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NewsThree quarters of first wave CCGs given authorisation 'conditions'
More than three-quarters of the clinical commissioning groups which passed the national test to take on budgets have had “conditions” imposed on their authorisation.
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NewsLamb: Learning disability hospitals should be 'throttled'
Alternative facilities should be commissioned for the majority of people with learning disabilities or autism who live in larger inpatient hospitals, the care services minister has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe future of delegating NHS Continuing Healthcare
How the delegation of continuing care may change from next year
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NewsDuty of candour will cost NHS £130m in 10 years
The introduction of a contractual duty of candour will cost the health service more than £130m over 10 years, according the Department of Health.
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HSJ Local
'Brave' Bristol presses ahead with mental health tender
COMMERCIAL: NHS Bristol’s plans to put mental health services worth about £40m out to tender and award contracts within a year are “brave”, potential providers have warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeSouth Staffordshire’s approach to surge planning
Working collaboratively to address winter pressures
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NewsNHS Direct begins redundancy consultation
More than 1,400 NHS Direct staff have been notified they could be at risk of redundancy as the organisation looks to cut around a third of its full time posts.
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CommentFulfilling the mandate will be worth the effort
Developing the NHS mandate was complex and time consuming but it is a good document
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CommentWe must beat our hospital addiction
Fresh thinking is needed to avoid a social care funding crisis, says Lord Warner
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LeaderCSUs are heading for centre-stage
The vision for commissioning support units is expanding under Bob Ricketts
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CommentCCG budgets: Challenging or naive?
Many CCG leaders are approaching important issues with a novel or naive attitude
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NewsRicketts: don't externalise before CSS market is mature
Plans to “externalise” commissioning support units should be given a lower priority over the next two to three years than establishing a market in support services, HSJ has been told.
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NewsProviders to be forced to own up to mistakes
NHS organisations will be required to tell patients when mistakes have been made and their safety compromised under a contractual duty of candour announced today.
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NewsCommissioners 'bombarded' with care cost claims
Primary care trusts are each facing millions of pounds of unexpected costs after being “bombarded” with retrospective NHS Continuing Care claims, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeSupporting CCGs in patient engagement
Knowledge transfer partnerships can help maintain patient and public involvement
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NewsFamily GP firm named preferred bidder for 20 practices
A company run by husband and wife GPs has been named as preferred bidder to run 20 practices in Liverpool and Sefton.
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CCG bans GP member from governing body
Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group has banned a member GP from standing to become a governing body representative.
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CommentHow to make integration work
Achieving the health secretary’s “holy grail” of integrated care requires big changes
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NewsCSUs frustrated by lack of clarity on funding
Commissioning support units are frustrated by an ongoing lack of clarity over how much income they will receive from the NHS Commissioning Board, HSJ has learned.