Commissioning – Page 178
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NewsMental health tariffs 'not fit for purpose' - NHS Confederation
Mental health trusts and commissioners have not made enough progress in devising a tariff for their services despite enthusiasm from staff, the NHS Confederation has found.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy occupational therapists have a vital role in integrated care
Occupational therapists make up a significant proportion of the healthcare workforce in the UK, and they have a major contribution to make in driving integrated care as a solution for sustainable and effectice healthcare.
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NewsExclusive: 'Significant majority' of CCG population will live in its area - minister
Health minister Earl Howe has written to peers giving new details about how clinical commissioning groups’ populations and areas will be decided.
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NewsExclusive: Lansley on the CQC, integration, the reform risk register and commissioning
Andrew Lansley has told HSJ the Care Quality Commission is now running a “proactive and tough” inspection regime and revealed he does not favour further reorganisation of NHS regulation.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the success of health and wellbeing boards depends on relationships
The effectiveness of health and wellbeing boards will depond upon how well they are able to build relationships between their members, says NHS Confederation deputy policy director Jo Webber.
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NewsDH reforms assessment release demanded by peers
Andrew Lansley is under cross-party pressure to publish a secret report on the likely impact of his controversial reforms.
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CommentDevloping new structures for improved service delivery
Now is a golden opportunity to start developing guidelines and principles to inform better healthcare delivery, says Paul Zollinger-Read
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire identifies AQP priorities
FINANCE: Clinical commissioners have identified three services they would like to add to their “Any Qualified Provider” list.
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NewsLansley to announce 'ban' on minimum waiting times
The health secretary is to announce a “ban” on primary care trusts setting minimum waiting times for procedures, with the threat of “removing the chair of the PCT” if it is broken.
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NewsExclusive: commissioning board to include 50 local medical directors
The NHS Commissioning Board will include around 50 local branches, each with a medical leader, its chief executive Sir David Nicholson has decided.
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Comment'Healing our finances needs a long term, not short term, strategy'
The financial problems of the NHS are extremely serious – but more like anaemia than haemorrhage. It is the financial equivalent of a long term medical condition, says Nick Bosanquet.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow scenario planning can inspire creative approaches to innovation
Supporting and organising efforts to create and use innovative technologies is more difficult than ever but a recently developed set of future scenarios may help spur some creative planning, write Clive Savory, Joyce Fortune and Geoff Peters.
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NewsDH signals new delays to commissioning support procurement
Most clinical commissioning groups will be unable to bring in major new support services to replace ex-primary care trust staff until early 2014, new Department of Health guidance indicates.
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NewsLack of female CCG leaders puts future success of NHS at risk, report finds
The lack of female clinical commissioning group leaders presents a “risk” to the financial and organisational success of the NHS, a centrally-funded report has warned.
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NewsGP commissioning leaders: CCGs should not set referral limits
GPs should not be set referral limits or caps, but must be free to decide NHS spending priorities, two of the biggest supporters of the commissioning reforms have told HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Leicestershire and Rutland CCGs to take over full relevant commissioning budget
FINANCE: Clinical Commissioning Groups in Leicestershire and Rutland will next year take over 100 per cent of the commissioning budget that they will eventually be responsible for.
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NewsJudge rules cardiac review consultation unlawful
A High Court judge has quashed the national consultation into the reconfiguration of paediatric cardiac services, ruling it was conducted unlawfully.
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NewsNHS facing 'tsunami' of patient anger
A “tsunami of anger” is heading towards the NHS unless organisations start to engage more fully with the public, the chairman of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry has warned.
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NewsJoint commissioning plans need to 'go further', Future Forum lead urges
Clinical commissioning groups need to work with councils to increase the scale of joint commissioning arrangements, a key figure in the NHS Future Forum has told HSJ.
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CommentHSJ interview: Clayton M Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Prescription
The author of the Circle Prize for Inspiring Innovation-winning book, The Innovator’s Prescription, talks to HSJ about disrupting healthcare.