secretaries say Sir David should stay
Four former health secretaries have said Sir David Nicholson should not lose his job as NHS chief executive in the wake of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and other alleged care and management failings.
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HSJ KnowledgeBalancing the conflicting interests of CCGs
Why CCG conflicts should be managed, not eradicated